Dec 5th 2018
Intelligent Machines 485
The French Connection
The Google Graveyard
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 22:00 UTC.
Guests:
Kevin Tofel
- When will Google kill Hangouts? Definitely not until after it kills Allo, but (probably) before it kills Android Messages.
- Pixel Slate pros and cons.
- Pixel 3 XL review after a month of use: still buggy.
- Flutter 1.0 will bridge the Android / iOS divide.
- Is Microsoft switching to Chrome?
- Google's censored search Engine for China: employees may strike, many have quit already
- Contractors at Google demand equal treatment.
- Facebook email trove leaked by UK government.
- Qualcomm's newest chipset features 5G and in-screen fingerprint reader.
- Waymo One launches self-driving taxi service.
Picks of the Week
- Kevin's stuff: e Foundation
- Stacey's Thing: Onelink Safe & Sound Smart Smoke + Carbon Monoxide Alarm
- Jeff's Number: Bose's $199 AR audio sunglasses
- Jason's Tip: say "Pretty Please" to Google Assistant
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Links
- 2019 is your last year to use Google Hangouts if you haven’t moved on already
- After months-long ‘pause,’ shortlived Google Allo messaging app will soon be sunset for good
- Google graveyard
- Google CEO Sundar Pichai is now set to testify before House committee on December 11
- Google bridges Android and iOS development with Flutter 1.0
- Flutter on desktop, a real competitor to Electron
- Waymo One, the groundbreaking self-driving taxi service, explained
- Microsoft is building its own Chrome browser to replace Edge
- Google personalizes search results even when you’re logged out, new study claims
- Danny Sullivan via Google on Twitter responds
- Google Shut Out Privacy and Security Teams From Secret China Project
- A looming strike over Project Dragonfly is putting new pressure on Google
- Googlers Write to CEO Demanding Equal Treatment for Contractors
- Let's talk about the Google Pixel Slate
- Google addresses Pixel 3 RAM management, camera performance, and more w/ December security patch
- Google and Amazon to offer AirPods alternatives; Apple likely to add health sensors
- YouTube hits 5 billion installs on the Play Store
- Highest-Paid YouTube Stars 2018: Markiplier, Jake Paul, PewDiePie And More
- How 'Lofi Hip Hop Radio to Relax/Study to' Became a YouTube Phenomenon
- UK Parliament publishes redacted copies of sensitive, internal Facebook documents
- The docs show lead of privacy program was actively working to evade user consent
- Announcing Google Play’s “Best of 2018”
- An art gallery in your pocket: See Vermeer’s paintings in augmented reality
- Imagining new ways to learn Morse code’s dots and dashes
- You can now buy the colorful aqua Google Home Mini
- Lenovo Smart Display Update Includes Cookbook Feature, Additional Nest Hello Integration, Lots More
- Google uploads Pixel ‘Sounds’ app to Play Store, reveals visualizer & downloadable ringtones - 9to5Google
- Live from the North Pole: what's new at Santa's Village
- Virtual desktop workspaces and mobile website views coming to Chromebooks and Chrome tablets
- Samsung and Verizon will partner to release a 5G smartphone
- Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon 855 and its new under-display fingerprint sensor
- Microsoft is building a Chromium-powered web browser that will replace Edge on Windows 10 | Windows Central
- Google Assistant adds Broadcast Replies, lyrics, & Pretty Please on Smart Displays, Google Home
- Killed by Google
- Bose’s $199 audio-based AR sunglasses are available for preorder
- Onelink Safe & Sound Smart Smoke + Carbon Monoxide Alarm Apple HomeKit Enabled and Speaker with Amazon Alexa
- e Foundation: A privacy focused mobile OS you can try now