Aug 24th 2016
This Week in Google 367
What's a Topo Chico?
Nougat arrives, farewell Gawker, Samsung Scoop
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 21:00 UTC.
A loving eulogy to Gawker, Nougat is here, Samsung is developing an Echo competitor, and it's National Waffle Day!
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Links
- Jeff's farewell to Gawker
- Google's Android Nougat is finally here for your Nexus phone and tablet
- Google begins posting Nexus images for the Android 7.0 Nougat update
- The Note 7 Still Delivers Embarrassing Real-World Performance
- Android Nougat drops support for Nexus 5 and 2013 Nexus 7
- Speech is 3X faster than typing on a phone
- Google Duo edges out Pokemon Go on Android
- McDonald's Happy Meal Step-It fitness trackers officially recalled
- “Samsung Scoop”—a portable Amazon Echo clone—spotted in FCC database
- Amazon wants to sell a cheaper music subscription service that will only work on its Echo player
- Chase to start supporting Android Pay on Sept. 7
- Google will phase out Chrome apps for Windows, Mac and Linux
- Google is using AI to compress photos, just like on HBO’s Silicon Valley
- Fi's wifi assistant comes to all Nexus phones
- It's national Waffle day!
- The bizarre inspiration behind Nike's first pair of running shoes
- Comcast's 'Gigabit' is twice as expensive in non-Google Fiber markets
- Google is up 1,700% since its IPO. But these stocks have done better.