TWiG 597: Count Robhgien Ruomorf Laetsew - Alphabet Earnings, Ford Gets Android Automotive, Jeff Bezos Steps Down - a podcast by TWiT

from 2021-02-03T22:47:02

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  • Google and Ford sign six-year tie-up

  • Alphabet revenue up 23%; YouTube up 47%; cloud lost $5.6b

  • Google Stadia Shuts Down Internal Studios, Changing Business Focus

  • New Jarvis post on scissors editors and the Australian news legislation

  • Microsoft backs Australia's proposed laws that would force Google, Facebook to pay local media for content

  • Huawei's HarmonyOS: "Fake it till you make it" meets OS development

  • Chromebook demand has grown by over 4x during the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Pixel Slate removed from Google Store

  • Google to stop using Apple tool to track iPhone users, avoiding new pop-up warning

  • Google to pay $3.8m to settle discrimination lawsuits

  • How do Google and Apple stack up against each other in racial justice?

  • Facebook's 'Oversight Board' overturns 4 cases in first rulings

  • Facebook develops bad-news-avoidance tool for advertisers

  • Bezos stepping down/up at CEO -> executive chair

  • The Relentless Jeff Bezos

  • Seed Investments in Insurrection

  • Parler CEO John Matze says he's been terminated by board: 'I did not participate in this decision'

  • Sinofsky speaks! Former Microsoft exec to publish memoirs online

  • February security patch rolling out to Google Pixel, factory images & OTAs live

  • Google Meet adds a green room so you can primp

  • Google Search links getting 'About this result' panel with website information

  • YouTube will have a new 'BHM' logo every week for Black History Month

  • Google Play allowing Android gambling and betting apps in more countries, including US

  • Android TV homescreen gets another revamp, this time w/ some Google TV goodness

  • Android 'Phone Hub' begins arriving in Chrome OS for a select few

  • Uber buying Drizly for $1.1b

  • Clubhouse's moment arrives

Picks:


  • Stacey: Alternatives to Wink hub

  • Jeff: Ben Evans' annual slideshow extravaganza

  • Ant: VERY HAPPY and PROUD Moment #hardhead


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