Aug 28th 2019
This Week in Google 523
Pretty Fly for a Fi Guy
Android Q, Facebook Political Ads, WYSIWYG, and More!
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 22:00 UTC.
Guests:
Mathew Ingram
This Week's Stories
- Android Q: No Dessert for You
- Levandowski indicted for Google self-driving theft
- Should you buy a Pixel 3a or wait for the Pixel 4?
- Google and Dell team up on an enterprise laptop
- How WYSIWIG was named
- Google moves Pixel 3a manufacturing to Vietnam
- Google bans internal politics
- YouTube Kids preschool content filters
- Facebook tightens transparency rules for political ads
- You have the right to be surveilled
- The new privacy fundamentalism
- Copyright maximalists ruin intellectual property
- Harvard freshman denied entry to the US for other people's social media posts
Picks of the Week
- Leo's Tools: r/MaybeMaybeMaybe, RIP KFOG
- Jeff's Numbers: Google's big tent roof, Google's plan for San José
- Stacey's Thing: New York Times Mexican Martini Recipe
- Mathew's Stuff: Reddit Randonauts
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Links
- Real-world Pixel 4 photos showcase glossy back and dual-camera setup
- Google and Dell team up on the first Chromebooks made for business
- Google bans politics, aka embarrassing stuff that gets leaked, from internal message boards
- Google Reportedly to Move Smartphone Production to Vietnam
- Google says Huawei Mate 30 can’t be sold w/ licensed Android version or its apps
- Android Q is not a dessert
- YouTube Kids introduces content filter for preschoolers, will launch on the web this week
- Facebook tightens rules on political advertisers
- Watch The Surreal 1960s Films and Commercials of Jim Henson
- How the Anthony Levandowski Indictment Helps Big Tech Stifle Innovation in Silicon Valley
- MaybeMaybeMaybe
- RIP KFOG
- Google's big tent roof
- Google's plan for San José
- New York Times Mexican Martini Recipe
- Reddit Randonauts