Dec 30th 2020
This Week in Google 592
Hats on Sticks
Origins of Reddit, Substack and the future of journalism, Amazon buys Wondery
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 21:00 UTC.
- Boston Dynamics robots do a little dance.
- Google brings TikTok and Instafram into its video carousel.
- TikTok Ratatouille musical tickets are for sale.
- Reddit is buying Dubsmash to compete with TikTok.
- Amazon is buying podcast network Wondery.
- An album entitled "Okay Google Play Music"
- How trustworthy are news sources anymore?
- A debate around the role of content production.
- Google Cloudprint is no longer.
- Google Store now has a subscriptions section.
- Android Smart Selection has a new conversion function.
- Google removed ultra-wide astrophotography from the Pixel 5.
- Google Photos has a "year in review" story.
- Google Assistant sings a New Year song. And it is bad.
- Samsung Galaxy Chromebook 2 leaks.
- Substack author is making a million dollars.
- The glut of content between podcasts and newsletters.
Picks:
- Stacey - Hoobs.
- Jeff - Where are tech workers moving?
- Ant - Canvas on Netflix.
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Links
- Boston Dynamics robot and dog dance. Positively lovable.
- If ya can't beat 'em, search 'em: Google experimenting with a carousel of videos from TikTok & Instagram
- Good news for Ant: Ratatouille the Musical will feature big Broadway musical names
- A bonus for Ant: The story behind Ratatouille the TikTok musical
- Reddit buys TikTok rival Dubsmash
- Amazon buys Wondery
- RIP Cloudprint. Say hello to Newsreader in Google Heaven.
- Google Store adds subscriptions section
- Android Smart Selection feature now lets you convert to other units
- Google Camera 8.1 disabled using the Pixel 5 and 4a 5G’s ultrawide lens for astrophotography
- Google Photos generating straightforward ‘Year in Review’ story, 2020 photo book
- Google Assistant can sing an incredibly corny ‘New Year song’
- Leaked Samsung Galaxy Chromebook 2 (happy Jeff)
- NYTimes Substack puffpiece: The million-dollar newsletter
- Substack builds RSS reader
- Here lies Flash
- HOOBS
- Where tech workers are moving (not Texas)
- Go Support Canvas