This Week in Google 374

Samsung stops production of the Galaxy Note 7 after packing it with "so much innovation it became uncontrollable." Verizon wants a discount on its Yahoo purchase after the largest hack in history and possibly the most intrusive government surveillance program. Amazon Music Unlimited, released today, is ridiculously cheap - if you own an Amazon Echo. Who should buy Twitter? Disney, Google, and Apple won't.

• Jeff thinks Facebook should buy Twitter, Leo thinks the only person who could buy Twitter is a "Wall Street bastard."
• Leo, Danny, and Jeff have a wide ranging argument about the journalistic ethics behind printing leaks from illegally hacked data
• Danny Sullivan "can't even" with Allo.

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Links

• How to try Google Assistant on any rooted Android Nougat device now
• Google spends $3.2 million on ads for the Pixel and Pixel XL in just two days, “aggressive” marketing campaign to follow
• Samsung to Permanently Discontinue Galaxy Note 7 Smartphone - WSJ
• NYTimes: Why Samsung Abandoned Its Galaxy Note 7 Flagship Phone
• Samsung sending out fireproof return boxes for the Note 7
• Initial Note 7 costs have already wiped out Samsung’s entire mobile business profits
• Apple and Samsung argue patent case before Supreme Court
• Yahoo’s Government Email Scanner Was Actually a Secret Hacking Tool | Motherboard
• Verizon CEO Says Evaluating Whether Yahoo Hack Had 'Material Impact'
• Yahoo makes it difficult to leave its service by disabling automatic email forwarding
• Can we talk about the ethics of the press & leaks in re Wikileaks' latest?
• Ethics of press and leaks continued
• US government officially blames Russia for hacking Democratic National Committee to "interfere with the US election process"
• Twitter gets no love from Disney, Google, Apple - CNET
• Salesforce Shareholders Besiege Possible Twitter Deal - The New York Times
• Bronte Capital says Private Equity will buy
• Argument that FB should buy Twitter
• NYTimes: Amazon Pairs Its Speaker With Streaming Music, at a Bargain Price
• Verizon and Google say Verizon's Pixels will get OS updates and security patches at the same time as those sold by Google
• Facebook's voter registration reminder, displayed for four days in Sept., caused near-record levels of registration
• Sandberg denies considering cabinet post
• Tesla to hold two launch events in October
• Indieweb Camps in Berlin and LA on 2016-11-04…06
• Ada Lovelace Day was yesterday
• RGB to hex
• Google debuts Project Fi group plan: Add up to 5 people for $15 per month each
• Dozens of suspicious court cases, with missing defendants, aim at getting web pages taken down or deindexed - The Washington Pos
• A judge wants to make patent trolling a first amendment issue
• Pandora launches Pandora Plus, its $5/month ad-free service that also gives users offline playback, more song skips and replays