249: An Elephant On Your Desktop

This week, it's another Andy solo special. We'll talk about Google attempting its part during the pandemic, without being too creepy about how they go about it. Then, Andy is A Weensy Bit Upset with Apple for acquiring the company behind his favorite weather app and tanking many Play Store weather apps in the process. Andy will also guide you through why 3D objects have started showing up in Google Search results.

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Links and Show Notes:

• Google Blog: Helping public health officials combat COVID-19

• 9to5Google: Google providing Wi-Fi to 100,000 California students and 4,000 Chromebooks

• Brookings Institute: What the coronavirus reveals about the digital divide between schools and communities

• Verge: Apple acquires popular weather app Dark Sky and will shut down the Android version

• Lifehacker: These Weather Apps Are Great Alternatives to the Apple-owned Dark Sky

• 9to5Google: Hands-on with more educational 3D models including planets in Google Search

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