Summary: <p>This week, Jason Howell takes over for Leo as we discuss the rumors surrounding next week's Google event, Snapchat's new Spectacle camera sunglasses, and who could buy Twitter. Also: the end of Blackberry's hardware business, most Galaxy Note 7 users have returned their phones, and Elon musk has plans to send a million people to Mars.</p><ul> <li>October 4th, Google will hold an event. Rumors suggest they will announce two "Pixel" branded phones, the new "Andromeda" OS, the Amazon Echo competitor Google Home, and more.</li> <li>Snapchat announced Spectacles, their new camera sunglasses, which shoot 10-second round videos.</li> <li>Google, Verizon, Salesforce, and even Disney have been rumored to be interested in buying Twitter.</li> <li>Blackberry announced today that they will no longer make hardware.</li> <li>Samsung says that over 60% of potentially unsafe Galaxy Note 7 phones have been returned.</li> <li>Elon Musk spoke at length yesterday about his desire to colonize Mars within his lifetime.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Hosts:</strong> <a href="http://buzzmachine.com/">Jeff Jarvis</a> and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/jason-howell">Jason Howell</a></p> <p><strong>Guests:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/ron-richards">Ron Richards</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/kevinmarks" target="_blank">Kevin Marks</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to this show at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google">https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google</a>.</p><p>Thanks to <a href="https://www.cachefly.com/" target="_blank">CacheFly</a> for the bandwidth for this show.</p>
