Feb 19th 2020
This Week in Google 547
Google Glass Bagel Rat
COVID-19 fallout, Android 11 Preview, and Samsung Galaxy Chromebook
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 21:00 UTC.
Guests:
Kevin Tofel
This Week's Stories
- COVID-19 fallout: IBM quits RSA, Sony quits PAX East
- COVID-19 fallout: will this year's new game consoles be delayed?
- COVID-19 facemasks work with Face ID
- Samsung Galaxy Chromebook coming April 6th
- Jeff Jarvis: "I don't have a Corvette, I have a Chromebook." Who needs a $1000+ Chromebook?
- Android 11 Developer Beta Hands-On Preview
- Pixel 5 Leak - Real or Fake? (hint: faaaaaaaaaake)
- Samsung Galaxy Z Flip - worth the $$$$?
- Beyond Foldable: TCL shows a concept with a slide-out screen
- Samsung Galaxy Z Fold coming this summer
- Google might start paying publishers for news
- Wendy is mean: "Brand Twitter" normalizes Twitter trolling
- Google falls behind in AR?
- Google kills free Station Wi-Fi program
- Bookbot rises from the grave! Return your library books with this Google robot
- Mark Zuckerberg blow-dries his armpits
- Alphabet's Makani energy kites crash
- Reminder: if you signed up for the free Stadia Founders Edition trial, it's not free anymore
- Stadia coming to more than just Pixel phones
- Australian judge: leaving a bad review on Google is illegal
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Links
- Coronavirus fears prompt Facebook to cancel conference, IBM to exit RSA
- Sony Backs Out Of PAX East Over Coronavirus Concerns
- Coronavirus impact on tech industry predicted in new report
- Related: Protect yourself from coronavirus with a mask that looks like your face - CNET
- Android 11 Developer Preview
- Android 11 will have 3 developer previews and 3 betas before release
- Android Police: Feature Highlights thread
- Google: Other phones can also use the Galaxy Z Flip's split-screen mode
- Nope, I refuse to believe this leaked Pixel 5 prototype is real
- Google in Talks to Pay Publishers for News
- Old Boys' Blackmail
- Australian court orders Google to reveal user who wrote a dentist’s bad review
- Apple's ARKit release left Google flat-footed
- Google winds down free Indian station wi-fi; says it's no longer needed
- Google engineers try to revive Bookbot from the graveyard
- Susan Wojcicki says YouTube paid out $3B+ to the music industry in 2019 from ads and subscriptions (Jennifer Elias/CNBC)
- Billionaire Jeff Bezos Figures He Might as Well Try to Help the Planet He Currently Lives On
- Tests of Samsung Galaxy Z Flip's "Ultra Thin Glass" display show durability is on par with plastic screens
- Leaked images show TCL prototype phone with expandable, slide-out display
- Related: Our Motorola Razr’s display is already breaking and peeling at the fold
- Motorola Razr undergoes iFixit’s ‘most complicated’ teardown yet
- Related: Forget foldable: These leaked images show a phone concept with a slide-out screen - CNET
- Samsung is reportedly working on a Dex-powered monitor called the Dexbook
- Samsung might launch the Galaxy Fold 2 with an under-the-display camera by July
- The next foldable phone from Samsung?
- Samsung Galaxy Chromebook has an April 6 release date and possibly an LTE option
- UK High Court rules for former cop whose tweets brought police to the door to saying "I need to check your thinking"
- Alphabet takes the wind out of its Makani energy kites
- Google Labs brings Doodles to home screen of non-Pixel Android phones
- Google is testing search results with lots of pictures and almost no words
- Stadia’s free tier will be available first to Pro subscribers, 5 new games incoming
- Google Stadia finally comes to more phones: Here's the full list of devices
- Google unveils Gamesnacks, HTML5 games for bad net connections
- Google launches first cloud region in South Korea
- Gmail 2020.02.02 hints at Inbox-like ‘Bundles’ with ‘Labels’ and ‘Smartmail card’ [APK Insight]
- Wendy is mean
- Chrome 81: Near Field Communications, Augmented Reality, and More
- Mark Zuckerberg reportedly gets his armpits blow-dried before speeches
- Eat Your Own Dog Food and Choke on It: Jason Howell locks himself out of his Gmail account live on TWiG
- Matt Cutts' most recent appearance on TWiT
- Hands-on Android starts tomorrow!
- AUDIO 101 by Jason LevineL Great Adobe Audition Tutorials
- Coordinator 2000 game (
- The story behind Coordinator 2000
- Why Amazon Is Poised to Rake in $Billions From Twitch