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    Material

    Material is a weekly discussion about the Google and Android universe. Your intrepid hosts try to answer the question, “What holds up the digital world?” The answer, so far, is that it’s Google all the way down. Hosted by Andy Ihnatko and Florence Ion.

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    198: Google is a Hardware Company Apr 11, 2019
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    This week. Flo and Andy muse about all the ways that Google has transformed itself into a major hardware player. We talk about the midrange Pixel 3 rumblings, what analysts are saying about who is buying Pixel phones, and Google's next batch of Chrome OS devices.

    This episode of Material is sponsored by:

    • Linode: High-performance SSD Linux servers for all of your infrastructure needs. Get a $20 credit.
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    Links and Show Notes:

    • It looks like new midrange models of Pixel 3 phones are coming this spring or summer

    • Analyst report says that Pixels are stealing sales from Samsung, not Apple

    • Google confirms that more Pixelbooks and Pixel tablets on the way

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    197: No Wingnuts Apr 05, 2019
    Show notes

    Flo details the death of her Pixel 3, while Andy takes us down memory lane with an excerpt from his Google+ archives. After the first break, we'll talk about the latest Bloomberg piece detailing how YouTube discouraged its employees from reporting toxic videos. On the flip side, the company has committed to giving its contractor workers better pay and benefits over the next several years. We'll also discuss the hateful politics of Google's new AI board member and then end on a soft note with John Legend in our living rooms.

    This episode of Material is sponsored by:

    • Linode: High-performance SSD Linux servers for all of your infrastructure needs. Get a $20 credit.
    • Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code MATERIAL at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase.

    Links and Show Notes:

    • Bloomberg: YouTube Executives Ignored Warnings, Letting Toxic Videos Run Rampant

    • The Hill: Google requiring temporary workers, contractors get health care coverage, parental leave

    • Recode: Google employees are calling for the removal of a conservative think tank president from the company’s AI advisory council

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    196: Quote Unquote Mar 28, 2019
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    Flo's out of town this week, but there's still plenty happening at and around Google. We'll discuss the new EU directive, which will change the way we use the internet and probably embolden copyright trolls. We'll also take a look at Google's Lookout app and how it works, and we'll wag our fingers at Google for downgrading Pinterest pages in its search engine.

    This episode of Material is sponsored by:

    • Linode: High performance SSD Linux servers for all of your infrastructure needs. Get a $20 credit.
    • ExpressVPN: High-Speed, Secure & Anonymous VPN Service. Get 3 months free with a 1-year package.

    Links and Show Notes:

    • The Verge: EU passes its new Copyright Directive

    • Google Blog: EU Copyright Directive: one step forward, two steps back

    • Fortune: Google Once Cited EU's Copyright Reforms as a Business Risk. Now They're a Reality

    • CNBC: Pinterest's IPO filing shows how powerful Google has become

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    195: YouTube's Big Problem Mar 21, 2019
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    In preparation for the forthcoming 200th episode, Andy and Flo offer their favorite cake freezing tips before Flo offers up an update on her Galaxy Watch Active. After the break, a somber discussion about last week's Christchurch attacks and how YouTube's disaster team acted to stop the propagation of hateful messaging. We'll also discuss what's next for Google in gaming, and how it's very much all related to YouTube's streaming trajectory.

    This is one very YouTube-packed episode.

    This episode of Material is sponsored by:

    • Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code MATERIAL at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase.

    Links and Show Notes:

    • WaPo: Inside YouTube’s struggles to shut down video of the New Zealand shooting — and the humans who outsmarted its systems

    • Motherboard: Internal Google Email Says Moderating Christchurch Manifesto ‘Particularly Challenging’

    • Google announces Stadia streaming game platform at GDC

    • Eurogamer: The big interview: Phil Harrison and Majd Bakar on Google Stadia

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    194: You've Been Sherlocked Mar 14, 2019
    Show notes

    Andy helps Flo work out some feelings, and the two hosts agree that Google Home Minis have propagated like furry little tribbles. After the break, a full breakdown of Senator Elizabeth Warren's proposal to break up Google and the rest of Silicon Valley, followed by a walkthrough of what's new in the Android Q Beta. And then, we'll end with a quick tribute to Pi and Emma Haruka Iwao, a Google employee from Japan who successfully calculated the number to a record 31 trillion digits.

    This episode of Material is sponsored by:

    • Linode: High-performance SSD Linux servers for all of your infrastructure needs. Get a $20 credit.

    Links and Show Notes:

    • Senator Warren has a plan to break up Google and the rest of tech's major players

    • First Android Q Beta is live, but beta beware!

    • Emma Haruka Iwao has calculated Pi to the 31 trillionth digit

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    193: Generational Differences Mar 08, 2019
    Show notes

    This week's podcast deals with some very mature themes, so take heed.

    There's a ton of nostalgia in this week's episode, from Andy and Flo discussing how their online lives differed when they were tykes, to how they each hold on to a lifetime of media files with the help of their respective Plex servers.

    After the first break, gear up for a serious discussion about YouTube's content problem, what the company is doing to combat predatory commenters, and why we should be louder about our discontent over the platform's failure to properly curate child-friendly content. Then, we'll end on a discussion about some of the latest Google headlines.

    This episode of Material is sponsored by:

    • Pingdom: Start monitoring your websites and servers today. Use offer code MATERIAL to get 30% off.
    • Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code MATERIAL at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase.

    Links and Show Notes:

    • Google won’t do anything about the Absher app; says it doesn’t violate any Play Store rules

    • Patch your browser

    • Momo is fake, in case you missed the memo

    • This is happening on YouTube, and this is bad

    • Really bad

    • Talk to a robot for restaurant information, unless you're in Minnesota and a few other states

    • Google is underpaying men for some jobs, but it doesn't mean what you might think it means

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    192: The Fold Report Feb 28, 2019
    Show notes

    Andy starts us out this week drunk (not really, it's a joke), and Flo can't wait to tell you about her new Android TV box. After the first break, plenty of talk about the foldable phones shown off at Mobile World Congress and what they mean for Android smartphones going forward. We also chat about the non-foldable stuff showed off in Barcelona, and we briefly touch on the one second that Apple Music was available in the Google Home app (yep!).

    This episode of Material is sponsored by:

    • Linode: High-performance SSD Linux servers for all of your infrastructure needs. Get a $20 credit.
    • ExpressVPN: High-Speed, Secure & Anonymous VPN Service. Get 3 months free with a 1-year package.

    Links and Show Notes:

    • The Android TV box that Andy and I can't stop talking about

    • TCL's foldable screen

    • The foldable Huawei Mate X

    • Zee Galaxy Fold, in case you didn't catch the details about it last week

    • The Energizer Bunny made a smartphone

    • Did you hear the story about how Apple Music was in the Google Home app for like a brief second?

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    191: Doing the Deed Feb 21, 2019
    Show notes

    Samsung isn't exactly Google, but we're going deep into the Galaxy S10 launch details this week. We're talking about the phones, the accessories, and the impact all these things will have on Android's bottom line.

    And so the entire podcast isn't about Samsung, we briefly touch upon YouTube's new three-strikes policy, after the second and why we'd love virtual desktops on Chrome OS after the second break.

    This episode of Material is sponsored by:

    • Pingdom: Start monitoring your websites and servers today. Use offer code MATERIAL to get 30% off.
    • Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code MATERIAL at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase.

    Links and Show Notes:

    • Google the words "Samsung" and "Galaxy S10" and you'll find everything you need for this episode

    • YouTube Creator Blog: Making our strikes system clear and consistent

    • Virtual Desks are coming to Chrome OS

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    190: Happy Palentine's Day Feb 14, 2019
    Show notes

    Flo's hosting this week, so there is lots of talk of reality television in the first half hour of this show (IT'S RELATED!). We're also hereby declaring the regressive holiday this podcast posts on as "Palentine's Day." It's a day to celebrate your friends and your podcast co-hosts.

    After the break, we'll discuss whether companies like Google are responsible for government apps that violate human rights (it's the world we're living in folks), and why the company's augmented reality tricks are probably the future of marketing.

    This episode of Material is sponsored by:

    • Linode: High-performance SSD Linux servers for all of your infrastructure needs. Get a $20 credit.

    Links and Show Notes:

    • Critics call on Apple and Google to shut down Saudi government app that can restrict women's travel and intensify control and abuse

    • Playmoji are way more fun than Apple's Animoji

    • Would you use the Google Maps AR feature to find your way around town?

    • Don't forget to check your password with Google's Password Checkup to make sure you're safe!

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    189: Ban-anated Feb 08, 2019
    Show notes

    How do you reconcile using a service that's so helpful and simultaneously so invasive? We don't know, but we pondered about it. After the break, we talk about how Google (and Facebook) recently ruffled Apple's tailfeathers and the utility behind Google's new Accessibility apps.

    This episode of Material is sponsored by:

    • Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code MATERIAL at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase.

    Links and Show Notes

    • This Reddit user is grateful that Google Assistant told him his flight was canceled, but the rest of us maybe not so much

    • Andy's cheap Panasonic earbuds

    • Apple blocked Google, but it's kind of for a fair reason

    • Google's new Accessibility apps are seriously cool

    • Here's how much Google made last quarter

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