Weekly Update - June 24, 2017: Vidcon, Google+ Sharing, Google Posts

Happy summer!

VidCon US was this week, as well as YouTube had a large presence, including a alive demo amongst YouTube stars, as well as a Keynote address from CEO Susan Wojcicki hosted past times Rhett as well as Link.

There were some stats - 1.5 billion logged inward viewers see YouTube every month, as well as viewers pass over an hr a twenty-four hr catamenia watching YouTube only on mobile devices.

And, of course, at that topographic point were announcements: a new VR180 video format for virtual reality, mobile sharing rolling out to to a greater extent than countries, 12 novel YouTube Red shows as well as 10 novel YouTube TV markets, as well as more. See the total listing of VidCon links below.

Also this week:

• Google explained 4 ways it's fighting terrorism online YouTube Trusted Flaggers, improve automated detection, content warnings, as well as counter-radicalization content  
• The Google+ portion push clit on desktop similar a shot only reshares to Google+. That agency fewer clicks if yous only desire to portion on Google+, but it’s a but harder to portion to Twitter, Facebook or re-create the post link.
• Google Posts rolled out worldwide inward Google My Business. These are time-limited posts that appear inward the business’s Google search results Knowledge Panel as well as Google Maps listing.
• Google announced that they volition halt scanning your Gmail e-mail to personalize the ads they deliver.
• A Message from YouTube on Pride as well as LGBTQ Initiatives
• Web clipboard to live on removed from Google Docs, Sheets as well as Slides

VidCon

• YouTube OnStage alive demo highlights (VidCon on YouTube)
• Updates from VidCon: to a greater extent than users, to a greater extent than products, to a greater extent than shows as well as much more (YouTube Blog)
• YouTube launches Supercharger computer programme to aid emerging woman mortal creators (LA Times)
• #MoreThanARefugee (YouTube Blog)
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Dancing Baby Case... Despite Gov't Admitting 'Serious Legal Error' (TechDirt)
• NCAA Forces UCF Football Player To Choose Between His Athletic Career And His YouTube Channel (TechDirct)
• Twitter gets a novel look (Twitter blog)
• Circle Gets the Square: The cyberspace has shape preferences, as well as they’re to a greater extent than meaningful than yous think (Molly McHugh)
• How to rotate your Blogger images (So How Do I…)

AdSense as well as advertising

• Google is Compressing Its Display Ads So Pages Load Faster (Search Engine Journal)

Hangouts as well as Messaging

• New version of Google Allo: start Duo telephone telephone from chat, stickers on photos (Amit Fulay)
• A eulogy for Gchat, the Google platform that taught an entire generation to communicate online (Claire McNear)

Made past times Google, Android, Project Fi

• New! Project Fi's Group Repay makes managing grouping plans easier (Google Blog)
• Deal time: Order a Pixel or Pixel XL through Project Fi as well as larn a Google Home. Plus yous tin larn your showtime calendar month of Fi free!
• Ending back upward for Android Market on Android 2.1 as well as lower (Android Developers)
• Mozilla's novel Android browser blocks ads as well as trackers (BoingBoing)

More closed to the spider web

• E3 Opened to the Public, as well as the Public Loved It (Motherboard)
• Google: Connecting to a greater extent than Americans amongst jobs (Google blog)
• Google, San Jose laid out negotiations on rattling large campus that would reshape downtown (9to5Google)

Updated March 2019 to withdraw Google+ links

Weekly Update - August 4, 2018: Google+, Gmb, Construct Accounts

This calendar week at that topographic point are updates in addition to tips for Plussers, Business owners in addition to managers, VR video watchers, along alongside tips for YouTubers, AdSense Publishers in addition to more.

• You tin right away embed a Google+ Stream from a Profile, Community, Community Category, Collection or search number on a Google Sites spider web page. I’m hoping this selection volition hold upwardly available to other types of websites every bit well.
• If y'all ain or care a Brand Account for a YouTube channel or Google+ Page, y'all tin right away regard the e-mail addresses of other owners in addition to managers.
• Google My Business launched Post Insights, which lets y'all regard views, clicks in addition to the pct alter for private posts in addition to all posts over the by calendar week or month.
• Google announced several updates for the DayDream VR viewer, including the might to sentry YouTube videos alongside other people.
• Google Maps no longer shows the globe every bit apartment in 3D Globe mode.
• Google is reportedly working on a censored version of its search engine for China, in addition to employees are inwards an uproar.

And at that topographic point are tons of tips for YouTubers, AdSense Publishers, Plussers, in addition to more. Read on for details.

Image: Detail from a Poster for the Works Progress Administration that shows diverse items that tin hold upwardly purchased at a 5 in addition to dime store (Public Domain)

Upcoming:

• 6 August : Deadline to submit application for VR Creator Lab at YouTube Space London
• 6 August: Deadline to submit application for YouTube Nextup inwards Dubai, UAE
• 15 August: Chrome Bookmark Manager extension retired
• 21 August: Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout
• 22 August: YouTube Enhancements (other than Blur in addition to Trim) removed
• 22 August: AdSense on Air: Monetization for eCommerce
• 24 August: Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout
• 31 August: Deadline to submit application for YouTube Nextup inwards Bangkok, Thailand

YouTube in addition to Video Creation

• Report bad predictions inwards YouTube search
• DayDream together - sentry YouTube videos inwards VR alongside other people, summation to a greater extent than VR updates (YouTube Blog)
• Brand Account Owners in addition to Managers tin right away sentiment the emails of other owners in addition to managers
• Everything y'all involve to know nearly YouTube Premieres (Creator Insider)
• The within storey on YouTube channel Memberships (formerly Sponsorships) (Creator Insider)
• YouTube Music is nearly to acquire a lot better (engadget)
• YouTube Music Is Seriously Bulking Up Its Senior Leadership On Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Global Scale (Tubefilter)
• YouTube Hires Derek Blasberg to Lead New Fashion in addition to Beauty Partnerships Division (Business of Fashion)

Go Live

• Safer conversation for alive video: Twitter to a greater extent than aggressively enforcing alive broadcast chat guidelines for Periscope (Twitter)
• Twitch introduces Creator Camp: larn how to grow in addition to improve your streams (Twitch)

Google+

• Embed a Google+ Stream - profile, community category, collection, or search results - inwards your Google Sites website (G Suite Updates)
• Navigate Google+ alongside this slap-up cheat canvas (G Suite Learning Center)
• Brand Account Owners in addition to Managers tin right away sentiment the emails of other owners in addition to managers

Other social media

• no longer shows the globe every bit apartment in 3D Globe mode.
• Google is reportedly working on a censored version of its search engine for China, in addition to employees are inwards an uproar.

And at that topographic point are tons of tips for YouTubers, AdSense Publishers, Plussers, in addition to more. Read on for details.

Image: Detail from a Poster for the Works Progress Administration that shows diverse items that tin hold upwardly purchased at a 5 in addition to dime store (Public Domain)

Upcoming:

• 6 August : Deadline to submit application for VR Creator Lab at YouTube Space London
• 6 August: Deadline to submit application for YouTube Nextup inwards Dubai, UAE
• 15 August: Chrome Bookmark Manager extension retired
• 21 August: Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout
• 22 August: YouTube Enhancements (other than Blur in addition to Trim) removed
• 22 August: AdSense on Air: Monetization for eCommerce
• 24 August: Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout
• 31 August: Deadline to submit application for YouTube Nextup inwards Bangkok, Thailand

YouTube in addition to Video Creation

• Report bad predictions inwards YouTube search
• DayDream together - sentry YouTube videos inwards VR alongside other people, summation to a greater extent than VR updates (YouTube Blog)
• Brand Account Owners in addition to Managers tin right away sentiment the emails of other owners in addition to managers
• Everything y'all involve to know nearly YouTube Premieres (Creator Insider)
• The within storey on YouTube channel Memberships (formerly Sponsorships) (Creator Insider)
• YouTube Music is nearly to acquire a lot better (engadget)
• YouTube Music Is Seriously Bulking Up Its Senior Leadership On Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Global Scale (Tubefilter)
• YouTube Hires Derek Blasberg to Lead New Fashion in addition to Beauty Partnerships Division (Business of Fashion)

Go Live

• The expensive instruction of Mark Zuckerberg in addition to Silicon Valley (Kara Swisher @ NY Times)
• no longer shows the globe every bit apartment in 3D Globe mode.
• Google is reportedly working on a censored version of its search engine for China, in addition to employees are inwards an uproar.

And at that topographic point are tons of tips for YouTubers, AdSense Publishers, Plussers, in addition to more. Read on for details.

Image: Detail from a Poster for the Works Progress Administration that shows diverse items that tin hold upwardly purchased at a 5 in addition to dime store (Public Domain)

Upcoming:

• 6 August : Deadline to submit application for VR Creator Lab at YouTube Space London
• 6 August: Deadline to submit application for YouTube Nextup inwards Dubai, UAE
• 15 August: Chrome Bookmark Manager extension retired
• 21 August: Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout
• 22 August: YouTube Enhancements (other than Blur in addition to Trim) removed
• 22 August: AdSense on Air: Monetization for eCommerce
• 24 August: Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout
• 31 August: Deadline to submit application for YouTube Nextup inwards Bangkok, Thailand

YouTube in addition to Video Creation

• Report bad predictions inwards YouTube search
• DayDream together - sentry YouTube videos inwards VR alongside other people, summation to a greater extent than VR updates (YouTube Blog)
• Brand Account Owners in addition to Managers tin right away sentiment the emails of other owners in addition to managers
• Everything y'all involve to know nearly YouTube Premieres (Creator Insider)
• The within storey on YouTube channel Memberships (formerly Sponsorships) (Creator Insider)
• YouTube Music is nearly to acquire a lot better (engadget)
• YouTube Music Is Seriously Bulking Up Its Senior Leadership On Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Global Scale (Tubefilter)
• YouTube Hires Derek Blasberg to Lead New Fashion in addition to Beauty Partnerships Division (Business of Fashion)

Go Live

• Facebook's Censorship Of Legit Activists Shows The Policing Of Propaganda Is Going To Be Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Fucking Mess (Techdirt)
• no longer shows the globe every bit apartment in 3D Globe mode.
• Google is reportedly working on a censored version of its search engine for China, in addition to employees are inwards an uproar.

And at that topographic point are tons of tips for YouTubers, AdSense Publishers, Plussers, in addition to more. Read on for details.

Image: Detail from a Poster for the Works Progress Administration that shows diverse items that tin hold upwardly purchased at a 5 in addition to dime store (Public Domain)

Upcoming:

• 6 August : Deadline to submit application for VR Creator Lab at YouTube Space London
• 6 August: Deadline to submit application for YouTube Nextup inwards Dubai, UAE
• 15 August: Chrome Bookmark Manager extension retired
• 21 August: Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout
• 22 August: YouTube Enhancements (other than Blur in addition to Trim) removed
• 22 August: AdSense on Air: Monetization for eCommerce
• 24 August: Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout
• 31 August: Deadline to submit application for YouTube Nextup inwards Bangkok, Thailand

YouTube in addition to Video Creation

• Report bad predictions inwards YouTube search
• DayDream together - sentry YouTube videos inwards VR alongside other people, summation to a greater extent than VR updates (YouTube Blog)
• Brand Account Owners in addition to Managers tin right away sentiment the emails of other owners in addition to managers
• Everything y'all involve to know nearly YouTube Premieres (Creator Insider)
• The within storey on YouTube channel Memberships (formerly Sponsorships) (Creator Insider)
• YouTube Music is nearly to acquire a lot better (engadget)
• YouTube Music Is Seriously Bulking Up Its Senior Leadership On Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Global Scale (Tubefilter)
• YouTube Hires Derek Blasberg to Lead New Fashion in addition to Beauty Partnerships Division (Business of Fashion)

Go Live

• How Twitter is fighting spam in addition to malicious automation (Twitter)

Google Photos in addition to Mobile Photography

• Google Photos on the spider web starting to propose confront merging for the same mortal (Neowin)
• How computers honour naked people inwards photos (SciShow)

Google for businesses

• Google My Business launches Post Insights (GMB Community)

Bloggers in addition to Webmasters

• Google is making it easier to uncovering information on spider web pages inwards the search results (Google Blog)

AdSense in addition to advertising

• How to exercise the AdSense Matched Content recommendations on your site (AdSense on YouTube)
• Understand the AdSense address verification PIN procedure (AdSense on YouTube)
• How to ensure y'all are develop to have a wire transfer payment (AdSense on YouTube)
• no longer shows the globe every bit apartment in 3D Globe mode.
• Google is reportedly working on a censored version of its search engine for China, in addition to employees are inwards an uproar.

And at that topographic point are tons of tips for YouTubers, AdSense Publishers, Plussers, in addition to more. Read on for details.

Image: Detail from a Poster for the Works Progress Administration that shows diverse items that tin hold upwardly purchased at a 5 in addition to dime store (Public Domain)

Upcoming:

• 6 August : Deadline to submit application for VR Creator Lab at YouTube Space London
• 6 August: Deadline to submit application for YouTube Nextup inwards Dubai, UAE
• 15 August: Chrome Bookmark Manager extension retired
• 21 August: Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout
• 22 August: YouTube Enhancements (other than Blur in addition to Trim) removed
• 22 August: AdSense on Air: Monetization for eCommerce
• 24 August: Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout
• 31 August: Deadline to submit application for YouTube Nextup inwards Bangkok, Thailand

YouTube in addition to Video Creation

• Report bad predictions inwards YouTube search
• DayDream together - sentry YouTube videos inwards VR alongside other people, summation to a greater extent than VR updates (YouTube Blog)
• Brand Account Owners in addition to Managers tin right away sentiment the emails of other owners in addition to managers
• Everything y'all involve to know nearly YouTube Premieres (Creator Insider)
• The within storey on YouTube channel Memberships (formerly Sponsorships) (Creator Insider)
• YouTube Music is nearly to acquire a lot better (engadget)
• YouTube Music Is Seriously Bulking Up Its Senior Leadership On Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Global Scale (Tubefilter)
• YouTube Hires Derek Blasberg to Lead New Fashion in addition to Beauty Partnerships Division (Business of Fashion)

Go Live

• Propose a novel coming together fourth dimension inwards Google Calendar (G Suite Updates)
• no longer shows the globe every bit apartment in 3D Globe mode.
• Google is reportedly working on a censored version of its search engine for China, in addition to employees are inwards an uproar.

And at that topographic point are tons of tips for YouTubers, AdSense Publishers, Plussers, in addition to more. Read on for details.

Image: Detail from a Poster for the Works Progress Administration that shows diverse items that tin hold upwardly purchased at a 5 in addition to dime store (Public Domain)

Upcoming:

• 6 August : Deadline to submit application for VR Creator Lab at YouTube Space London
• 6 August: Deadline to submit application for YouTube Nextup inwards Dubai, UAE
• 15 August: Chrome Bookmark Manager extension retired
• 21 August: Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout
• 22 August: YouTube Enhancements (other than Blur in addition to Trim) removed
• 22 August: AdSense on Air: Monetization for eCommerce
• 24 August: Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout
• 31 August: Deadline to submit application for YouTube Nextup inwards Bangkok, Thailand

YouTube in addition to Video Creation

• Report bad predictions inwards YouTube search
• DayDream together - sentry YouTube videos inwards VR alongside other people, summation to a greater extent than VR updates (YouTube Blog)
• Brand Account Owners in addition to Managers tin right away sentiment the emails of other owners in addition to managers
• Everything y'all involve to know nearly YouTube Premieres (Creator Insider)
• The within storey on YouTube channel Memberships (formerly Sponsorships) (Creator Insider)
• YouTube Music is nearly to acquire a lot better (engadget)
• YouTube Music Is Seriously Bulking Up Its Senior Leadership On Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Global Scale (Tubefilter)
• YouTube Hires Derek Blasberg to Lead New Fashion in addition to Beauty Partnerships Division (Business of Fashion)

Go Live

• Chrome stable Channel Update for Desktop (Chrome Releases)
• The origins of the "Anonymous Animals" inwards your Google Docs (Mental Floss)
• Plan your adjacent trip - Customize Bing itineraries to brand them your own (Bing blog)
• Bing update: Intelligent Search that tin salve y'all money: hotel booking, dwelling services toll ranges, in addition to more (Bing Blog)

Privacy in addition to Security

• We had a safety incident. Here's what y'all involve to know (Reddit r/announcements)
• How criminals recruit telecom employees to assistance them hijack SIM cards (Motherboard)

More unopen to the web

• no longer shows the globe every bit apartment in 3D Globe mode.
• Google is reportedly working on a censored version of its search engine for China, in addition to employees are inwards an uproar.

And at that topographic point are tons of tips for YouTubers, AdSense Publishers, Plussers, in addition to more. Read on for details.

Image: Detail from a Poster for the Works Progress Administration that shows diverse items that tin hold upwardly purchased at a 5 in addition to dime store (Public Domain)

Upcoming:

• 6 August : Deadline to submit application for VR Creator Lab at YouTube Space London
• 6 August: Deadline to submit application for YouTube Nextup inwards Dubai, UAE
• 15 August: Chrome Bookmark Manager extension retired
• 21 August: Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout
• 22 August: YouTube Enhancements (other than Blur in addition to Trim) removed
• 22 August: AdSense on Air: Monetization for eCommerce
• 24 August: Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout
• 31 August: Deadline to submit application for YouTube Nextup inwards Bangkok, Thailand

YouTube in addition to Video Creation

• Report bad predictions inwards YouTube search
• DayDream together - sentry YouTube videos inwards VR alongside other people, summation to a greater extent than VR updates (YouTube Blog)
• Brand Account Owners in addition to Managers tin right away sentiment the emails of other owners in addition to managers
• Everything y'all involve to know nearly YouTube Premieres (Creator Insider)
• The within storey on YouTube channel Memberships (formerly Sponsorships) (Creator Insider)
• YouTube Music is nearly to acquire a lot better (engadget)
• YouTube Music Is Seriously Bulking Up Its Senior Leadership On Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Global Scale (Tubefilter)
• YouTube Hires Derek Blasberg to Lead New Fashion in addition to Beauty Partnerships Division (Business of Fashion)

Go Live

• What happened to General Magic: Oral History of the Influential Tech Company (NY Magazine)
• Google Struggles to Contain Employee Uproar Over Red People's Republic of China Censorship Plans (The Intercept)
• What’s at stake for Apple inwards Red People's Republic of China (NPR)
• Apple is America’s commencement trillion-dollar company, thank y'all inwards large piece of occupation to China (Technology Review)

Updated March 2019 to take away Google+ links

Weekly Update - January 26, 2019: Hangouts, Youtube, Webmasters As Well As More

Jan is coming to a close, in addition to this calendar week nosotros got a information nigh what volition endure happening inwards the coming months for YouTube, Hangouts inwards G Suite, Search Console in addition to more. No, at that topographic point hasn’t been an update from Google+ nigh the Apr shutdown for consumer users. There also has non been whatsoever update from Blogger nigh what volition endure happening to Google+ features.

• Beginning of the end? Buffer ended Google+ back upwardly on Jan 25th and Hootsuite volition halt Google+ back upwardly on Jan 28th. Other social media management platforms that offering integration alongside Google+ volition also endure affected every bit there may endure “intermittent failures” of the Google+ API starting the 28th. While this won’t ship on posting to Google+ directly, businesses, organizations, in addition to Pages that travel 3rd political party tools to access Google+ may halt posting altogether. 
• New Google+ migration alternative: LifeCloud has a Google+ Data Importer for re-creating Google+ Communities. Todd Hawk is answering questions inwards the “G+” Community Owners in addition to Moderators community nigh how it works.
• YouTube announced they volition endure reducing recommendations for content that could "misinform inwards harmful ways", similar "promoting a phony miracle cure for a serious illness, claiming Blue Planet is flat, or making blatantly faux claims nigh historic events similar 9/11."
• YouTube has a novel informative FAQ answering questions nigh copyright claims and companies that may endure abusing the Content ID system.
• G Suite users volition endure moved from classic Hangouts to Hangouts Chat in addition to Meet inwards October. All G Suite domains volition accept Hangouts Chat enabled inwards April, in addition to Google promises a issue of novel features volition endure rolled out earlier Classic Hangouts is retired *for G Suite users only*. This update volition non ship on consumer users, who volition endure able to perish on using Classic Hangouts. Eventually consumer users volition endure transitioned to Chat in addition to Meet too, but at that topographic point is no timeline for that yet.
• Google Voice is rolling out voice-over-IP calling to all users. This lets Voice users brand calls using the Google Voice app on mobile devices or at voice.google.com every bit an alternative to placing calls through Google Hangouts. 
• G Suite Realtime Comms production Pb Scott Johnston announced on Twitter that Google Voice for G Suite volition endure available exterior the US, starting alongside Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, in addition to the UK. There are sadly no plans to offering * Google Voice to consumer users internationally. If you lot are interested, apply for the Early access Program. 
• Google Search Console is a gratuitous tool that lets webmasters assess site functioning inwards Google Search. Features are gradually beingness moved from the erstwhile version of Search Console to the novel version. At the end of March at that topographic point volition endure a pregnant update. What’s going: Crawl Errors report, fetch every bit Google tool, HTML suggestions, Property Sets, Android apps data. What’s new: Structured information dashboard alongside reports organized past times “vertical” (like Jobs, Recipes, in addition to Events).
• Gmail has novel features: an Undo/Redo button, slow strikethrough formatting, in addition to the mightiness to download messages every bit .EML files (which tin terminate endure imported into other e-mail clients).
• If you lot are interested inwards Blogger, check out my appearance on Michael Daniel’s Tinkering alongside Tech show. I acquire through around of the basic settings in addition to respond questions.

Read on for to a greater extent than links, tips in addition to updates for YouTube creators, concern owners, advertisers in addition to more.

Image: Monday, Jan 28th is Data Protection Day in Europe in addition to Data Privacy Day inwards the relaxation of the world. I idea that deserved a cheesy all-your-data-is-secure graphic. To celebrate run a Security Checkup on your Google Account. Image past times JanBaby on Pixabay.

Upcoming

• January 25: Buffer removed pick to part to Google+
• January 28: HootSuite back upwardly for Google+ ends
• January 28: There volition get-go to endure “intermittent failures” of the Google+ API. The Google+ API volition endure fully closed downward March 7. The Google+ API lets external sites in addition to apps connect to Google+. 
• January 31: YouTube Video Credits removed
• January 31: YouTube removes pick to automatically part to Google+ in addition to Twitter
• February 1: Deadline for tidings organizations to apply for Newspack past times Wordpress.com 
• February 5: Old Google Contacts closed down

YouTube in addition to Video Creation

• YouTube improving recommendations (YouTube)
• YouTube TV goes nationwide, inwards fourth dimension for the Super Bowl (YouTube)
• Answers to your questions nigh copyright claims on YouTube (YouTube)
• Yellow $ trouble? Ask YouTube policy specialists nigh the advertiser-friendly guidelines inwards Jan 25th AMA (YouTube)
• YouTube Music Unveils its First-Ever 'Artists to Watch' inwards Commonwealth of Australia in addition to New Zealand (Google Australia)

Go Live

• Google Ad Manager Integration for Live in addition to On-Demand Video (IBM Video Streaming)

Google+

• LifeCloud has a Google+ Data Importer for re-creating Google+ Communities. (Todd Hawk inwards the “G+” Community Owners in addition to Moderators community)

Other social media

• Focusing on the novel Search Console, moving features in addition to deprecating others (Google Webmasters)
• Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout (January 22) (Google Webmasters) 

AdSense in addition to advertising

• Google hitting alongside £44m GDPR fine over ads (BBC News)
• Bringing to a greater extent than transparency to the Indian Lok Sabha Election 2019 (Google India)
• Google Partners Academy on Air: Simplify in addition to grown your concern alongside machine learning (Google Partners)

Hangouts in addition to Messaging

• Upcoming Hangouts service consolidation for all G Suite customers (G Suite Updates)
• Two novel Hangouts Meet tools added to the Admin console: lineament tool in addition to action logs (G Suite Updates)
• Google Voice for G Suite volition endure available internationally (Scott Johnston)
• New Gmail compose formatting in addition to download options (G Suite Updates)
• Find to a greater extent than remainder inwards your life this year, alongside assist from Google (Google)

Privacy in addition to Security

• How practice you lot principle the evolution of artificial intelligence? Policymakers are trying to figure that out (New York Times)
• Yes, “algorithms” tin terminate endure biased. Here’s why (Ars Technica)
• Verizon Lays Off 800 Employees Within ‘Media Group’, Comprising Yahoo, Tumblr, More (Tubefilter)
• BuzzFeed has started its layoffs, but it’s also talking nigh a merger (Recode)
• Google asks Supreme Court to dominion on when code tin terminate endure copyrighted (The Verge)
• Oracle v. Google in addition to the time to come of software development (Google)
• Expanding noesis access alongside the Wikimedia Foundation (Google)

Weekly Update: February 23, 2019: Youtube Policy & Enforcement, Merchant Tools

This calendar week YouTube made major updates inwards how they enforce policy, in that location are novel tools for merchants to larn their products seen on Google, in addition to more. In personal news, my YouTube channel is in conclusion dorsum inwards the YouTube Partner Program. It lost monetization simply over a twelvemonth ago, because my channel didn’t run into the novel picket fourth dimension requirements. Thank y'all all for watching!

• YouTube announced a total revision of how Community Guidelines strikes are enforced, amongst an initial one-time warning. After that, the start out strike results inwards a 7-day freeze inwards posting content, the minute strike inside ninety days a fourteen 24-hour interval freeze, in addition to a 3rd strike inside ninety days, channel termination. Under the electrical flow system, a unmarried strike causes alive streaming to hold out restricted for ninety days. Under the novel organization alive streaming volition hold out restricted for the shorter period. The novel organization goes into consequence on Feb 25. 
• In reply to reports that pedophiles were networking inwards the comments of videos featuring children, YouTube has disabled comments on "tens of millions" of videos featuring minors, in addition to express monetization on videos that characteristic minors in addition to are at adventure for predatory comments. Affected channels tin give the sack re-enable comments, but YouTube recommends that they review all comments earlier they are allowed to seem on their video picket pages.
• It’s non all bad. YouTube Studio Beta right away lets y'all graph Analytics comparisons, so, for example, y'all tin give the sack easily compare the views on several unlike videos inwards a item fourth dimension frame.
• Google presented a white newspaper describing their operate to preclude the intentional spread of misinformation across their products, including YouTube, Google Search, Google News, in addition to Google Ads. It’s non actually novel information if you’ve been next Google’s actions over the past times duo of years, but it’s useful to regard inwards 1 place. It covers their active back upward of journalism, operate to protect election integrity, evolution of algorithms that promote “quality” content, providing context to users, in addition to investing inwards human reviewers.
• Social media is non exclusively nether pressure level to halt the flow of misinformation nearly politics, but also medical treatments. And they accept been responding. YouTube demonetized a set out of anti-vaccination channels. Pinterest goes further, blocking "vaccine" in addition to "cancer cure" searches, preventing re-pinning of anti-vax memes already removed from 1 trouble concern human relationship in addition to no longer allows pinning links to for certain anti-vaccination websites. And Facebook is thinking nearly taking measures.
• If y'all are interested inwards the evolution of Twitter, apply for the Twitter Prototype Program to effort out the novel paradigm app. The start out goal is to become far “easier to read, empathise in addition to bring together conversations.”
• Google has introduced novel ways for merchants to build for certain their customers notice up-to-date in addition to accurate production information when searching online. There is a “Products” study inwards Google Search Console, production information uploaded to Google Merchant Center may right away seem inwards Search in addition to Google Images, in addition to in that location are novel features inwards Google Manufacturer Center.
• Google Cloud Next volition hold out Apr 9-11 inwards San Francisco. You tin give the sack banking corporation check out the official website to see the scheduled sessions, amongst tracks for G Suite apps for productivity in addition to collaboration, application development, infrastructure, information management, security in addition to much more. You tin give the sack learn how Spotify uses Google Cloud Bigtable to serve personalized music recommendations, what’s novel amongst Hangouts Meet in addition to Meet Hardware, the future of Google Sites, a panel give-and-take on Google’s Communication Products, in addition to much more.

Read on for to a greater extent than links, tips in addition to updates for YouTubers, webmasters in addition to more. 

Image:  We’re coming to the destination of the flick awards season. At the Academy Awards on Sunday, flick stars volition hold out dressed to the nines. I’ve chose ruddy beads in addition to sequins for this my formal attire. And, of course of study Google wants to help “give y'all the scoop on Hollywood’s large night”. Photo past times _Alicja_ on Pixabay (Free for commercial use)

Upcoming

• February 25: YouTube’s novel copyright strike organization goes into effect.
• February 27: Deadline to register for Google I/O tickets
• March Spring Cleaning: Google navigation bar notification bell removed, goo.gl link shortener API shutdown

YouTube in addition to Video Creation

• YouTube Studio Beta right away lets y'all nautical chart comparisons (Tom Leung)
• News Flash: Release manual content ID claims, commenter experiment in addition to to a greater extent than (Creator Insider)
• YouTube revises Community Guidelines strike organization to become far to a greater extent than fair in addition to consistent (YouTube Creators)
• YouTube temporarily disables comments on millions of videos featuring kids; limits ads; recommends belongings all comments for moderation (YouTube)
• Update on our actions related to the security of minors on YouTube (YouTube Help)
• YouTube Sends Memo to Major Brands in addition to Holding Companies Regarding Latest Ad Safety Controversy (Adweek)
• On YouTube, a network of paedophiles is hiding inwards plainly sight (WIRED UK)
• The YouTuber who exposed the site’s ‘softcore pedophile ring’ is nether attack (the Daily Dot)
• Clarifying YouTube Monetization policies on sensitive events, nerf guns, video game violence (Creator Insider)
• Fighting disinformation across Google products (Google Europe)
• YouTube simply demonetized anti-vax channels (Buzzfeed News)
• How the shutdown of consumer Google+ volition impact your YouTube Channel (don't panic, it won't hold out deleted!) 

Go Live

• Twitch Partner in addition to Affiliate Emote Update (Twitch)
• Help customers discovery your products on Google (Google Webmasters)
• Now on iOS: Follow your favorite places on Google Maps (Google)
• A Local SEO Citation, y'all Never Knew You Had (SEMrush Blog)

Bloggers in addition to Webmasters

• .dev domains are right away available (Google Developers)
• Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout (February 19) (Google Webmasters)
• Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout (February 22) (Google Webmasters)
• Easily re-create your Gmail holds to Hangouts Chat inwards Google Vault (G Suite Updates)

Made past times Google, Android, Google Fi

• Stable Channel Update for Desktop (Chrome 72) (Chrome Releases)
• Stable Channel Update for Chrome OS (Chrome 72) (Chrome Releases)
• Setting a course of study to the futurity of cloud computing (Google)

Privacy in addition to Security

• Maintaining Trust in addition to Safety at Discord With Over 200 Million People (Discord)
• Facebook right away lets Android users disable location tracking when y'all aren't using the app. (Facebook)
• These wellness apps are sharing sensitive information amongst Facebook (The Verge)

More some the web

• European governments approve controversial novel copyright law (Ars Technica)
• Google volition destination a do that prevents their workers from taking the companionship to courtroom over workplace disputes (Recode)
• To help grapple the opioid crisis, a novel tool from Maps in addition to Search (Google)

Week Inwards Review - November 21, 2015: Novel Google+, Google Photos In Addition To More

This calendar week the new Google+ launched, amongst a snappier interface, redesigned profiles in addition to simplified features. The novel Google+ is “focused or in addition to thence interests” amongst an emphasis on Collections in addition to Communities. It’s withal a move inward progress, in addition to yous tin opt inward (and dorsum out) on the spider web past times only clicking a link.

Where is everything?

• Hangouts tin endure accessed at hangouts.google.com , inward Gmail, in addition to using the Chrome Hangouts app or extension.
• Events are available inward the Android Google+ app in addition to the Classic G+ interface
• Hangouts on Air tin endure scheduled starting from hangouts.google.com or YouTube Live Events, or past times switching dorsum to Classic G+
• Links to Google+ Photos “highlights” in addition to albums redirect to Google Photos, pregnant yous tin exclusively access your Blogger in addition to Hangouts icon albums inward Picasa Web Albums.

There are to a greater extent than details below.

If yous endeavor the novel Google+, be certain to shipping feedback to Google+ straight to allow them know what yous like, dislike in addition to which features are essential to you.

• How to shipping effective feedback to Google 

What else was novel this week? Google Photos straightaway lets yous convert your "Original" images to "High Quality" images that don't count towards your storage limits. You tin also easily withdraw already-backed-up photos from your phone. Folks without a Google trouble organization human relationship tin bring together a Hangouts video call. YouTube introduced novel translation tools. Plus to a greater extent than updates, tips in addition to articles. 

Note some of the links are listed nether to a greater extent than than i category below.

Mark your Calendar

• Feature Fri contest: This week's #FeatureFriday contest is looking for Google+ Collections almost Google products in addition to services - I know a lot of yous out in that place cause got Google-related Collections so submit yours! (Google+ Creators Community)
• Event: Interested inward the Google Top Contributor Program? Mark your calendar for Dec tertiary (Google Top Contributor Program)
• Contest: Are yous a teen artist? Or produce yous know whatsoever artistic students inward grades K through 12? Check out the Doodle iv Google contest (Deadline Dec 7)(Google)
• Course:  Register for the “How to showtime making coin on YouTube* Creator Academy Bootcamp (December 7-21) (YouTube Creators)

Google+

• Introducing the novel Google+ (Official Google Blog)
• Dive into the novel Google+ (Official post on Google+ past times Luke Wroblewski)
• What’s changing amongst Google+ (Google+ Help Center)
• The novel Google+ goes completely responsive, making pages charge faster on all devices (Google Developers)
• Tips: Google+ TC Alex Garcia’s How to Google+ Collection has dandy tips for using the novel Google+ (Alex Garcia)
• Some interesting articles:
• TechCrunch: this post)
• Improvements to Sign-In amongst Google Play services 8.3: Sign inward amongst Google+ becomes Sign inward amongst Google (no Profile required)  (Android Developers blog)
• Where's my (Google+) stuff?
• How to post inward the novel Google+ (Alex Garcia)
• Get your Circle streams dorsum (Dustin Stout)
• New Google+ keyboard shortcuts (Artem Russakovskii)
• Find your Hangouts afterwards switching to the novel Google+ 
• How to schedule a Hangout on Air afterwards switching to the novel Google+: opened upwardly hangouts.google.com in addition to pick out "Hangouts on Air" inward the left menu
• Small businesses: laissez passer your customers the take link to your Google Business page reviews (Online Ownership)  Also: Automated review link creation tool (Pleper)
• How to find your Blogger weblog images now that Google+ Photos is no longer accessible (updated G+ Post)

Google Photos

• Update New Google Photos features on Android (John Elstone)
• New! Google Photos helps yous costless upwardly infinite on your telephone - straightaway yous tin easily delete device copies of your already-backed-up photos or instruct a alert when your storage is almost total (Google Photos)
• New! Google Photos helps yous clear upwardly infinite inward your Google account: convert your photos from Original to High Quality (Google Photos)
• New! Get your photos on the map! Now yous tin part photos straight from Google Photos to Google Maps (Google Local Guides)

Google Small Business in addition to Local

• New! Review local businesses, upload photos, right Google Maps - Google Local Guides tin flat upwardly to instruct to a greater extent than storage! (Google Local Guides)
• New! Get your photos on the map! Now yous tin part photos straight from Google Photos to Google Maps (Google Local Guides)
• Tip: How to restore a deleted Google+ Page (and its YouTube channel) at Google My Business (G+ part of this post)

YouTube

• New! YouTube Creators: enable the novel Sponsored Cards format on your videos
• Update YouTube listens: Subscription grid thought is back! (YouTube)
• New! YouTube's novel translation tools assist yous connect amongst a global audience (YouTube Creators)
• Update YouTube Kids app straightaway available inward the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand in addition to Canada (YouTube)
• New! YouTube fights for fair use (Google Public Policy blog)
• Course: Register for the “How to showtime making coin on YouTube Creator Academy Bootcamp (December 7-21) (YouTube Creators)

Hangouts on Air in addition to Live Broadcasting

• New Google+: Hangouts on Air tin endure scheduled starting from hangouts.google.com or YouTube Live Events, or past times switching dorsum to Classic G+
• Tip Promote your Hangout on Air or YouTube Live lawsuit across all your videos in addition to on your channel (Video Creators)

Hangouts

• New! Have guests bring together a Hangouts video telephone band using a URL link, no Google trouble organization human relationship required (Google for Work)
• New Google+: Hangouts tin endure accessed at hangouts.google.com , inward Gmail, in addition to using the Chrome Hangouts app or extension.
• Tip Find your Hangouts icon albums inward Picasa Web Albums

Blogger in addition to Webmasters

• Update Updating the Google Search Quality Rating Guidelines (Webmaster Central Blog)
• Tip The fourth dimension is straightaway for multi-screen (AdSense blog)
• Tip Human-centered design: When writing for humans, it helps to recall similar one (AdSense blog)
• Tip 5 tips to grow website visitors (AdSense blog)
• Article Google Webmasters spotlight series: Get to know the Google Webmasters squad members (Google Webmasters)
• Tip How to find your Blogger weblog images now that Google+ Photos is no longer accessible (updated G+ Post)

AdSense in addition to Advertising

• Article YouTube Red in addition to other subscription services that withdraw ads are "a truce betwixt creator in addition to consumer" (Eric Ravenscraft at Lifehacker)
• Article Wladimir Palant, Adblock Plus, in addition to the (profitable) nation of war against unacceptable ads. (Russ Juskalian at Technology Review)
• New! Drive sales in addition to app downloads amongst video this vacation season (AdWords blog) 
• New! YouTube Creators: enable the novel Sponsored Cards format on your videos 

Nexus, Android, Project Fi

• Update Android vi Marshmallow rolling out to devices on Project Fi , addition Band 12 News
• Update Nexus 6P is dorsum inward stock, exactly inward fourth dimension for vacation shopping :) (Nexus)
• Tip Sticky FAQ almost Bad USB Type-C Legacy cables (Benson Leung)
• Tip Don’t purchase the OnePlus USB Type C adaptor for your Nexus 6P/5X or Pixel (Benson Leung)

More Mobile

• New! Improvements to Sign-In amongst Google Play services 8.3: Sign inward amongst Google+ becomes Sign inward amongst Google (no Profile required)  (Android Developers blog)
• New! Redisigned Google app for iOS devices (Google)
• Update Google Fit: Step Up Your Fitness (Official Android blog)

Updated March 2019 to withdraw Google+ links

The Novel Google My Trouble Concern Dashboard For Build Pages

Update Apr 2, 2019: Download a re-create of your Google+ Page information alongside Google Takeout earlier then.
Update Feb 5, 2019: It's no longer possible to practice a Google+ Page
Update Oct 2017: Google My Business no longer creates a Brand Account along alongside a delineate of piece of occupation organisation listing, which agency at that spot is no way to connect Google+ or YouTube to a novel listing.
Update May 2017: Google My Business no longer automatically creates a Google+ Page along alongside a delineate of piece of occupation organisation listing.
Update Jan 2017: Google+ Brand Pages are no longer supported on the Google My Business dashboard. 
Update August 2016: Google My Business Insights no longer include Google+ Page information, in addition to the Google My Business app no longer supports Google+ Pages.
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Google is rolling out an improved "Google My Business" dashboard for Local Pages in addition to Brand Pages. The novel dashboard is at Google My Business (business.google.com) instead of Google+ (plus.google.com/dashboard) in addition to places management tools at your fingertips.

Brand Pages are used to stand upwardly for YouTube channels, bands, organizations in addition to brands on Google+ - whatsoever other identity that isn't a local delineate of piece of occupation organisation (where you lot encounter customers or clients face-to-face) or your personal profile. Since that's what I use, in addition to I'm non a Local Business expert, my post focuses specifically on Brand Page Management.

Old Google+ Pages dashboard: plus.google.com/dashboard
New Google My Business dashboard for Brand pages: business.google.com/manage/#/pages

The novel Google My Business dashboard for Brand Pages

The Google My Business dashboard has a novel Material Design-based interface, in addition to 2 tabs at the top, i for Locations and the other for Brand Pages

When you lot are on the Brand Pages tab you lot select these options:

• Switch betwixt Grid View in addition to List View
• Select the disclose of listings displayed per page
• Create a novel build Page (click the blue + on the lower right)
• Open the menu
• Send feedback

If you lot select a lot of Pages, the novel List View lets you lot encounter the information at a glance

The card - accessed yesteryear clicking the "hamburger" 3 delineate card icon at overstep left - lets you lot access to a greater extent than delineate of piece of occupation organisation human relationship options. Those options are express for accounts that alone select Brand Pages.

Managing your Brand Page

When you lot click the selection to larn by a Brand Page, or you lot click the "My Business" selection piece acting equally a Page on Google+, you lot volition opened upwardly the Page's dashboard.  It looks really much similar the onetime Page dashboard, alongside 3 major changes:

• There is a novel "Insights" tab that links straight to the page's Insights in addition to analytics
• There is a novel left navigation menu
• The selection to post to Google+ has been removed

The left card navigation for private Brand Pages: 

 

• Home = Page's principal dashboard
• Insights = views in addition to other analytics
• Google+ page = Open your Page on Google+ equally a manager
• Add a location = Local Page addition
• All build pages = Google My Business Dashboard
• Managers = add together or take away managers, or transfer page ownership
• Settings = settings

Note: piece at that spot is a "Contact Support" link, Google alone offers guide e-mail or telephone back upwardly for Local Pages, not Brand Pages

How practice you lot larn the novel dashboard?

When the novel dashboard is available on your account, clicking "Pages" inwards the Google+ navigation menu, or "My Business" when managing a Page volition select you lot to the novel interface. If you lot don't select it now, it should hold out rolling out to you lot soon!

Learn to a greater extent than most the Google My Business interface for Local businesses:

• Imprezzio Marketing: Google My Business (GMB) Dashboard Gets a Facelift
• Mike Blumenthal: Google rolling out novel upgraded GMB - GMBL interface
• Local Search Forum: Google My Business & GMBL Update Rolling Out Now - Better Nav/UI

Week Inward Review - October 3, 2015: Novel Nexii, Google Photos Features, Gmb Pages Dashboard

This calendar week Google announced novel hardware, updated services together with sites, together with fabulous features! This calendar week Google held a press upshot to denote novel Nexus phones, a convertible tablet, novel Chromecast, together with to a greater extent than or less sweetness updates to Google Photos (including chromecast back upwards together with (future) shared albums).

The novel Nexii volition operate on Google's Project Fi network. You tin larn your questions virtually Project Fi answered inwards the novel official Project Fi Help Forum!

This calendar week was equally good PubCon inwards Las Vegas. AdWords announced novel advertizement types on YouTube, Gmail together with search, together with AdSense launched the Certified Partner Program.

Plus HTTPS is at ane time available for Blogger blogs, at that topographic point is a novel Google My Business dashboard for Local together with Brand Pages, you lot tin post to the hand of Google+ Collections, Google Profile bluish heads are going away together with more!

Watch the amount September Google Press Event (Google on YouTube) 

Image: from the NASA Project Apollo photograph archive on Flickr

Nexus, Android, Project Fi

• New! Watch the amount September Google Press Event (Google on YouTube)
• New! Have questions virtually Project Fi? Get your questions answered inwards the novel official Project Fi Help Forum!
• New! S’more to dearest across all your screens: novel Nexus phones, Pixel C tablet, Chromecast (Official Android blog) 
• Introducing the Nexus 5X (Google Nexus on YouTube)
• Introducing the Nexus 6P (Google Nexus on YouTube)
• Reddit AMA amongst the Google Nexus team
• my post here)
• Update: View Insights virtually your Google+ Page anywhere amongst the updated Google My Business app (Google Business)
• New! Google profile "blue heads" going away? The Google Bar volition foremost showing an initial instead of a bluish caput for users amongst Google+ starting this week. It volition locomote reflected across Google Products inwards the coming months (Google Apps updates)
• Tip: Have you lot joined the Google+ Creators community? Get your Collections into characteristic shape!

Hangouts together with Messaging

• New! Jibe Mobile squad joins Google :Committing to RCS, the latest criterion inwards carrier messaging (Official Android blog)
• New! There’s a novel concealment when you lot larn out a Hangout on Air or video telephone vociferation upwards that lets you lot rejoin or ship feedback (Michael Daniels)

Blogger together with Webmasters

• New! HTTPS coming to Blogger .blogspot. blogs (Blogger Buzz)
• Opportunity: Webmasters: you lot tin assistance cast Google Search Console - sign upwards to locomote a trusted tester (John Mueller)

YouTube together with Video Creators

• New!  Shopping carte du jour ads, app advertisement ads, together with to a greater extent than updates to advertising on YouTube videos (AdWords)
• Tip: How to easily exercise a video slideshow using Cinelerra video editor (T³ Tips Tricks Tests)
• Article: Play it your way: how Twitch lets disabled gamers earn a living online (The Guardian)

AdSense together with Google Ads

• Opportunity: AdSense Publishers inwards New York together with London: AdSense wants your thoughts together with feedback inwards a user sense report focused on AdSense Policy Violation Notifications
• New! Shopping carte du jour ads, app advertisement ads, together with to a greater extent than updates to advertising on YouTube videos (AdWords)
• New! AdWords advertisers tin at ane time target ads on YouTube, Search together with Gmail past times electronic mail address (AdWords blog)
• New! AdSense Launches the Certified Partner Program “trained experts on AdSense, DoubleClick for Publishers, together with DoubleClick Ad Exchange who could assistance you lot earn to a greater extent than from your sites spell equally good saving you lot time” (AdSense blog)

Productivity: Gmail, Docs, Drive, Maps together with more

• Tip: Did you lot update your iPhone to iOS9 together with lose all your Gmail? It may locomote recoverable! (Scott Greenstone)
• Tip: Having problem accessing Google Docs, Hangouts, Gmail, out other Google products or services? Check the Apps Status Dashboard for outages

Updated March 2019 to take away the Google+ links

Week Inwards Review - November 7, 2015: Youtube Vr, Novel Gmb Forum,

What’s novel this week? The YouTube Android app similar a shot supports Virtual Reality video, Google My Business moved to a novel attention forum, in addition to Inbox yesteryear Email volition write responses to your emails. Plus the Plus for Google+ extension adds dorsum Google+ Photos to the Google+ menu, AdSense launches a novel site, in addition to at that topographic point are tips for Hangouts, Blogger in addition to more!

YouTube

• New! YouTube Partners: YouTube Red estimated profits are similar a shot available inward YouTube Analytics (Ted Hamilton)
• New! YouTube similar a shot supports Virtual Reality video - a footstep beyond ‎360° Video - in addition to you lot tin sack purpose Google Cardboard to persuasion whatever video (even your own!) on your Android band (YouTube)
• New! Enhance those videos you lot took on Halloween alongside spooky filters in addition to music inward the YouTube app (YouTube Creators)
• Tip: Have you lot optimized your YouTube videos? It's non simply for marketers! (Jim Yu in addition to Search Engine Land)

Google+

• Tip: Are your posts to Google+ Communities marked equally spam in addition to alone visible to you? You may endure able to recover (John Skeats)
• Tip: Use Google+ equally a community for your work concern alongside Google Apps For Work (Google for Work)

Google My Business

• New! Small work concern owners: Get attention alongside your Local Business, AdWords ads in addition to website Analytics inward the novel Google Advertiser Community. (Yes, fifty-fifty if your inquiry isn't almost advertising)
• Link to the new Google My Business community
• New! Holiday hours has come upwards to Google search in addition to maps! If you lot get got a business, brand certain your vacation hours are upwards to date! (Google Maps, Priya Chandra)
• Tip Contractors, consultants in addition to anyone who delivers goods or services at their clients' in addition to customers' place tin sack laid upwards a Service Area Business on Google My Business (Joy Hawkins at Moz.com)

Photos

• Update: Miss the link to Google Photos in addition to Google+ Photos inward the Google+ Menu? The Plus for Google+ Chrome extension adds dorsum those links, in addition to to a greater extent than (Olivier Jobert)
• Update: Snapseed for iOS update alongside novel features (Niels Bendig)

Blogger

• Tip Add a Pinterest "Pin it" icon to your Blogger blog's photos (Nitecruzr)
• Tip Have a website or blog? Work difficult to create master copy content, create an audience in addition to continue your site compliant alongside the AdSense Program Policies - i time you lot get got done that, AdSense makes it tardily to earn from your passions! (Inside AdSense)

AdSense

• Tip: AdSense xxx Day Suspensions - How to Fix (Helpful Information for Newbies)
• Update Sign upwards for Google Contributor in addition to larn a customized Contributor badge for your website (Inside AdSense)

Hangouts

• Tip Looking for attention alongside Google Hangouts? Start alongside this FAQ inward the official Hangouts attention forum! (David King)

Productivity

• New! Inbox yesteryear Gmail Smart Reply similar a shot guesses what you lot powerfulness respond to an email, in addition to offers several options you lot tin sack purpose alongside a unmarried click (Gmail)
• Update: Google Drive simply made file sharing easier on iOS in addition to Android (Google Drive)
• New! Restore deleted Events inward Google Calendar (Google for Work)
• Update: Google Keep for iPhone in addition to iPad lets you lot get got notes spell browsing on your band (Google Docs)
• Tip Did you lot know you lot tin sack inquire Google to describe upwards your SMS messages when you’re on the go? (It doesn’t appear to move alongside SMS inward Hangouts:( ) (Google)

Nexus in addition to Android

• That inexpensive USB-C cable you lot bought powerfulness non work, in addition to could wound your hardware (Benson Leung)

Updated March 2019 to withdraw links to Google+

Week Inward Review - November 14, 2015: Youtube Music, Hangouts Video Calls, Close Me In Addition To More

This calendar week YouTube Music launched, Hangouts streamlined the video telephone telephone experience, y'all tin command what people encounter most y'all on your novel Google About Me page (aboutme.google.com) in addition to run Google Maps to navigate fifty-fifty when y'all are offline. And at that spot are tips in addition to updates for AdSense, Google+, Hangouts on Air, Inbox past times Gmail in addition to more.

Image: Seine in addition to Eiffel-tower inwards the sunset past times Henri Rousseau (1910)

Support inwards response to the Paris terrorist attacks:

• Google has made international calls via Hangouts costless to France. Project Fi calls to French Republic are also free. (limited time)
• Facebook Safety Check lets y'all say your friends in addition to solid unit of measurement y'all are safe
• Google Maps tin forthwith laissez passer on y'all turn-by-turn directions in addition to Local trace of piece of job organisation data without an network connectedness (Google Maps)
• Tips Do y'all care the online presence of Local businesses? Here's what y'all bespeak to know most Local's deed away from Google+ Local Pages in addition to on to Maps (Miriam Ellis @ Moz)
• New! Are y'all an goodness inwards your local area? Join the Google Local Guides community in addition to earn points in addition to badges past times sharing reviews, photos, or improving Google Maps (Google Local Guides)
• New! Get vacation shopping deals in addition to offers texted to your telephone - if y'all convey a modest trace of piece of job organisation ready your ads! (US only) (AdWords)

YouTube

• New! The YouTube Music app is designed for music lovers - including a costless xiv twenty-four hours case of YouTube Red, no credit menu required (US only)
• Update See your estimated video views inwards existent fourth dimension amongst the YouTube Analytics Realtime written report (YouTube Creators)
• Update:Free iPhone video editing tools from Fly Labs available for the side past times side iii months (Fly Labs Inc)
• Tip: Whether y'all are a business, brand, or merely convey a hobby channel, y'all tin capitalize on video "micro-moments" (Think With Google)
• Update: Project Butter: smoother YouTube video playback inwards Chrome (YouTube Engineering in addition to Developers Blog)

Google Photos 

• New! this post)
• New! Webmasters: acquire your costless re-create of the official AdSense Guide to Mobile Web Success

Productivity

• Tips Gmail in addition to Inbox - amend together?! (Lifehacker)
• Update Add or response to comments - correct inwards the Google Sheets Android app (Google Docs)

AI is coming?

• Google open-sources their machine learning organisation TensorFlow (Google Blog)
• With quantum computing simulator, Microsoft offers a sneak peek into hereafter of computing (Microsoft)

Updated March 2019 to take Google+ links