This Week in Google 502

Top Stories this Week

•  The end of the line for inbox and G+
•  The history of G+
•  Killed by Google, a website devoted to all of the apps, hardware, and services that Google has dumped over the years
•  Simple phone hack using Google Fi could save you enough money to buy a new phone every year
•  G+ was a search engine for social
•  Google working on a censored search engine for China
•  NASA and Google teaming up on Mars exploration
•  In-episode search is coming to Google Podcasts
•  BBC podcasts will no longer be on Google platforms

Picks of the Week

•  Mike's App: Inbox Theme for Gmail
•  Ant's Stuff: Geek Questionaire

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Links

• Lessons Learned From the Long-Awaited Shutdown of Google+
• Killed by Google
• Google’s constant product shutdowns are damaging its brand
• Why you should use Google Fi but not use mobile data (by Mike Elgan)
• Google blocks China adverts for sites that help bypass censorship
• NASA and Google partner on Mars exploration
• Google, Cuba deal could bring faster internet to the island
• Google revealed as unlikely go-between to help Trump-Cuba relations
• Google Podcasts in-episode search is coming, shows now being fully transcribed
• BBC clarifies decision to pull its podcasts from Google platforms
• Google's new offline Easter egg game is like Flappy Bird, but with a cute cloud
• Google accidentally leaks Nest Hub Max, a 10-inch smart display with a camera
• Google I/O 2019 schedule goes live with sessions on Stadia, Dark Mode, Linux on Chrome OS, and more
• When it comes to disclosing sponsors, your Google Assistant may be mute | Reuters
• Walmart Unveils Voice-Activated, Google-Powered Grocery Shopping - Bloomberg
• Android Q Beta 2 released today
• Youtube exec denies the existence of ‘rabbit hole effect’ that definitely exists
• YouTube, the Great Radicalizer
• YouTube’s Product Chief on Online Radicalization and Algorithmic Rabbit Holes
• YouTube Executives Ignored Warnings, Letting Toxic Videos Run Rampant
• YouTube Decides to Leave Neo-Nazi Propaganda Online - Motherboard
• Motherboard: Hackers Hijacked ASUS Software Updates to Install Backdoors on Thousands of Computers
• Firefox, Edge now can log into Google with hardware security keys - CNET
• How to make John Legend your new Google Assistant voice
• Google Duplex rolling out to non-Pixel, iOS devices in the US
• Chinese woman charged with illegally entering Mar-a-Lago
• DOJ Warns Academy Over Proposed Oscar Rule Changes – Variety
• Arizona Beverages knocked offline by ransomware attack | TechCrunch
• The Washington Post: Apple employee detained by U.S. customs agents after declining to unlock phone, laptop
• Spark email app now for Android
• Inbox Theme for Gmail
• Unquestionably Questionable
• Ant Youtube