Week Inwards Review - July 25, 2015: Google Photos, Youtube App In Addition To Google Maps Timeline

This calendar week Google+ announced that Google+ Photos volition endure retired on July 29th. Easing the transition a bit, the Android Google Photos app was updated amongst ameliorate album administration options. On the desktop y'all tin detect your photos inwards Google Photos too Picasa Web Albums.

Google Maps also got a peachy novel Timeline characteristic that lets y'all rediscover your travels too photos.  And the YouTube Android app was updated amongst novel features too navigation.

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Google+

• Google+ too your business: the Google Apps learning middle has tips for using this "social network designed for businesses"

Photos

• Goodbye Google+ Photos! Hello Google Photos!  (Google+)
• Bradley Horowitz: Extremely excited almost Google Photos (Bradley Horowitz)
  Folks, nosotros are indeed reading these comments.  Google Photos isfoundational - pregnant we're far from done, too definitely volition endure growing too evolving the product.  It is a major expanse of investment for us, too we're solidly behind it.
• Google Photos atomic number 82 Anil Sabharwal provides some context merely about the retirement of Google+ Photos (Anil Sabharwal)
• Google Photos Android app update: photograph descriptions, ameliorate album administration options, lead all photos on a hateful solar daytime amongst a unmarried tap (Google Photos)
• Google Photos to Google+: lensman Trey Ratcliff demonstrates how he uploads to Google Photos too shares to Google+ (Trey Ratcliff)
• The novel Google Maps Timeline non solely lets y'all rediscover your locomote routes - it also helps y'all rediscover your photos from that day! 
• Google Photos volition allow y'all #paywithaphoto for tasty treats if y'all are inwards NYC, LA, Austin, or Portland
• OK Google: Find "photo spots nearby" amongst Google Now (Google)
• High character photos too videos amongst inexpensive CCTV photographic idiot box camera lenses (Instructables)

Local Business

• Google volition take unverified Local Business pages foremost July 28 (Mike Blumenthal)
• Local work concern owners: proceed upwards amongst changes too updates to local search amongst Nick Rink's weekly Smart Local Roundup

YouTube too Video Creators

• Redesigned YouTube Android app: subscriptions forepart too center, your fans tin easily subscribe to notifications of your novel uploads too alive broadcasts, built-in editing tools too more
• Facebook launching novel features too controls for video creators, amongst an emphasis on tools for Pages
• Your Timeline: Revisit the places you've explored (Google Maps)
• Google Maps for Android lets y'all add together custom names to locations (Ars Technica)
• Google Maps navigator sounds to a greater extent than similar mom all the time!

Google Voice & Project Fi

• Improved voicemail transcription for Google Voice too Project Fi (Google Official Blog)

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