There is less than a calendar month until consumer Google+ shuts down, together with it is clear the goal is nigh. All Google+ buttons together with follower badges convey disappeared from websites, the Google-wide notification bell has disappeared together with to a greater extent than together with to a greater extent than users are making their concluding farewells. But it’s non all bad, at that spot are some overnice updates from YouTube, Flickr, Google My Business together with more.
- This calendar week the Google API nigh down, together with Google+ buttons, follower badges, embedded posts together with comments disappeared from blogs together with websites. If yous convey Google+ plugin code on your website, similar a shot is the fourth dimension to take away it.
- This calendar week the Google desktop notifications bell likewise disappeared. You tin sack all the same teach Google+ notifications at plus.google.com/notifications or past times enabling browser notifications inward your Google+ settings.
- Whether yous are a kicking the bucket difficult (like me) or a G Suite user, the latest version of the Android Google+ app is required. It should hold upwards version 10.26.0.233822663 or later, which was released inward mid February. If yous cannot update the Google+ app, yous tin sack proceed to access the mobile version of Google+ using Chrome or some other browser.
- Also coming really soon: Blogger volition switch accounts using a Google+ profile to a Blogger profile, yous volition hold upwards able to purpose Google Takeout to export the posts inward communities yous ain or moderate. And if yous uploaded photos or videos to Google+ over the years, it’s fourth dimension to download a re-create (or brand certain they are inward Google Photos) earlier they are deleted.
- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a long spider web log post well-nigh his vision for Facebook together with social media. He expects people to shift from posting inward the populace tidings feed to somebody messaging inward Messenger together with WhatsApp, has plans for encrypting messaging (once they figure out how to create that AND spell all the same existence able to halt “bad actors”) together with proposes auto-expiring posts. He likewise wants to a greater extent than interoperability together with integration betwixt Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp together with Messenger. While it’s existence touted equally a shift to a “privacy-focused platform”, people are skeptical (and Zuckerberg acknowledges that). At this point, Facebook volition convey to create a lot of operate to earn user trust.
- YouTube’s new Live Control Room rolled out to all creators. Note that it doesn’t yet include Live Events or Stream Now, but if yous are otherwise streaming from your webcam or using an encoder, give it a whirl!
- YouTube Premiers now must hold upwards scheduled at to the lowest degree lx minutes inward advance. You should likewise hold upwards able to Premiere an unlisted video (although that doesn’t seem to hold upwards enabled for me yet).
- Flickr has to fix a Chrome vulnerability. Make certain yous convey updated to Chrome 72.0.3626.121 or later.
- International Women's Day at YouTube (YouTube)
- A VR serial well-nigh women alongside the “courage to question” (Google)
- Facebook AI researchers portion perspectives on diverseness on International Women’s Day (Facebook Research)
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