Jul 8th 2020
This Week in Google 567
He's Just Screaming in His Heart
Google IoT Summit, the Amazon Future, Education in the Covid Era
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 22:00 UTC.
- Google details its new "Works With Google" smart home program and IoT partners
- Google briefly mentions its partnership with Apple and Amazon to develop a new IoT standard - details still to come
- MacOS on Apple Silicon and Windows on ARM are both ARM implementations, but are they compatible? Will Windows be able to run on Macs?
- Twitter stock goes crazy over the possibility that Twitter will add a subscription service
- How will schools open in the fall?
- Facebook's subscription service
- The Bezos future: do we really want Amazon to take over everything so Jeff Bezos can send us to space?
- Walmart will launch an Amazon Prime competitor later in July
- Rethinking late-stage capitalism
- Google Changelog: RIP Pixel 3a, Loon Internet in Kenya, traffic lights in Google Maps, Google Fiber in West Des Moines Iowa, Android 11 Beta 2, YouTube TV price hike
- Tech titans vs journalists and writers vs social media: cultural aggression online
- The mystery shopper who is leaving behind dozens of shopping carts has online merchants flummoxed
- Japan bans screaming on rollercoasters
- Fraunhover creates a new h.266 VVC codec to shrink video files even more - but Google won't use it
- US might ban Tik Tok, Tik Tok leaves Hong Kong
- Uber requires masks for drivers and riders
- Gina Trapani was way ahead of her time: Wave and a revolution in document creation
- Ghost kitchens: how Covid will change our culture and our parking lots
- University of the People: how education will change in the future
- Leo's Tool: Project Audio for GitHub
- Stacey's Thing: Eufy Video Doorbell 2k
- Jeff's Number: Ben Evans Slide 18: 40% of heterosexual couples met online
- Karsten's Mask: Need a mask that works with FaceID? Order a custom mask of your lower face!
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Links
- Google announces new developer features at the “Hey Google” Smart Home Summit
- The new “Works with Google” program takes a page from Apple
- Opinion | How the Facebook Boycott Could Just Make Facebook Stronger - POLITICO
- Twitter looking at subscription service?
- Decision for 2020-21 Academic Year | Faculty of Arts & Sciences
- Georgia Tech Professors Revolt over Reopening, Say Current Plan Threatens Lives
- Bill Gates blames social media platforms for COVID-19 spread in U.S. The "crazy ideas" include misinformation convincing people
- Google discontinues the Pixel 3A and 3A XL
- Google Voice deserves your attention (again)
- Google's balloon-net becomes real in Kenya
- Loons spotted over the US
- Google Maps is Starting to Show Traffic Lights on Android
- Google Fiber announces first new market in 4 years with public-private partnership
- Android 11 Beta 2 is out
- YouTube TV is now $65 per month
- There are more streaming choices than ever — why are prices going up? - The Verge
- Angry over critical coverage, tech figures discuss hitting back against journalists
- Reframing "tech vs. journalism" discussion
- The Harper's letter cancel culture kerfuffle
- Center for the Advancement of a Steady State Economy
- Custom Face Mask Upload Your Photo Reusable Cloth Mask with Filter - amazon affiliate