TWiG 590: The Enlarged Bicep of Reason - Google outages, Facebook ads against Apple, Google WFH, Blob Opera - a podcast by TWiT

Google outages, Facebook ads against Apple, Google WFH, Blob Opera

• The Blob Opera.


• Facebook goes after Apple in newspaper ads.


• Facebook is a Doomsday Machine.


• Apple's big mobile ad industry change.


• Facebook's new TLDR service to summarize the news.


• Facebook's Super to compete with Cameo.


• Two big Google outages and how it affects business.


• Google's WFH strategy is becoming more permanent.


• 64-camera lighting rig that trained portrait lighting AI.


• Google Photos gets a bunch of new features.


• Google acquires Neverware.


• Google Design Best of 2020.


• Apple TV app coming to Chromecast.


• Some Google One tiers getting a 50% price cut.


• Nest Hub Max can now make Zoom video calls.


• Google Home Max is now dead.


• December Pixel feature drop is out.

• Picks of the week:


• Stacey's pick: The Spritzer.


• Jeff's number: MacKenzie Scott gives away $4b to 300+ orgs in four months.


• Ant's pick: Budget-friendly camera gimbal from Feiyutech.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt

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