TWiG 499: Monopolopsony
Tech News
Foursquare Still Tracks Your Every Movement IBM Used Your Flickr Photos to Train Its Facial Recognition Facebook's "Privacy Pivot" Is Anything But Elizabeth Warren Wants to Break Up Big Tech Google Will Unveil "The Future of Gaming" Next Week Google's Hardware Plans Look Grim Amazon Wants to Buy the Yankees Network RIP Google Allo Android Q Beta is Here! Picks of the Week:
Leo's Tool: Have a Nice Day on Audible Originals Jeff's Number: Howard Stern Comes Again hits #1 on Amazon on its first day Stacey's Thing: Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World Hosts: Leo Laporte , Jeff Jarvis , and Stacey Higginbotham
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Posted on 14 March 2019 | 2:55 am
TWiG 498: Former TV Guide Critic
The Best Samsung Galaxy S10+ You Can Buy: First Look Facebook Pivots to Privacy Saudi Women Tracking App Might Not Be So Bad After All Google's Dragonfly is Dead Waymo's Lidar Play Google's Privacy-Focused AI Framework AI Will Be Better Than Us at Understanding the "Incomprehensible Intricacy of our Everyday World." Picks of the Week
Leo's Tools: Rotimatic, Samsung Galaxy S10+ and Galaxy Buds Jeff's Number: Great thread on German/European publishers' attempts to use copyright and political capital for protectionism through the ages Stacey's Things: Amazon Newsletter, Party With Stacey at SXSW! Hosts: Leo Laporte , Jeff Jarvis , and Stacey Higginbotham
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Posted on 7 March 2019 | 3:56 am
TWiG 497: Hermione Said So
Foldable Phones: is $2000 Too Much? All the Other Wacky Phones at MWC 2019 HoloLens 2 and the Cloud Our Heads-Up Display Future 5G at MWC 2019: When is 5G Really Coming? Congress Wants a Word With Google Google vs Oracle Might be Coming Back How Do You Pronounce Amicus? Huawei: Threat or Menace? Lighthouse Goes Out of Business Suicide Tips in YouTube Kids Worst Job in Tech: Facebook Moderator Facebook Knows When You are Menstruating Facebook Kills its VPN Under Protest Ray Ozzie Will Make All Your IoT Devices Secure Assistant on Messenger Biometric ID on Android Apps Google AI Grammar Checker on G Suite FedEx Robots Coming this Summer SEC Wants Elon Musk Held in Contempt over Tweets Picks of the Week:
Ant's Stuff: How to Be Black, Everyday People Talking about Everyday S***, and Premiere Tutorials on • Stacey's Thing: A World Without Clouds Leo's Plea: Open call to anyone at Google who watches TWiG: Can we get on a YouTube takedown whitelist? Hosts: Leo Laporte and Stacey Higginbotham
Guest: Ant Pruitt
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Posted on 28 February 2019 | 3:55 am
TWiG 496: Jeff Gives It a Pass
Samsung Galaxy Fold Will Replace Your Computer Samsung Galaxy S10, S10+, S10e Samsung Galaxy Buds YouTube Advertisers Flee Over Pedophilia New YouTube Strike System Articles 11 and 13 are About to Pass Conspiracy Theories on YouTube and Pinterest Nest's "Not" Secret Microphone is just the tip of the surveillance iceberg in your house. Google Doesn't Block Ad Blockers Google's GDC Keynote Concerns over AI text and image generation Uber Sues NYC Carlton Fails to Sue Fortnite Amazon takes its ball and goes home Amazon Pays No Income Tax Picks of the Week:
Stacey's Thing: Checklist for Moving Out of a Smart Home Jeff's Number: Top social accounts and platforms by interactions Leo's Tool: Credder Hosts: Leo Laporte , Jeff Jarvis , and Stacey Higginbotham
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Posted on 21 February 2019 | 12:22 am
TWiG 495: Get Yourself a Harvard Man
Articles 11 and 13 are Back & Worse than Ever What if Google Won't Pay Fines? Amazon Buys Eero: Is this the Panopticon Apple's Plans to Screw Over Publishers Life Without Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft NYPD Hates Waze Should Facebook Ban Anti-Vaxxers? Google to Open Offices in 24 States Google Wins at the 2019 Oscars Picks of the Week
Stacey's Thing: Hubitat Evolution Jeff's Number: Mars Opportunity dies after 14 Years of Service Leo's Tool: WebsiteVoice Hosts: Leo Laporte , Jeff Jarvis , and Stacey Higginbotham
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Posted on 14 February 2019 | 1:55 am
TWiG 494: Commodified
I Made Queso! Spotify Buys Gimlet and Anchor Facebook at 15 Why Publishing Died Alphabet Q1 Earnings Verily Opens Opioid Rehab, Makes Smart Shoes Marshmello's Fortnite Concert Chrome Password Checker Extension Google Makes Audio More Accessible Assistant Coming to Nest Security Detecting Fake Audio Picks of the Week
Stacey's Thing: Airhelp Stacey's Tip: Change your Nest password! Jeff's Number: 1/3 of advertisers shift from Google/FB to Amazon Leo's Tool: Doodle for Google Hosts: Leo Laporte , Jeff Jarvis , and Stacey Higginbotham
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Posted on 7 February 2019 | 1:31 am
TWiG 493: The Dork Face Problem
Google IO dates are announced. Features for Android Q include a new face-detection API. Google makes a big hire that is all about bringing Fuchsia to market. Gmail for Android gets a redesign but it still isn't Inbox. What happens when you cut every piece of Google out of your life? Apple took a number of internal Facebook apps offline. Google's Sidewalk Labs will turn cities into actual Sim cities. Charges against Huawei could have major implications for trade. Xiaomi's foldable display video is interesting, but its not the future. Picks of the Week:
Jason's tip: Use a non-Pixel phone for Chromebook Instant Tethering. Jeff's number: Members of congress have two Twitter accounts. Mike's tool: Newsguard can sniff out fake news sites for you. Hosts: Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis
Guest: Mike Elgan
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Posted on 31 January 2019 | 1:38 am
TWiG 492: What Doesn't Kill You, Makes You Viral
France fines Google €50M for GDPR violations, Google appeals. Amazon issues workers vests to keep robots from harming them. Millions of mortgage docs leak online. Viacom buys Pluto TV for $340M. Microsoft Edge mobile browser alerts users to fake news. Google buys Fossil smartwatch tech. Google powers US data centers with 1.6 million solar panels. Facebook wants to attract teens to its new LOL meme hub. OPEN Government Data Act becomes law. China confirms that scientist He Jiankui used CRISPR to gene-edit babies. Chinese app encourages users to shame debtors near them. How good are you at detecting phishing emails? Try this quiz! Picks of the Week:
Stacey's Things: @Hourly Fox and KonMari your IoT gadgets Jeff's Number: 11 countries hate Article 11 Hosts: Leo Laporte , Jeff Jarvis , and Stacey Higginbotham
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Posted on 24 January 2019 | 1:44 am
TWiG 491: A Faust Without a Devil
Facebook's 10 Year Photo Challenge: Threat or Menace? The Best of the Rest at CES 2019 Google and WordPress Make News Who is Watching Your Doorbell Videos? The Google Changelog: RCS Comes to Fi All Hail the Egg! Galaxy S10 Launches 2/20 Bird Sent a Cease-and-Desist to the WRONG Person. Hosts: Leo Laporte , Jeff Jarvis , and Stacey Higginbotham
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Posted on 16 January 2019 | 11:40 pm
