May 19th 2021
This Week in Google 612
Waymo Confused
Google IO keynote, problem with Google's AI demo, Project Starline, Material You
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 21:00 UTC.
Guests:
Kevin Marks
- Google sends the Blob Opera on tour, starting with extremely fun show at I/O
- Google and Samsung unite to reboot Android watches, with a dose of Fitbit too
- 12 Google Workspace updates for better collaboration: Smart Canvas
- Do We Have Minds of Our Own?
- Material You is Google’s new personalized design language
- Chrome testing RSS-powered ‘Follow’ button & feed that keeps the Google Reader dream alive
- An experiment in helping users and web publishers create deeper connections on Chrome
- Google’s Project Starline Videoconference Tech Wants to Turn You Into a Hologram
- Google's Docs dilemma: Why the biggest improvements in years might not be enough
- kinopio.club
- The Linear Oppression of Note-taking Apps
- Seeing With Fresh Eyes: Meaning, Space, Data, Truth
- Google I/O swag suggests something fun is happening at 4 p.m. PT today
- LaMDA: our breakthrough conversation technology
- Google made AI language the centerpiece of I/O while ignoring its troubled past at the company
- A driverless Waymo got stuck in traffic and then tried to run away from its support crew
- Google Photos update adds new Memories and a Locked Folder, previews Cinematic moments
- Google Fast Pair coming to BMW, Ford cars, and Beats headphones
- Android now powers over 3 billion devices
- Get around and explore with 5 new Google Maps updates
- Helping all your devices work better together
- Chrome now uses Duplex to fix your stolen passwords
- Google Search adds ‘DVD screensaver’ Easter egg that might eventually hit the corner
Picks:
- Kevin - Map of the Internet
- Stacey - $40,000 Home Theater Bed Offers Unique Opportunity
- Ant - Get A Round Tuit
- Jeff - Apple’s compromises in China: Five takeaways
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Links
- Google sends the Blob Opera on tour, starting with extremely fun show at I/O [Video]
- Google and Samsung unite to reboot Android watches, with a dose of Fitbit too
- 12 Google Workspace updates for better collaboration: Smart Canvas
- Do We Have Minds of Our Own?
- Material You is Google’s new personalized design language
- Chrome testing RSS-powered ‘Follow’ button & feed that keeps the Google Reader dream alive
- An experiment in helping users and web publishers create deeper connections on Chrome
- Google’s Project Starline Videoconference Tech Wants to Turn You Into a Hologram
- Casey Newton celebrates Workspace changes
- The Linear Oppression of Note-taking Apps
- Mystery of the shwag sweatshirt number
- LaMDA: our breakthrough conversation technology
- Google made AI language the centerpiece of I/O while ignoring its troubled past at the company
- A driverless Waymo got stuck in traffic and then tried to run away from its support crew
- Google Photos update adds new Memories and a Locked Folder, previews Cinematic moments
- Google Fast Pair coming to BMW, Ford cars, and Beats headphones
- Android now powers over 3 billion devices
- Get around and explore with 5 new Google Maps updates
- Helping all your devices work better together
- Chrome now uses Duplex to fix your stolen passwords
- Google Search adds ‘DVD screensaver’ Easter egg that might eventually hit the corner
- map of the internet
- $40,000 Home Theater Bed Offers Unique Opportunity
- Get A Round Tuit
- Apple spends $50m hosting WWDC