This WEEK in GOOGLE 53

This WEEK in GOOGLE Episode 53

"A World of Gibbons"Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis Guests: Jay Rosen and Kevin Purdy Recorded: July 28, 2010 Published: July 28, 2010 Duration: 1:18:52 FriendFeed conversation Transcript Previous episode – Next episode

Contents 1 This WEEK in GOOGLE 53: A World of Gibbons 1.1 Panel 2 Topics 3 Segments 3.1 "We Do A Little Thing At The End" 4 External Links 5 Sponsors 5.1 Ford SYNC 5.2 Carbonite 6 Production Information

This WEEK in GOOGLE 53: A World of Gibbons

Panel

• Leo Laporte (@leolaporte • friendfeed.com/leolaporte)
  • Leoville.com
• Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis • friendfeed.com/jeffjarvis)
  • Buzzmachine.com
  • Guardian.co.uk/MediaTalkUSA
• Jay Rosen
  • PressThink.org
• Kevin Purdy (@kevinpurdy) & (@completeandroid)
  • Lifehacker.com
  • Thepurdman.com

Topics

• The Afghanistan War Logs Released by Wikileaks, the World's First Stateless News Organization
• Root your Droid X the easy way
• DROID X latest to get Apple’s antenna testing
• HTC Desire and Nexus One Are Getting Super LCD Screens
  • Nexus One Will Not Be Sold In T-Mobile Retail Stores
• Google Voice Update Brings Direct Access Numbers for Speedier Dialing, Eliminates Free Calling Trick
• Yahoo Japan Chooses Google For Search
• Dell Streak retailing for $299 with contract, $549 without; Dell Aero gets launch deets as well
  • Dell's Streak tablet launch off to rough start
• Google Courts Facebook's Friends
• 100 million Facebook user pages end up on a torrent site.
• Google Maps for Android updated to 4.4
• Could launcher spam become a big problem in the Android Market?
• Google Extends Market Refund Window to 48 Hours; Pulling Spam Apps from Market?
• AppBrain Upgrade Installs Android Apps Instantly from the Web

Segments

"We Do A Little Thing At The End"

• Kevin's tip of the week:
  • Use Android's voice to text to do calculations. Also use the search button to active Voice-to-text.

• Jeff's number of the week:
  • 1 billion, Eric Schmidt, make $10 billion from Mobile.

• Leo's tool of the week:
  • Get time zones information from Google. Also using Voice-to-text on Android; Example: Time in London.

External Links

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• Official TWiG Site
• FriendFeed conversations room
• Story Links on Delicious

Sponsors

Ford SYNC

• SyncMyRidePodcast.com
• Ford/Makers Faire
• ad times: 0:36-1:03 and 1:05:21-1:09:27

Carbonite

• Carbonite.com offer code twig
• Carbonite-3
• ad times: 1:04-1:16 and 36:14-38:04

Production Information

• Edited by: Tony
• Notes: Leo did the wrong ad and was edited out.

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