Google outages, Facebook ads against Apple, Google WFH, Blob Opera

• The Blob Opera.
• Facebook goes after Apple in newspaper ads.
• Facebook is a Doomsday Machine.
• Apple's big mobile ad industry change.
• Facebook's new TLDR service to summarize the news.
• Facebook's Super to compete with Cameo.
• Two big Google outages and how it affects business.
• Google's WFH strategy is becoming more permanent.
• 64-camera lighting rig that trained portrait lighting AI.
• Google Photos gets a bunch of new features.
• Google acquires Neverware.
• Google Design Best of 2020.
• Apple TV app coming to Chromecast.
• Some Google One tiers getting a 50% price cut.
• Nest Hub Max can now make Zoom video calls.
• Google Home Max is now dead.
• December Pixel feature drop is out.

• Picks of the week:
• Stacey's pick: The Spritzer.
• Jeff's number: MacKenzie Scott gives away $4b to 300+ orgs in four months.
• Ant's pick: Budget-friendly camera gimbal from Feiyutech.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt

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