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    #63: Satisfying the Punisher

    July 19th, 2018 · 50 minutes

    Google gets fined, swallows Nest whole, and plots its next-generation operating system. In other news, there are new moons and even newer emojis. 😎

    Guest Starring: Florence Ion and Dan Frakes

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    Links and Show Notes

    EU: Google illegally used Android to dominate search, must pay $5B fine | Ars Technica
    Android has created more choice, not less - Google Blog
    Don’t Expect Big Changes from Europe’s Record Google Fine | WIRED
    Steven Sinofsky on Twitter
    Nest CEO steps down after employees pushed for his exit - CNET
    Project ‘Fuchsia’: Google is Quietly Working on a Successor to Android - Bloomberg
    Astronomers have found a new crop of moons around Jupiter, and one of them is a weirdo - The Verge
    EmojiCompat For Android A Work In Progress
    Pet the Pup at the Party by Bullets in 5:48 - SGDQ2018 - YouTube
    Pet the Pup at the Party takes social anxiety and makes it fun - Polygon
    Florence "U4EA" Ion (@Ohthatflo) | Twitter
    Dan Frakes (@DanFrakes) | Twitter
    Material #160: Other Bets - Relay FM