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what's going on brian Tong here with all your uh you know boobalicious I guess I mean can we really even call the show that anymore or is it alphabet alicious or I don't know what we should call it like i like alphabet soup but maybe you guys have better ideas you know you should let me know so let's get to the show and if you have no idea what I'm talking about it's all because the big news from alphabet the artist formerly known as Google now the big G officially announced its plans for an all-new operating structure by creating a new company called alphabet that will oversee a collection of all their other companies with Google being the biggest it allows alphabet yeah I know it still sounds weird to still do what they're doing while driving their core businesses and pursuing their amazing other non Internet related projects without having to always lump them together as Google so here's really a look at how all of alphabets companies will be broken down alphabet will be overseen by Larry page's CEO and Sergey Brin as president a slightly slimmed down google is still the biggest company and will be run by new CEO sundar Pichai google will still do everything and now there are other companies and projects will be run by their own ceos like google x's home of their Wi-Fi equipped weather balloons for project loon or their modular android smartphone known as project ara nest is its own company under Tony Fadell for the connected home they also have their life sciences group that's still working on the glucose sensing contact lenses we've seen in the past and calico will continue to focus on health and well-being with the ultimate goal of extending our lives yeah that's big picture stuff now all of these companies and more are part of alphabet also in the mobile space Google Hangouts four-point-oh is officially out with an all-new and sleeker look thanks to material design it's simpler to use and performance is even faster with less battery consumption with full android wear support the grooves is also planning to bring a new 3d rendering api to Android called Vulcan Vulcan is an open standard for 3d graphics and rendering Android will still continue to support OpenGL for graphics but Vulcan will allow developers more explicit control over renderings and CPU over also check this out Samsung's unpacked event happens this thursday but a retail worker has posted the best-looking pics of the note 5 to date including shots of the packaging specs and a hint at the new S Pen on the corner now this really confirms a lot of what we've heard already with the 5.7 inch quad HD display for gigs of RAM and 64-bit octa-core processor we're expecting a whole lot more at Samsung's flagship event including the rumored s6 edge+ and possibly more news about Samsung's gear line and even another look at what they're doing with gear VR now check this out the oneplus 2 has officially launched worldwide but all of us in North America will be delayed by two to three weeks from getting our hands on them according to the company now you'll still need an invite to purchase one and you know NFC wireless charging a fast charging are still absent but they could still return to the second phone that one plus is expected to release after this one this year and a heads up that you should all pay attention to we told you about the Android stage fright exploit that enables someone to take over your Android phone when an mms is sent to you even if you don't open it well the researchers who found it have created a free app called the stage fright detector app and it will tell you if your phone is vulnerable or not google has committed to offering monthly updates on Nexus devices for the next two years while the other major companies including Samsung LG HTC Sony and Android one will be issuing patches as well all right now we still want to know what you would rename the show since you know now it's all about the alphabet so send us your emails and ideas to Google issues at cnet com you can tweet me at Bryant on Laurie no drop it right into the YouTube comments we read them and we'll have some fun to show off your suggestions next week that's gonna do for this week's show thanks for watching we'll see y'all next time for some more of that you know I don't know you guys figured out google Isha's