May 26th 2021
This Week in Google 613
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Amazon buying MGM catalogue, Fuchsia rolls out, 'Charlie Bit My Finger' NFT
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- Amazon to acquire MGM Studios for $8.5 billion
- Butter Pat Industries Cast Iron Skillet
- A deep dive into Google I/O’s smart home news
- Google is releasing Fuchsia OS, starting w/ 1st-gen Nest Hub
- Roku wants to expand into smart home devices
- A thank-you note to the net
- Biden anitrust people say Amazon's prices are too low; DC's says they are too high
- Florida’s New Pro-Disney, Anti-Facebook and Twitter Law
- Google Doodle celebrates the Savoy Ballroom with multiplayer swing dancing game
- A Cappella Group Sings Computer, App, and Game Sound Effects
- ‘Charlie Bit My Finger’ sold as an NFT, could vanish from YouTube forever
- Feeling blue: drug dealer’s ‘love of stilton’ leads to his arrest
- 2,500 people showed up to a Huntington Beach party that devolved into violence and vandalism, police say
- This new Google Photos tool will help you prep for the end of free storage
- Pixel Launcher Discover feed on Android 12 can be themed by Doodles in Material You-like manner
- Google now lets you password-protect the page that shows all your searches
- Google adding convenient ‘Save to Photos’ shortcut for Gmail attachments
- Russia fines Google $81k (yes, k) for not deleting content; threatens to slow it down
- Indian Police Visit Twitter Offices as Modi Goes on Pandemic Offense
- Twitter previews Ticketed Spaces, says it’ll take a 20 percent cut of sales
- Scoop: New York Times in talks to buy The Athletic
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Links
- MGM deal announced: $8.45b
- Stacey's article: A deep dive into Google I/O’s smart home news
- Google is releasing Fuchsia OS, starting w/ 1st-gen Nest Hub - 9to5Google
- Roku wants to expand into smart home devices
- Jarvis post: A thank-you note to the net
- Casey Newton: Biden anitrust people say Amazon's prices are too low; DC's says they are too high
- Florida’s New Pro-Disney, Anti-Facebook and Twitter Law
- A cappella group sings app tones - video
- ‘Charlie Bit My Finger’ sold as an NFT, could vanish from YouTube forever
- Feeling blue: drug dealer’s ‘love of stilton’ leads to his arrest | Cheese | The Guardian
- 2,500 people showed up to a Huntington Beach party that devolved into violence and vandalism, police say
- This new Google Photos tool will help you prep for the end of free storage
- Pixel Launcher Discover feed on Android 12 can be themed by Doodles in Material You-like manner
- Google now lets you password-protect the page that shows all your searches
- Google adding convenient ‘Save to Photos’ shortcut for Gmail attachments
- Russia fines Google $81k (yes, k) for not deleting content; threatens to slow it down
- Indian police visit/raid Twitter office
- Twitter previews Ticketed Spaces, says it’ll take a 20 percent cut of sales
- New York Times in talks to buy The Athletic
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- My Favorite Photo I Captured in Shanghai Is Discussed on "Behind The Shot"