This Week in Google 649

• Google results + 20-for-1 stock split.
• Google breaks $200b annual revenue.
• Peter Kafka: Web3 is the future, or a scam, or both.
• Google's Pixel phones had their best quarter ever.
• Google Pixel 6a: here's everything we know so far.
• Facebook’s Shares Plunge 20% After Profit Decline.
• Meta plans to break out the results of its AR and VR hardware unit, Reality Labs, for the first time when it reports Q4 results on February 2.
• Spotify Takes Down Neil Young’s Music After His Joe Rogan Ultimatum.
• Joe Rogan defends podcast and apologizes to Spotify for backlash.
• Spotify’s Platform Rules and Approach to COVID-19.
• Jeff's article: Jarvis statement to Senate hearing on "Breaking the News".
• This is a bonkers, awesome story! North Korea hacked this dude, so he hacked it back.
• Google believes ‘Android Tablets’ are ‘future of computing’ w/ an Android cofounder part of push.
• The ambitious Android tablet option Google tossed away.
• Interesting Mike Isaac theory on Apple v FB v Google.
• GOP Sen. Lee to intro bill to break up Google's ad business.
• Gaming Chromebooks are on the way with full RGB keyboards.
• Google Cloud is hiring a legion of blockchain experts to expand its business.
• Google increases parental-leave policy to nearly 6 months and adds more vacation time for employees in a boost to well-being benefits.
• Google could soon limit WhatsApp chat backup size on Drive.
• First C2PA spec for assuring provenance of online media.
• Facebook’s cryptocurrency failure came after internal conflict and regulatory pushback.
• Jack Dorsey: Diem was a waste of time, Meta should’ve focused on BTC.
• Your work Gmail is about to look different.
• Google relents: Legacy G Suite users will be able to migrate to free accounts.
• YouTube’s video player is getting a new look on Android and iOS.
• The Google One VPN is now available on iPhones.
• Google Messages starts rolling out iMessage reactions, but emoji translations are not quite 1:1.
• Pixel 4a removed from the Google Store after being out of stock for months.
• Pixel 3 loses unlimited ‘Original’ photo backups today; ending a novel differentiator for Google.
• Zuckerberg warns that other users in a Messenger chat will be told when one participant takes a screenshot.
• Joby Aviation wants to conduct dramatic eVTOL flights over San Francisco Bay.
• Metaverse real estate sales top $500 million and are projected to double this year.

Picks:

• Stacey - Termination Shock
• Jeff - YouTube beats Neflix in revenue
• Jeff - Hank Green Has A Problem With TikTok’s Creator Fund: “When TikTok Becomes More Successful, TikTokers Become Less Successful.”
• Ant - Ant Interviewed by San Diego Mobile Film Festival
• Ant - Finally Got 'Em
• Jason - New York Times buys viral "Wordle" game
• Jason - Wordle will be free forever because you can right-click to save the whole game

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• Google results + 20-for-1 stock split
• Google breaks $200b annual revenue
• Peter Kafka: Web3 is the future, or a scam, or both
• Google's Pixel phones had their best quarter ever
• Google Pixel 6a: here's everything we know so far
• Facebook’s Shares Plunge 20% After Profit Decline
• Meta plans to break out the results of its AR and VR hardware unit, Reality Labs, for the first time when it reports Q4 results
• Spotify Takes Down Neil Young’s Music After His Joe Rogan Ultimatum
• Spotify’s Platform Rules and Approach to COVID-19
• Joe Rogan defends podcast and apologizes to Spotify for backlash
• Jeff's article: Jarvis statement to Senate hearing on "Breaking the News"
• This is a bonkers, awesome story! North Korea hacked this dude, so he hacked it back
• Google believes ‘Android Tablets’ are ‘future of computing’ w/ an Android cofounder part of push
• The ambitious Android tablet option Google tossed away
• Interesting Mike Isaac theory on Apple v FB v Google
• GOP Sen. Lee to intro bill to break up Google's ad business
• Gaming Chromebooks are on the way with full RGB keyboards
• Google Cloud is hiring a legion of blockchain experts to expand its business
• Google increases parental-leave policy to nearly 6 months and adds more vacation time for employees in a boost to well-being ben
• Google could soon limit WhatsApp chat backup size on Drive
• First C2PA spec for assuring provenance of online media
• Facebook’s cryptocurrency failure came after internal conflict and regulatory pushback
• Jack Dorsey: Diem was a waste of time, Meta should’ve focused on BTC
• Your work Gmail is about to look different
• Google relents: Legacy G Suite users will be able to migrate to free accounts
• YouTube’s video player is getting a new look on Android and iOS
• The Google One VPN is now available on iPhones
• Google Messages starts rolling out iMessage reactions, but emoji translations are not quite 1:1
• Pixel 4a removed from the Google Store after being out of stock for months
• Pixel 3 loses unlimited ‘Original’ photo backups today; ending a novel differentiator for Google
• Zuckerberg warns that other users in a Messenger chat will be told when one participant takes a screenshot
• Would you take an air-taxi flight over SF Bay?
• Metaverse real estate sales top $500 million, and are projected to double this year
• Termination Shock
• YouTube beats Neflix in revenue
• Ant Interviewed by San Diego Mobile Film Festival
• Hank Green Has A Problem With TikTok’s Creator Fund: “When TikTok Becomes More Successful, TikTokers Become Less Successful.”
• Finally Got 'Em
• New York Times buys viral "Wordle" game
• Wordle will be free forever because you can right-click to save the whole game