Episode 4 - Hangouts... a History

There was a time, at least it doesn't FEEL that long ago... when my day was tied together by a single app that existed on nearly every device I owned and lived safely in a browser tab of those that didn't. That ubiquitous green bubble lived on every dock and was pinned in every favorites list. The same went for all of my friends, and we channeled everything from dinner plans to DragonCon through it. Many years later, that platform is on life support and has been "replaced" by an entirely-too-long list of successors. Oh yes, it's time we talked Google Hangouts... a History.