Fri. 06/21 - Google Abandons Tablets

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🗓️ 21 June 2019

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Google is getting out of the tablet business, there’s a MacBook Pro recall but not because of keyboard issues, a startup is aiming to disrupt the billable hour in the legal space, the world’s “first” electric plane is here, and, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Castro Lighstream.com/ride Links: Google's officially done making its own tablets (Computerworld) GOOGLE WAS NEVER REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT TABLETS (The Verge) Apple launches recall program for select MacBook Pros due to battery safety concerns (9to5Mac) FASTEST MOBILE NETWORKS 2019 (PC Mag) The boring genius of how Atrium kills legal busy work (TechCrunch) Why the age of electric flight is finally upon us (BBC News) The Weekend Longreads Suggestions: THEY WELCOMED A ROBOT INTO THEIR FAMILY, NOW THEY’RE MOURNING ITS DEATH (The Verge) Apple, Google, and Facebook Are Raiding Animal Research Labs (Bloomberg Businessweek) How Much of Google’s Search Traffic is Left for Anyone But Themselves? (SparkToro) Don’t Know Which Toaster to Buy? There’s a Website for That. (The Ringer) Using CRISPR to resurrect the dead (CNet) The fake French minister in a silicone mask who stole millions (BBC News) Subscribe to the ad-free feed! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Meme Ride Home for Friday, June 21st, 2019. I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:09.0	Google is getting out of the tablet business.
0:12.6	There's a Macbook Pro recall,
0:14.4	but not because of keyboard issues.
0:16.7	A startup is aiming to disrupt the billable hour
0:18.8	in the legal space.
0:20.1	The world's first electric plane is here,
0:22.1	and of course, the weekend Long Reed's suggestions are here.
0:25.4	Here's what you missed today in the world of tech.
0:31.6	Google is officially getting out of the tablet business.
0:35.0	Do not expect any new pixel slates to be forthcoming because the company is going to focus exclusively on laptops and smartphones going forward in its hardware efforts.
0:45.4	Quoting Computer World, the company did have two smaller sized tablets under development
0:50.1	and earlier this week it decided to drop all work on those devices
0:54.0	and make its roadmap revolve entirely around laptops instead.
0:58.0	A couple of clarifying points here.
1:00.0	First, none of this has any impact on Pixelphones.
1:02.0	Pixel phones and Pixel computers are two different
1:04.1	departments and the road mapping question is related exclusively to the latter. The same applies to the
1:09.8	various Google Home slash Nest products.
1:12.9	What we're talking about today
1:13.9	has absolutely zero impact on any of that stuff.
1:16.6	And second, when Google talks about a tablet,
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