Nov 30th 2016
This Week in Google 381
Bikinis in the Man Cave
Hosted by
Leo Laporte,
Jeff Jarvis
$4b Pixel sales, 1m Androids hacked.
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 22:00 UTC.
Guests:
Kevin Marks
Google will make $4 billion in sales from the Pixel and Pixel XL. Gooligan hack puts malware on 1 million Android phones. The petition to repeal the Snoopers' Charter has gotten over 100,000 signatures. The Internet Archive is moving to Canada. San Francisco transit hit by ransomware attack. How to start an infinite loop with Amazon Echo and Google Home.
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Links
- Google will generate $4 billion in 2017 from the Pixel - Business Insider
- Related: Indeed, Pixel activations impressive
- Hilarious: Alexa & Google Home in infinite loop conversations
- Google Allo hit 5 million downloads in 5 days - two months later, its momentum seems utterly stalled
- 'Snoopers' charter' petition hits signatures target
- Worried about US surveillance, Internet Archive announces mirror in Canada
- Twitter says it will suspend Trump's account if he violates their policies
- Google warns journalists and professors: Your account is under attack
- 1 million Google accounts compromised by Android malware called Gooligan
- Hackers Hold SFMTA's Computer Network Hostage For $73K Ransom
- SF Muni hack contained. Next transit hack could be train wreck
- CNN Acquires Social-Video Startup Beme, Co-Founded by YouTube Star Casey Neistat
- YouTube now supports 4K live-streaming for both 360-degree and standard video
- Amazon Said to Plan Premium Alexa Speaker With Large Screen
- GoPro Cutting 15% of Workforce, Closes Entertainment Unit
- Netflix finally lets you download shows and movies to watch offline
- Adblock Plus wins its 6th court case trying to shut them down
- FB accidentally erased Zuck's posts about fake news
- Google's AMP is a gilded cage
- Snapchat Spectacles Review: Wearing a Camera Is Cool … and Creepy
- Effort to get media money from FCC spectrum auction
- Pubsubhubbub is now Websub and at w3c
- Homebrew website club tonight
- Traffic to *so-called* fake news sites from FB
- Arianna Huffington's $100 phone bed