TWiG 605: Sausage Fingers - Clubhouse clones, Google data collection, Substack alternatives, Google Stack

How a full moon and a 'huge lever' helped free Ever Given from Suez canal
Substack is raising $65 million amid newsletter boom
LinkedIn confirms it's working on a Clubhouse rival, too
Spotify enters live social audio with acquisition of Locker Room
The Unofficial Twitter Spaces FAQ
Discord's new Clubhouse-like feature, Stage Channels, is available now
Cameo Aims to Connect Celebrities With Fans and It's Now Valued at $1 Billion
Google collects 20 times more telemetry from Android devices than Apple from iOS
Google testing Memory as add-on to assistant: combination of to-do list, notes app, reading list, Pinterest
Google Stack, to organize your (paper) documents
Obsidian is a powerful knowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files
Don't shun Dr. Google — researching mysterious symptoms online is actually a good idea, study finds
T-Mobile is betting big on Google's Android services: RCS, YouTube TV, Pixel, and more
HoloLens for 120,000 Army personnel: Microsoft inks $21.9 billion deal
Google canceling April Fools' Day jokes for the second year in a row
Voltswagen: A new name for a new era of e-Mobility
Amazing Icelandic volcano drone footage
Twitter's 'unofficial mayor' Chrissy Teigen quits platform after years of harassment
You and the Algorithm: It Takes Two to Tango
Facebook sets reopening date for S.F., Bay Area offices, with no free food and no transit
Google: Some workers are likely to return to U.S. offices in April
Periscope shuts down today
Socially distanced dance troupe
Sources: Google's next wireless earbuds are the 'Pixel Buds A'
Google is making some big upgrades to directions in Google Maps
Google Meet extending 'unlimited' video calls for free Gmail accounts to June
Google TV rolling out 'Kids Profiles' to Chromecast now
Say "Hey Google..." to the new Fiat 500 Family
YouTube tests hiding dislike counts in response to targeted campaigns, improve wellbeing
Verizon will shut down its 3G network in 2022
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