Can Google do Everything? Google Upgrades, Rooms, Spaces and more and the Productivity News This Week
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In this Cast | Can Google do Everything?
Ray Sidney-Smith
Augusto Pinaud
Headlines & Show Notes | Can Google do Everything?
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Google Calendar will break down how much of your work is spent in meetings
How to measure productivity
Study of Microsoft employees shows how remote work puts productivity and innovation at risk - GeekWire
The Framework Laptop is the future of laptops — and that’s why I’m buying one
Lenovo is rebooting its Chromebook Duet with a 13.3 ... - The Verge
Here's how you can install Cursive – Google's new note taking app – right now
Google One adds a 5TB storage plan for $24.99 per month
Productivity Resource of the Week
Fibery
Anyfont
Featured Story of the Week
Google Meet gets new videoconference hardware with interactive displaysGoogle’s rename of ‘Rooms’ in Chat and Gmail to ‘Spaces’ is now underwayGoogle Workspace goes all-in on hybrid work with Playspace acquisition | Android CentralThe Gmail app takes calls now, too, because Google wants it to do everything - The VergeGoogle debuts Meet features, including 'Companion mode' | VentureBeat
Announcements
Apple Event: California Streaming on 9/14/21ABI 080 Apple Special Event: California Streaming with Michael SliwinskiMicrosoft Event: 9/22/21ABI 082 Microsoft Special Event: California Streaming with Art Gelwicks Locast Shutting Down After Losing Court Battle With TV Networks
Other News
Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 131 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements Google brings Samsung 5G modem tech to U.S. market with new Pixel phone -sources | ReutersMicrosoft acquires video-editing software start-up ClipchampApple CSAM controversy continues; Snowden chimes inAsana beats expectations for Q2, reports record revenue | ZDNetApple announces first states for Wallet drivers licenses, IDsMozilla wants to make its password manager obsolete with Firefox 93 Beta (APK Download)Notion acquires India’s Automate.io in push to accelerate product expansion – TechCrunchGoogle Drive rolls out a nifty feature for offline access to everyone | Android CentralGoogle search is finally officially getting dark mode on desktopWinZip is expanding its roster of Windows productivity apps in a big way | Windows CentralSwiftKey's latest beta works a lot faster with ... - Android Policehttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/31/upshot/the-winners-of-remote-work.htmlYahoo Finance: Microsoft is rolling out a new Teams features to deal with the hybrid work explosion
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Raymond Sidney-Smith 0:00
Hello personal productivity enthusiasts and community Welcome to Anything But Idle. The Productivity news podcast. Today's show is brought to you by co working space by personal productivity club. I'm Ray Sidney-Smith.
Augusto Pinaud 0:13
And I'm Augusto Pinaud.
Raymond Sidney-Smith 0:14
And we're your hosts for Anything But Idle. This is Episode 79 09 for September 13 2021. This is all about Google's upgrades to their systems with rooms,