249: An Elephant On Your Desktop
It's another Andy solo special. 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. And: why 3D objects have started showing up in Google Search results.
Material · Andy Ihnatko and Florence Ion
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Show Notes
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
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