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#Google News / Trends on Android screen when you swipe is pushing me to vacation in Lahaina, HI.

I guess because I have read stories about the devastating fires that destroyed everything and killed so many people, Google is pushing it's promotions on me.

Google needs to blacklist it in its ad network right now, esp for #Lahaina, if not for the entire island.
#news #marketing

@paul I was unaware that Google Now was still a thing.

@newstik You're right. I called it that. It's really the Google News app / trending that pops up when you swipe to the side.

@paul Oh, I see. Thank you for clarifying.

@newstik They close, change, merge, rename their apps all the time. It's hard to keep up.

@newstik

You probably can update that piece now to include the changes with Currents.

First, Currents was a magazine reader/ purchasing app. Then they killed it, turning it into Google Play Newstand and used Currents for Google+ for G Suite. Recently, they killed that and merged it into the Spaces feature in Google Chat, I believe.

Regarding messaging apps, I merged into what is now Google Voice when they acquired Gizmo5 in mid-2000's. Still have the same, before Google, VOIP number.

@paul Ahaha, it's just hilarious. So much money and goodwill wasted.

But: Impressive that you still have that phone number. So there is some continuity.

@newstik Back before Google purchased Gizmo5, we had a physical VOIP phone system.

It still is my primary phone number. It either forwards to our real phones or I pick up when the app rings.

My fear is they will kill it and almost 20 years of phone continuity, living and working in three different states, will be gone.

@paul you should be able to port the number out.