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Outdated concepts for Google's 'Shortwave' podcast app leak
A few weeks ago, Google confirmed its Area 120 startup incubator is working on a podcast app called Shortwave. It told The Verge at the time that it "helps users discover and consume spoken-word audio in new ways" but didn't get specific about how. Now 9to5Google has posted some related "design experiments" that portray an app focused on surfacing small segments from within longer podcast episodes.
What is Google Who? (updated)
You see what we're seeing in the browser history? Google Who. Google Who? What's that? It appears at the 32 minute mark from yesterday's Android event video. Perhaps it's just an internal directory lookup or maybe it's something more, a 20 percent project possibly. Tommy, can you hear me? Update: Aww, we just got word that it's The Goog's internal employee directory. Thanks for playing. [Thanks, Joshua G.]
