- Google Photos gets new editing tools and introduces Photo Scan, which lets you use your phone to scan old photo prints
- Google+ now lets you drag and drop images into posts and comments, and has updated notifications options on desktop and in the Android app
- Google and Facebook ban their ads on fake news sites, but it’s not clear how Facebook might stem the flood of fake news (or if they even want to)
- Google Play Music and Google Translate get machine learning updates, and you can play with AI Experiments - while Fast Company profiles Sundar Pichai’s Google, where “AI is Everything - and Everywhere”
- US Thanksgiving is this Thursday
- US Thanksgiving travel tips from Google Maps (Google Maps blog)
- Let’s Talk Turkey: TSA Thanksgiving 2016 Travel Tips (TSA Blog)
- Google Search Trends: Thanksgiving
Plus updates and tips for YouTube, AdSense, Google Docs, Google Photos, mobile messaging, and much more.
Image: Detail from Acht kalkoenen by Theo van Hoytema (1892)
Image: Detail from Acht kalkoenen by Theo van Hoytema (1892)
Upcoming
- Video creators: sign up for the free Making Money with YouTube boot camp now
- 17 November AdSense Hangout on Air
1 December Google+ Collections 101 Panel Event(this may have been postponed)- 1 December Google My Business live stream: Boost your online presence with 360 photos (RSVP)
- 1 December #AskAdSense every Thursday 9:30 AM PST on Google+ and Twitter
YouTube and Video Creation
- YouTube iOS app update: easier navigation (YouTube blog)
- More parental controls available in YouTube Kids (YouTube blog)
- Manage your YouTube notifications in the Google Chrome browser (YouTube Help)
- Warner Bros acquires Machinima (Variety)
- Is Your Footage Suffering from the Massive Difference in Export Quality Between FCPX & Premiere? (NoFilmSchool, Artem Russakovskii)
Go Live
- How to save the YouTube Live Chat using Unified Chat (Craig Long)
- Twitch updates: Pinned Cheers and Clip Trimming (Twitch blog)
- Facebook’s Social Good Forum: Introducing Community Help and Donations in Live (Facebook Newsroom)
- Two person Facebook Live streams appear to be rolling out to non verified profiles (Krishna De)
Google+ and Spaces
- Easier Google+ posting: drag and drop images to posts and comments (John Nack)
- New Google+ Android notifications experience (Luke Wroblewski)
- Google+ Desktop Notifications update (Luke Wroblewski)
Other social media
- Twitter updates hope to help curb abuse, bullying and harassment, retrains staff (Twitter blog)
- Alt-right accounts suspended after Twitter anti-troll announcement (Mashable)
- Twitter bots can reduce racist slurs—if people think the bots are white (Ars Technica)
- An easier way to manage interactions across Facebook, Instagram and Messenger (Facebook)
- Facebook now lets users trigger Safety Checks (The Next Web)
- Facebook’s Social Good Forum: Introducing Community Help and Donations in Live (Facebook Newsroom)
- An Update on Metrics and Reporting (Facebook Newsroom)
- Why Wouldn’t Facebook Let Me Post Death Threats I Receive From Trump Supporters? (Slate)
Can something be done about fake news sites?
- AdSense policy is being updated to prohibit fake news sites (Reuters)
- Facebook bans fake news sites from using its advertising network (Wall Street Journal)
- Identifying fake news is complicated (Mark Zuckerberg)
- It’s time to get rid of the Facebook “news feed,” because it’s not news (Annalee Newitz)
- Facebook's fight against fake news was undercut by fear of conservative backlash (Gizmodo)
- 3 Chrome extensions to cut fake news out of your life (Daily Dot)
Google Photos and Mobile Photography
- Google launches PhotoScan, an app for digitizing print photos, and new Google Photos editing tools (Google Photos)
- Deep Blue filter in Google Photos makes perfect skies (The Verge)
- Enhance! RAISR Sharp Images with Machine Learning (PetaPixel)
- Adobe demos automatic sky-swapping (John Nack)
- How to photograph the moon, planets and stars with your smartphone (Space.com)
Google for businesses
- Google Business live stream: Boost your online presence with 360 photos on December 1 (Google My Business)
- New Layout for Google My Business Dashboard (Online Ownership)
Bloggers and Webmasters
- The new Google Sites with Drive integration is now available to everyone (G Suite Updates)
- Search Analytics has a new filter for sites that create AMPs! (Google Webmasters)
- Google makes massive, AMP-facing changes to its article structured data guidelines (Aaron Bradley)
- Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout on Air (Nov 15) (Google Webmasters)
- Copyright Office Fucks Over Thousands Of Sites With Plans To Remove Their DMCA Safe Harbors (TechDirt)
AdSense and advertising
- Meet the new AdSense account user interface (Inside AdSense)
- AdSense policy is being updated to prohibit fake news sites (Reuters)
- Facebook bans fake news sites from using its advertising network (Wall Street Journal)
- Grow your business in new markets with ads on your site: Live with AdSense (recorded)
- Four things to explore if your AdSense earnings have taken a dip (AdSense)
- Free webinar on AdWords and Google Partners with Spencer Wade (Michael Daniels)
Hangouts and Messaging
- Google Allo gets "Smart Smileys", Fantastic Beasts stickers and new themes (Google Blog)
- Skype introduces Guest accounts, no registration required (Skype blog)
- You can now get early access to Skype features with a new insider program (Ars Technica)
- WhatsApp to offer free video calling (Whatsapp blog)
Nexus, Pixel, Android, Project Fi
- Pixel security: encryption by default (Google Blog)
- Don’t mess with Google: Pixel phone scalpers get their accounts shut down (Ars Technica)
- Pixel phone buyers lose entire Google accounts after using loophole to dodge sales tax (The Guardian)
- The making of the Google Daydream VR headset (The Verge)
Productivity
- Free up storage space in your Google account (G Suite)
- New templates for Google Docs, Sheets, Slides & Forms (G Suite only) (G Suite Updates)
- G Suite Update Alerts: Notifications and more in the Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides apps for Android (G Suite Updates)
- With the new Gmail app for iOS, you can now Undo Send to prevent embarrassing email mistakes (Gmail)
- Bing search engine now lets you save images, videos, and products across devices (Venture Beat)
- Google upgraded the brains behind Translate (Yonatan Zunger)
- The new Google Play Music uses machine learning to personalize your music experience (Google Blog)
- Google Earth VR, now available for the HTC Vive (Rupert Breheny)
Privacy and Security
More around the web
- Google AI Experiments: Explore machine learning by playing withpictures, language, music, code, and more
- At Sundar Pichai’s Google, AI is Everything - and Everywhere (Fast Company)
- Experts issue dire warning to government about the Internet of Things (Daily Dot)
- Dial-up pioneer EarthLink still exists, and it’s merging with Windstream (Ars Technica)
Updated March 2019 to remove Google+ links
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