- With the 30th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake, I reflected on what the sense was similar trying to abide by information from thousands of miles away, in addition to how it powerfulness hold upward dissimilar today. I besides tried out the MyShake app, which is tied to the California Earthquake Early Warning system, in addition to designed to give a quake alert equally much equally “tens of seconds” earlier it hits. Unfortunately, equally it runs inwards the background it used a lot of battery power. I’m hoping at that topographic point volition hold upward updates to improve that.
- This calendar week was Google’s annual autumn hardware “Made yesteryear Google” event. They announced the Pixel iv phone, new Pixel Buds, a “more affordable” Pixelbook Go, a novel Nest (formerly Home) Mini amongst a ameliorate speaker,new Nest Wifi system, the imminent arrival of the Stadia gaming system in addition to more.
- The Pixel 4’s “gee whiz” characteristic is the Blogger’s Android app got a much-needed update. It instantly has fabric blueprint in addition to (importantly) doesn’t crash on recent devices. It’s real simple, only letting you lot you lot create, edit in addition to manage posts inwards an existing blog. But at that topographic point is instantly the potential for time to come updates.
- Google Books - customize text size in addition to lay of captions inwards Google Slides.
- Adding a greenback to Google Keep on desktop simply got easier. Just acquire inwards note.new , notes.new or keep.new inwards your browser’s address bar.
- If you lot role Feedly equally your feed reader, they are looking for beta testers for a novel Google Assistant Action that volition read your feed headlines, read articles in addition to permit you lot salve articles to boards to access later.
- All download their data (which could cause got several weeks). Groups aren’t going away entirely. However, all world groups volition hold upward made individual or restricted, in addition to it volition no longer hold upward possible to upload content. What you lot volition hold upward able to create is electronic mail members of the group.
- David Bloom at Tubefilter writes well-nigh the electrical flow complexities for Subscribe to acquire the Weekly Update in your electronic mail inbox or favorite feed reader. Miss final week’s update? Get it here.
Image: Closeup of Infinicube yesteryear Gabe Levy in addition to Mike Singletary. Photo yesteryear me.
Upcoming
- October 23-24: Android Developers Summit (Preview)
- October 29: Google Webmasters English linguistic communication Office Hours
- November 1: Deadline for G Suite for Education admins to asking an extension for Brand Account Primary Owners (with limitations)
- November 1: Google Webmasters English linguistic communication Office Hours
- November 2: Patreon Assembly (join a viewing party)
- November 4: Google Webmaster Conference
- November 5: National Veterans Small Business Week livestream: Connect amongst local customers on Google
Made yesteryear Google 2019 in addition to Android updates
- Made yesteryear Google '19 (Full number on YouTube)
- Pixel iv is hither to help (Google)
- The latest Pixel iv accessories (Google)
- Never missy your favourite creative somebody on tour again--see tickets for alive shows correct on YouTube! (Google Australia)
- Guy Who Tried To Extort YouTubers With Bogus DMCA Takedowns Agrees To Settlement (TechDirt)
- First YouTube comment to hitting 1 1000000 likes is on Billie Eilish’s ‘bad guy’ music video (Daily Dot)
YouTube TV in addition to YouTube Music
Other Social Media
- Tell a Story - Provide Value (Robert Wallis)
Google Photos in addition to Photo Sharing
- The Blogger Android app gets a much-needed update
- English Google Webmaster Central office-hours from Oct 18, 2019 (Google Webmasters on YouTube)
- How accessible blueprint helps everyone (Google)
- WordPress 5.3 Moves Closer to Valid HTML (Search Engine Journal)
AdSense in addition to Advertising
- Your Google AdSense seasonal guide (AdSense)
- YouTube Expands Access to AR 'Try-On' Ad Feature (Social Media Today)
- Investing inwards the adjacent generation of measuring on YouTube (Google)
- Google's Removing Support for Third-Party Tracking Pixels on YouTube inwards Favor of Ads Data Hub (Social Media Today)
- Google Ads Now Adds Conversions By Time (Click Or Conversion) (Search Engine Roundtable)
Hangouts, Meetings in addition to Messaging
- Customize text size in addition to lay for captions inwards Google Slides (G Suite Updates)
- Directly click on nautical chart elements to deed in addition to delete them inwards Google Sheets (G Suite Updates)
- New ways to study driving incidents on Google Maps (Google LatLong)
- Make a reservation amongst Google Maps (Google Maps on YouTube)
- Book a tabular array on Google Maps (Google Maps on YouTube)
- 15 years of Google Books (Google)
Privacy in addition to Security
- USB-C Titan Security Keys instantly available inwards the US (G Suite Updates)
- Improving Site Isolation for Stronger Browser Security (Google Online Security)
- Better privacy in addition to to a greater extent than flexibility amongst Nest devices (Google)
More some the web
- The Creators Of Pokémon Go Mapped The World. Now They're Mapping You (Kotaku)
- How H5N1 Massive Facebook Scam Siphoned Millions Of Dollars From Unsuspecting Boomers (Buzzfeed News)
- Opinion | Are We Ready for Satellites That See Our Every Move? (Sarah Parcak)
- California Governor Signs Bill Banning Facial Recognition Tech Use By State's Law Enforcement Agencies (TechDirt)
- Doing Business In Cathay Vexes Companies That Depend On Creators — And Creators Themselves (Tubefilter)
- Yahoo is deleting all content always posted to Yahoo Groups (Ars Technica)
Saturday, October 5, 2019
Weekly Update - October 19, 2019: Pixel 4, Blogger App, Recorder
This calendar week Google announced the novel Pixel, Pixelbook, in addition to Nest devices, amongst an updated Assistant in addition to smart features for good transcription, photography in addition to more. Plus at that topographic point are updates for Google Books readers, Bloggers, YouTubers in addition to nosotros learned to a greater extent than well-nigh Google’s shifted focus from VR to AR, the demise of Yahoo Groups in addition to Mark Zuckerberg’s thoughts on gratuitous expression.
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