This Week in Google 473

• Inbox is out.
• Google's October 9th event is official.
• Pixel rumors: is there a 3rd, let-to-be-leaked phone?
• What does "reasonable IoT security" mean to California lawmakers?
• Alphabet's Loon floating internet takes flight in a new test.
• Breitbart vs Google
• Is Qualcomm's new Android Wear chip too little, too late?
• USB-C headphone dongles are still awful, now a bit more expensive.

Tips and Picks:

• Kevin's Tip: Use a security key with your Chromebook with every log-in
• Stacey's Thing: Brilliant Switch
• Jason's Tip: How to activate multilingual support in Google Assistant

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Links

• Google says it's discontinuing Inbox, which focused on simplicity, by the end of next March
• Google’s Pixel 3 event will take place on October 9th
• Google holding another October 9th event in Paris, likely to launch Pixel 3 in France
• ‘Pixel Ultra’ Fact Check: Sorry, but none of these ‘leaks’ show a third Google Pixel 3
• LOL “Pixel Ultra”
• Everything we know about ‘Nocturne’, the first of a few potential ‘Pixelbook 2’ prototypes
• Windows on the Pixelbook: Good or bad?
• "Now onto Pixelbooks!... Pixelbook 2 ads leak, showing smaller bezels as previously predicted"
• Alphabet's Loon internet balloons broadcast their strongest signal yet
• Verizon will offer 5G home broadband starting October 1 for $50 to $70
• California bill that would require "reasonable security" for all new IoT devices, the first of its kind in US, heads to governor
• Carnegie Mellon's Andrew Moore to join Google Cloud as new head of AI later this year, as current leader Fei Fei Li returns to S
• Breitbart posted a leaked video of Google’s first all-hands meeting after the 2016 election
• Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Wear 3100 smartwatch chipset promises up to 2 days of battery life
• Montblanc Summit 2 is the first Wear OS watch with the Snapdragon Wear 3100
• Bring back the headphone jack: Why USB-C audio still doesn't work
• Google replaces $9 headphone dongle with nearly identical $12 version
• More fun for the family with new Disney games on Google Home
• Google Assistant can speak Danish and Norwegian
• Google News gets data-saving enhancements with offline saving, rolling out soon
• As the Chrome dino runs, we caught up with the Googlers who built it
• Tip: Use a security key with your Chromebook with every log-in: When following the 2FA process for set up, make sure "Don’t ask
• Brilliant switch
• Activate multilingual support in Google Assistant