Google Episodes

Google news and rumors, daily, with the latest about Pixel, Android, Home, and Chrome OS.
April 10, 2020

Fri. 04/10 – HUGE: Apple and Google Join Forces For Coronavirus Contact Tracing

Amazon is creating a system to test its own employees for Coronavirus, Google creates a system to help with unemployment claims, one more attempt to keep track of the Google messaging branding mess, more evidence Zuckerberg …
March 25, 2020

Wed. 03/25 - Google Podcasts Comes To iOS

How Facebook is coping with Corona, Google Podcasts comes to iOS, ad blocking officially comes to Safari, when Apple thinks it can re-open stores, Singapore open-sources it’s Corona-contact-tracing app, and have your screen …
March 16, 2020

Mon. 03/16 - What REALLY Happened W/That Google Coronavirus Project?

Apple fined by France, the FCC nets a bundle at auction, new Beats earbuds, all the specs for the new Xbox Series X, and how Google got caught by surprise by President Trump’s announcement regarding Coronavirus work. Sponsor…
Feb. 6, 2020

Thu. 02/06 - Google Maps Freshens Up For Its Birthday

Google Maps turns 15 and puts on a fresh coat of paint, it turns out you WILL be able to unlock your car via iPhone and really soon, Huawei is suing Verizon, Twitter impresses investors, Casper has a rollercoaster IPO, and d…
Jan. 2, 2020

Thu. 01/02 - A Grand Unified Theory of the Google Civil War

Dell kicks off CES season with two new laptops, Imagination Technologies is back in Apple’s good graces, the IRS is finally sticking it to tax prep software firms, and a grand unified theory of the Google Civil War. Sponsors…
Dec. 18, 2019

Wed. 12/18 - Did Google Almost "Rage Quit" the Cloud?

Everyone comes together to create a smart-home standard, did Google consider walking away from its cloud business, the last holdout comes to streaming, Gary Larson stops holding out on the web and the math behind that gift-w…
Dec. 7, 2019

(Bonus) A Google Civil War? With Bloomberg's Mark Bergen

I had already reached out to Bloomberg’s Mark Bergen this week to talk about the Google Civil War, but then, of course, there was other big Google news this week. So, come for the assessment of Google’s culture at the moment…
Guest: Mark Bergen
Dec. 4, 2019

Wed. 12/04 - Larry and Sergey Into The Sunset

Larry and Sergey ride their Segway’s off into the sunset, a new entrant in the streaming wars, more news from the re:Invent conference, YouTube says it’s algorithm change is working and the year that was, in the world of Red…
Nov. 21, 2019

Thu. 11/21 - Google's Culture Is Dead

Google is changing its rules around political ads, PayPal is acquiring Honey for a ton of money, why have a Dash Button when you can have a Dash Shelf? Route puts all your orders in one place and I’m afraid Google’s original…
Nov. 18, 2019

Mon. 11/18 - Google Stadia and the Mustang Mach-E

The Mustang Mach-E wants to out Tesla Tesla, John Legere is stepping down from T-Mobile, .org domain names might be getting a lot more expensive, and the reviews on Google Stadia are decidedly mixed, but at least it works. S…
Nov. 12, 2019

Tue. 11/12 - Google Wants Your Medical Records

Google has hoovered up the health records of millions of folks without telling anyone, Instagram debuts a TikTok competitor, Facebook debuts Facebook Pay, WordPress.com debuts recurring payments and Disney+ literally just de…
Nov. 1, 2019

Fri. 11/01 - Google Acquires Fitbit

Google acquires Fitbit, Apple TV+ officially launches, might the US Government be about to bring the hammer down on TikTok, and of course, the Weekend Longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Tiny Capital Leap.FidelityCareers.com Li…
Oct. 23, 2019

Wed. 10/23 - Google Says We've Achieved Quantum Supremacy!

Mr. Zuckerberg went back to Washington, Google claims “Quantum Supremacy,” Apple overtakes Starbucks, HireVue is a controversial AI hiring tool and is the influencer bubble on the wane? Sponsors:leap.Fidelitycareers.comMeal…
Oct. 15, 2019

Tue. 10/15 - The #MadeByGoogle Event

All the headlines from the Google hardware event, Apple butts in with new Beats, Libra loses another one, your movie theater wants to rent you movies, and Fortnite is back from the “black hole.” Sponsors: WeWorkRemotely Zapi…
Sept. 23, 2019

Mon. 09/23 - Google Play Pass And WeWork Soap Opera

Google Play Pass might usher in a new era of mobile gaming, the WeWork saga is becoming a soap opera, Facebook’s foes and (erstwhile) friends are talking to the FTC, and has Google ushered in the era of quantum supremacy? S…