This Week in Google 635

• Google results: profit doubles.
• Facebook results: Profits jump 17%.
• Twitter Gains 5 Million Users in Q3, Grows Revenue 37% Despite Apple’s iPhone Privacy Change.
• Microsoft beats revenue expectations, reporting 22% growth.
• Apple’s ad changes wiped $142 billion off Snap, Facebook, and other online ad giants.
• Facebook says it’s refocusing the company on ‘serving young adults'.
• British MP’s death intensifies calls for an end to online anonymity.
• Eight Things We Learned From the Facebook Papers.
• FB's cringey Open Enrollment video.
• Pixel 6 Pro reviews are in.
• Google Built the Pixel 6 Camera to Better Portray People With Darker Skin Tones. Does It?
• Android 12 is so last week: Meet Android 12L, now in developer preview.
• Android 12L could vastly improve mobile apps on Chromebooks. Will it?
• Surface Duo 2 Bumper review: Stupidly expensive, but also way better.
• Google sought fellow tech giants' help in stalling kids' privacy protections, states allege.
• Google Takes Up to 42% From Ads, States Claim in Lawsuit.
• Richmond Bridge proves Jarvis is not insane to be bridge-phobic!
• Google's Stadia Pivots To Being Some White Label Game Streaming Platform For Others To Use.
• Google TV is reportedly ‘a top priority’ w/ higher partner payments than Roku offers, new ad push.
• Leaked email allegedly shows that Google did ask Roku for special search treatment for YouTube.
• Comcast introduces its own smart TV with its own OS.
• Amazon Fire Smart TVs Now For Sale; Soon to Include Apple AirPlay.
• Exclusive: Billionaires back new media firm to combat disinformation.
• Google Chrome is working on combining tab groups and bookmarks, and we don't like it one bit.
• Google adds an 'app drawer' to the Nest Hub, proving once again that smart displays are just fancy tablets.
• Google is now accepting requests to remove images of minors from Search results.
• Various upgrades to Gmail.
• Google expands Pixel’s Call Screen feature to these 7 countries, rolling out now.

Picks:

• Jeff - Moderation scale numbers
• Jeff - 20 years of the iPod
• Jeff - Indexing the creator economy
• Ant - Wonder Years Reboot.
• Ant - He Didn't Get the Record
• Ant - How to Make Money While You are Sleeping: A Photographer’s Guide to Passive Income – And Other Savvy Business Strategies by Rick Sammon
• Mathew - For the Price of a Tesla Model S, You Can Buy a Flying Car That Doesn’t Require a License
• Jason - Google defends the Android 12 ‘Internet’ QS panel, details future Pixel Feature Drop tweak
• Jason - Jason's first Movember

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Links

• Google results: profit doubles
• Facebook results: Profits jump 17%
• Twitter Gains 5 Million Users in Q3, Grows Revenue 37% Despite Apple’s iPhone Privacy Change
• Microsoft beats revenue expectations, reporting 22% growth
• Apple’s ad changes wiped $142 billion off Snap, Facebook, and other online ad giants
• Facebook says it’s refocusing company on ‘serving young adults’
• Mathew's article: British MP’s death intensifies calls for end to online anonymity
• EIGHT THINGS WE LEARNED FROM THE FACEBOOK PAPERS
• FB's cringey Open Enrollment video
• Google Built the Pixel 6 Camera to Better Portray People With Darker Skin Tones. Does It?
• Android 12 is so last week: Meet Android 12L, now in developer preview
• Android 12L could vastly improve mobile apps on Chromebooks. Will it?
• Google sought fellow tech giants' help in stalling kids' privacy protections, states allege
• Google Takes Up to 42% From Ads, States Claim in Lawsuit
• Richmond Bridge proves Jarvis is not insane to be bridge-phobic!
• Google's Stadia Pivots To Being Some White Label Game Streaming Platform For Others To Use | Techdirt
• Google TV is reportedly ‘a top priority’ w/ higher partner payments than Roku offers, new ad push
• Leaked email allegedly shows that Google did ask Roku for special search treatment for YouTube
• Comcast introduces its own smart TV with its own OS
• Amazon Fire Smart TVs Now For Sale; Soon to Include Apple AirPlay
• Billionaires back new media firm to combat disinformation
• Google Chrome is working on combining tab groups and bookmarks, and we don't like it one bit
• Google adds an 'app drawer' to the Nest Hub, proving once again that smart displays are just fancy tablets
• Google is now accepting requests to remove images of minors from Search results
• Various upgrades to Gmail
• Google expands Pixel’s Call Screen feature to these 7 countries, rolling out now
• Moderation scale numbers
• 20 years of the iPod
• Stripe says # of indy content creators it is paying is soaring
• Wonder Years Reboot
• (Former People TV critic Jarvis review of the original Wonder Years)
• He Didn't Get the Record
• New Book From Rick Sammon
• For the price of a Tesla you can buy a single-seat electric plane
• Google defends the Android 12 ‘Internet’ QS panel, details future Pixel Feature Drop tweak
• Jason's first Movember