Sep 14th 2016
This Week in Google 370
The Avocado Is a Pear Shaped Fruit
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
Note 7 recall, 2 major Android security breaches, upcoming Google Pixel phones.
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 21:00 UTC.
Samsung is losing billions of dollars due to the exploding Galaxy Note 7 recall. Google has released fixes for two big exploits discovered this week - but how long will it take to get to your Android? And Google's new Pixel phones are coming October 4th.
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Links
- Like them or not, Google's Pixel phones will be the iPhone competitor we've demanded for years
- 70+ Galaxy Note 7’s have exploded in the US alone
- Samsung software patch for Note 7 caps charge at 60 percent
- Samsung pins explosive Galaxy Note 7 on battery manufacturing error - CNET
- Samsung loses $26 billion of market value after Note 7 recall
- XKCD: Bag Check
- Marshmallow reaches 18.7%, Nougat below 0.1% in September Android distribution numbers
- Two critical bugs and more malicious apps make for a bad week for Android | Ars Technica
- Report: Google to release 7-inch Huawei-built Android tablet with 4GB RAM this year (Dieter Bohn/The Verge)
- How Twitter Got Angry
- “You can only express yourself if you feel safe to do so…you need a sense of…conversation that's empowering…” -@jack
- Twitter Introduces Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Xbox One Apps for Live Streaming Video
- Amazon’s connected speaker Echo Dot returns, is now only $50
- Amazon will reportedly bring spoken notifications to Alexa and the Echo
- Googles AI Brainiacs Achieve Speech-Generation Breakthrough
- WaveNet: A Generative Model for Raw Audio
- Google plans a Nougat party and an official Android statue for French town of Montélimar
- The first phone with Google's revolutionary Tango technology just got delayed
- Someone Is Learning How to Take Down the Internet - Schneier on Security
- Raspberry Pi sells over 10 million computers
- YouTube Launches Community Tab to Let Channels Share Content and Better Interact With Viewers
- Homebrew Website Club tonight
- Distributed Verification