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welcome to alphabet city this is the show that covers everything related to alphabet Inc the company that owns so many things I'm your guy daya's Akhtar and you are the outstanding audience today we're talking about some serious Google issues again Chrome changes your comments and more but first up let's talk about the future let's visit galaxy gateway Yonhap news just published a report on Samsung's 2019 plans the Galaxy S ten would be revealed in February the foldable phone we just recently saw would be shown off at Mobile World Congress in February and launched in March during that same month of March a 5g version of the galaxy s 10 would also arrive the folding phone is not expected to handle 5g but will be able to drain your bank account with the price of around 2 million won or around $1,700 Samsung gave out some official specs on its unnamed flexible phone the front display has a 4.5 8-inch screen with a resolution of 840 by 1960 the main 7.3 inch display has a resolution of 1536 by 2150 - what are you gonna do with a 7.3 inch Android tablet Sina - Roger Cheng has a great analysis piece trying to pin down an answer if you've got ideas let us know and other folding phone news evan blast said to expect an LG folder at CES 2019 which will take place in January also another company called royal introduced a folding phone / tablet before Samsung did Royals flex PI yes that is the name is available for pre-order for around $1,300 let's go to the garden of Google guys we spent some time explaining Google and its history with sexual harassment if you want full details check out our last episode here's the very very short recap until this point New York Times piece explained incredible sexual harassment claims against Google executives executives being protected by Google with payouts 20,000 Google employees and contractors walk out in protest protest organizers post demands for real change within the company google announces changes to harassment policies right before we publish the last episode of this show so let's talk about Google's changes to policies since we haven't done that yet Google posted a blog entry credited to CEO sundar Pichai in it he apologizes and explains that the company will provide more transparency on how it handles concerns Google will no longer force workers into arbitration in harassment and assault claims Google will also change methods of reporting channels as well as update and expand mandatory sexual harassment training organizers are the walkout publisher response in it they say we commended this progress and the rapid action which brought it about however the response ignored several of the core demands like elevating the diversity officer and employee representation on the board and troublingly a race to focused on racism discrimination and the structural inequity built into the class system that separates full-time employees from contract workers in addition the company must address issues of systemic racism and discrimination including pay equity and rates of promotion and not just sexual harassment alone let's wrap up the news with uptown updates Google announced that starting with Chrome 71 coming in December of 2018 chrome will show a warning when encountering unclear subscription pages the idea is to avoid sneaky scams a site must have three things to be considered clear billing info must be visible and obvious to users customers must easily see the cost they're going to incur before accepting the terms and the fee structure has to be easily understandable if a site fails any of those three criteria you'll see a warning according to 9:00 to 5:00 Google Nest might get a rebrand remember nest Google bought it back in 2014 the nest became its own independent company under alphabet then alphabet decided that should be a division of google again nine to five google says discussions are still early and nothing may happen we've seen nest products become more integrated to things like the google home hub should google have two brands for its smart home ambitions could you imagine that multiple brands for similar products it'd be like youtube in google video or google play music and YouTube music or Gmail and inbox or hangouts and allo and do other messages that's just crazy one more tidbit YouTube is out for the Nintendo switch in the Nintendo eShop it even supports 360 degree videos to comment though this is the part of the show where we shine a spotlight at the most amazing lottie's of the world view on the topic of folding phones cipher 360 clothing said can't wait for the foldable productivity and fun at the same time imagine playing a game of fortnight on that when Samsung came out with larger screens people were saying why do we need larger screens then Apple implemented larger screens in their iPhones and then it became so suddenly clear why we needed them let's see if history repeats itself with the foldable Leon Jimenez says it's an unfolded a phone or foldable tablet a phone that I can actually unfold into a tablet and not carry two devices a tablet I can put in my pocket how is that a gimmick you know who thought it wasn't a gimmick Steve Jobs and Bill Gates agreed in their final interview together that unfolding screens was the next step in the evolution this is the definition of practical use if you're a daily tablet user on the go you know exactly why you need this press the young says do you guys realize that he shave his beard Presley yep it was for a Halloween costume I was Bob Belcher from Bob's Burgers thanks to everyone for riding in if you've enjoyed your stay in Alphabet City please like and subscribe a my as a colonel see you online good you're still here I've got a question for you what Android app do you think is way underrated maybe we can make it a topic of a holiday episode also Samsung is bringing its new one UI to the Galaxy s8 and Note 8 not just the 9 line so long