Dec 1st 2021
This Week in Google 640
That Bret Taylor?
Dorsey leaves Twitter, Square becomes Block, Don't Be Evil lawsuit, Jim Warren
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 21:00 UTC.
- @Jack: not sure anyone has heard but, I resigned from Twitter.
- Who is Parag Agrawal?
- Twitter Has a New CEO; What About a New Business Model?
- Twitter bans sharing 'private' images and videos without consent.
- Jack Dorsey’s Square changes corporate name to Block.
- Edge users aren’t happy about Microsoft’s built-in ‘buy now, pay later’ tool.
- Average American Credit Card Debt in 2021: $5,525.
- Onion: Self-Important Asshole Making Big Show About Leaving Twitter.
- Black Friday shopping in stores drops 28% from pre-pandemic levels.
- PayPal CEO says spending via its buy-now-pay-later service soared 400% on Black Friday, as inflation bites and shoppers feel the pinch.
- Meta has chosen AWS as its long-term strategic cloud provider.
- AWS re:Invent | Amazon Web Services.
- Nasdaq to Move Markets to Amazon’s Cloud.
- AMD Rallies After Landing Meta in Latest Server Chip Win.
- Finland Researchers Say First Quantum Computer Is Up and Running.
- Google’s ‘Don’t Be Evil’ Motto Goes to Court.
- U.K. regulators order Facebook-owner Meta to sell Giphy.
- Huge fines and a ban on default passwords in new UK law.
- Salesforce promotes Bret Taylor to co-CEO alongside Benioff.
- Google announces grab bag of new Android features for the end of 2021.
- Google rolling out Android digital car key support to Pixel 6, Galaxy S21 on select BMWs.
- Android TV 12 is now available, unclear when it’s headed to Chromecast with Google TV.
- Chrome OS 96 rolling out: Camera tweaks, Nearby Share in Android apps, more.
- 2021 Tesla Model Y review: Nearly great, critically flawed.
- 23andMe is using spac funds to develop new drugs against cancer.
- 150 HP multi-function printer types vulnerable to exploit.
- Indonesian Court Gives The Government Permission To Pull The Plug On The Internet Whenever It Feels Threatened.
- New rule will allow debt collectors to track you down on social media.
- Democrats Push Bill to Outlaw Bots From Snatching Up Online Goods.
- Is watching the 1984 Ghostbusters movie killing people? A Statistician's Perspective.
- Microsoft’s Satya Nadella Sells Half of His Shares in the Company.
- The Prince symbol has been salvaged from a 1993 floppy disk.
- Jim Warren, Early Influencer in Personal Computing, Dies at 85.
Picks:
- Stacey - Fi Smart Dog Collar
- Jeff - Mobile phone museum
- Jeff - Jack Dorsey's Net Worth After Twitter Farewell
- Ant - Hardheads Playoff loss
- Ant - Watch FLOSS featuring Lisa LeVasseur
- Ant - The 5 Love Languages Hardcover Special Edition: The Secret to Love That Lasts
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Links
- Bye, @Jack
- Who is Parag Agrawal?
- Twitter Has a New CEO; What About a New Business Model? – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
- Twitter bans sharing 'private' images and videos without consent | Engadget
- Square name change
- Onion: Self-Important Asshole Making Big Show About Leaving Twitter
- Black Friday shopping in stores drops 28% from pre-pandemic levels
- PayPal CEO says spending via its buy-now-pay-later service soared 400% on Black Friday, as inflation bites and shoppers feel the
- Meta has chosen AWS as its long-term strategic cloud provider - Protocol — The people, power and politics of tech
- Nasdaq to Move Markets to Amazon’s Cloud
- Finland Researchers Say First Quantum Computer Is Up and Running - Bloomberg
- Google’s ‘Don’t Be Evil’ Motto Goes to Court
- U.K. regulators order Facebook-owner Meta to sell Giphy - Axios
- Google announces grab bag of new Android features for the end of 2021
- Google rolling out Android digital car key support to Pixel 6, Galaxy S21 on select BMWs
- Android TV 12 is now available, unclear when it’s headed to Chromecast with Google TV
- Chrome OS 96 rolling out: Camera tweaks, Nearby Share in Android apps, more
- Tesla Model Y brakes constantly
- 23andMe is using spac funds to develop new drugs against cancer
- 150 HP multi-function printer types vulnerable to exploit • The Register
- Indonesian Court Gives The Government Permission To Pull The Plug On The Internet Whenever It Feels Threatened | Techdirt
- New rule will allow debt collectors to track you down on social media
- Democrats Push Bill to Outlaw Bots From Snatching Up Online Goods
- Is watching the 1984 Ghostbusters movie killing people? A Statistician's Perspective
- Microsoft’s Satya Nadella Sells Half of His Shares in the Company
- The Prince symbol has been salvaged from a 1993 floppy disk - CDM Create Digital Music
- Jim Warren dead
- Fi GPS Dog Collar
- Mobile phone museum
- @jack's net work
- Playoff loss
- Watch FLOSS featuring Lisa LeVasseur
- The 5 Love Languages