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#243: And Baby Makes 11

February 27th, 2020 · 57 minutes

Andy does this one solo for reasons that have nothing to do with the fact that Flo's baby was due this week! The first developer preview of Android 11 drops! And! Andy lied earlier because Flo TOTALLY had her baby!

#242: There is no Wrong Way to Cook Pigweed!

February 13th, 2020 · 94 minutes

Flo and Andy fiddle with Android TV boxes while the Essential Phone burns. Then they talk about Samsung Unpacked, and marvel in hopeful disbelief that new Galaxy Z Flip could be the first folding phone that can't be reviewed with an economical “LOL NO.”

#241: It's a Rich Man's World

February 6th, 2020 · 77 minutes

We talk all the juicy details of Google's Q4 2019 earnings call, along with what happened during the Great Google Photos Data Swap of 2019. We'll also reminisce about the days of one-hour photo processing thanks to Google Photos' new print service.

#240: Backtracking and Forward-thinking

January 30th, 2020 · 79 minutes

Flo and Andy report on why Google backtracked its search engine redesign before diving into the viability of the company's "Going Green" initiative. We'll then squee about Google I/O and encourage you to try out the latest digital wellbeing experiments.

#239: Trillion-Dollar Company

January 24th, 2020 · 97 minutes

Andy and Flo dive into the controversial design changes of Google's search results, Sundar Pichai's call for regulation of artificial intelligence, and why Google "gets away with so much."

#238: When TV Becomes Your Only Escape

January 16th, 2020 · 74 minutes

We'll tackle why Alphabet's Chief Legal Officer, David Drummond, stepped down from the company, as well as the implications of Google having unfettered access to medical records. We'll also muse a bit about Samsung's new "industrial" mid-range phone.

#237: Meat Suit

January 10th, 2020 · 93 minutes

We talk about how Chrome OS is strutting its stuff at this year's CES show floor. We'll also run through Google's CES-timed announcements for the Assistant, and we offer Sundar Pichai a little advice on tweeting.

#236: New Year, New Gripes

January 3rd, 2020 · 95 minutes

We discuss the year's first major Google news story: a politically-tinged blog post from the company's former Head of International Relations on how Google's policies have morphed over a decade.

#235: Holiday Hangover

December 26th, 2019 · 91 minutes

An update on what's happening with Google overseas, and we reel in some realism regarding the salaries of your favorite executives. We also take a look at Android's end-of-the-year platform numbers, brought to you by PornHub.

#234: It's The Most Wonderful Time

December 20th, 2019 · 75 minutes

Flo and Andy talk about former Google bard, Claire Stapleton's, essay published in Elle this week. We'll also discuss why parts of eastern Europe, Iran, and Turkey lost access to Google and we'll explore what the Assistant has to say about Santa.