This Week in Google 465

The EU his Google with a massive $5 billion fine over Android and demands changes to how Google does business. Mark Zuckerberg sits down for an interview with Recode and explains his views on how Facebook should treat Holocaust deniers, Russian ads, and its users' privacy. Amazon has its biggest Prime Day ever, despite going to the dogs and crashing at the outset. Venmo's privacy settings... could be better. When being polite to Alexa matters, and when it doesn't.

Picks of the Week:

• Stacey's Thing: GE Alexa-enabled microwave
• Jeff's Number: 65% of iPhone users are inclined to consider a first date with an Android user, while only about half of Android users would say the same about an iPhone user.
• Leo's Tool: Almond Open Virtual Assistant
• Mike's Stuff: GeoGuessr, Take Me Back, and Starring the Computer

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Links

• Google fined a record $5 billion by the EU for Android antitrust violations - The Verge
• Google Escapes Microsoft Levels of Antitrust Pain
• "Android has created more choice, not less - Sundar Pichai"
• Google launches 'Grab and Go' program
• Dispatch from the Pixelbook 'Super Internet'
• Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg about Russia, fake news, InfoWars, Myanmar, etc
• Despite glitches, Amazon sold more than 100M products on Prime Day driving record levels of Prime sign-ups, sales
• Amazon’s website crashed as soon as Prime Day began
• Amazon Workers in Europe Strike During Prime Day Crunch
• Jeff Bezos Becomes the Richest Man in Modern History, Topping $150 Billion
• Prime Day boosted other large retailers’ sales by 54%, says report
• A ticket on Jeff Bezos’ space tourism rocket will cost at least $200,000
• The worst deal on Prime Day ever: $2,630.52 for a used paperback - CNET
• Venmo: how the payment app exposes our private lives | World news | The Guardian
• Hackers account for 90% of login attempts at retailer sites
• Netflix Reports Weaker-Than-Expected Number of New Subscribers - WSJ
• The Case Against Teach Kids to be Polite to Alexa
• Instapaper is going independent
• Thingpedia - Supported Operations
• Instapaper is going independent
• Thingpedia - Supported Operations
• “65% of iPhone users are inclined to consider a first date with an Android user"
• Survey merely shows that many people are materialistic and superficial, was the survey base polluted?
• Google's 10 things that make a good boss
• GE Alexa-enabled microwave
• Geoguessr
• Take Me Back
• Starring the Computer