This WEEK in GOOGLE 14

This WEEK in GOOGLE Episode 14

"Nut Graphs, Gadgets, And Bots"Hosts: Leo Laporte, Gina Trapani, and Jeff Jarvis Recorded: October 31, 2009 Published: October 31, 2009 FriendFeed conversation Transcript Previous episode – Next episode

Contents 1 This WEEK in GOOGLE 14: Nut Graphs, Gadgets, And Bots 1.1 Panel 2 Topics 3 Segments 3.1 "We Do A Little Thing At The End" 3.2 Wish List (What the panelists wish Google would do) 4 External Links 5 Sponsors 6 Production Information

This WEEK in GOOGLE 14: Nut Graphs, Gadgets, And Bots

Eric Schmidt predicts the web's next five years, a Google Maps mystery, and Gina makes a big announcement.

Panel

• Leo Laporte (@leolaporte • friendfeed.com/leolaporte)
  • Leoville.com
• Gina Trapani (@ginatrapani • friendfeed.com/ginatrapani)
  • Smarterware.org
  • Completewaveguide.com
• Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis • friendfeed.com/jeffjarvis)
  • Buzzmachine.com

Topics

• The Google Story
• Google's Halloween logo (Only on Halloween)
• In Hulu, ads for Google Chrome (From the IRC Chat)
• Leo gets 3 Google Voice invites to give out.
• Use Google Voice with your existing number
• New Android phones. Most noticeable; the Motorola Droid. Also a new HTC phone. Leo has ordered a Nokia N900
  • List of Android Devices
• Leo questions what the Android Market looks like on Android 2.0, Eclair. Has it improved?
• Google Wave gets it own App store
• Google Wave Federation to be opened up very, very soon.
• The race for the first Google Wave iPhone app
• Gina writing a new book called The Complete Guide to Google Wave. 8 chapters have been written and are online now. Gina is working with Adam Pash from Lifehacker on the book. More information on the site at completewaveguide.com.
• Google puts an Easter egg for Halloween
• Mystery of Argleton, the 'Google' town that only exists online
• Google's Eric Schmidt on What the Web Will Look Like in 5 Years
• CNET river
  • CNN NewsPulse

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Segments

"We Do A Little Thing At The End"

• Gina's tip of the week:
  • Google Docs Batch Export

• Jeff's stat of the week:
  • Google Voice has 1.419 million users... Of those, 570,000 use it seven days a week, Google says.

• Leo's tool of the week:
  • Find music faster and easier using Google. (U.S. only)

Wish List (What the panelists wish Google would do)

No wish list this week.

External Links

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• FriendFeed conversations room
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Sponsors

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Production Information

• Edited by: Erik
• Notes: Censored profanity at 00:52:23;02

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