- Photo sphere support in the Google+ web lightbox is back! (song: Look Around)
- Google introduces desktop Backup and Sync for Google Photos and Drive (song: Kodachrome)
- AdSense policy update: no ads on pop-ups or pop-unders or sites that triggers pop-unders (song: Pop Muzik)
- Google Forms gets a big update with new features and machine learning (song: Questionnaire)
- New Release Radio on Google Play Music lets you listen to the latest music releases that suit your taste (song: Baby I’m a Star) ((and yes, I should start listening to get up to date :))
- Hangouts v.21 added five new emoticon shortcodes \m/(><)_\m/ (song: Send me a Picture)
- Tech giants Google, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon and more came out in support of net neutrality - some more than others (song: Life in the Fast Lane)
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Upcoming:
- 20 July: #AskAdSense office hours
- 31 July: CineSpace short film competition using NASA imagery deadline
- 2 August: YouTube NextUp applications deadline for Rio de Janiero (Brazil), Jakarta (Indonesia), Manila (Philippines), Mexico City (Mexico)
- 21 August: Become a citizen scientist and contribute photos to the Eclipse Megamovie
- 13 September: Web clipboard to be removed from Google Docs, Sheets and Slides
Net Neutrality
- Day of Action: How Facebook, Google, and More Supported for Net Neutrality (Wired)
- No, AT&T, Comcast, And Verizon Are Not Suddenly In Favor Of Net Neutrality (Consumerist)
- Net Neutrality Day of Action: Help preserve the open internet (Google Blog)
- Mark Zuckerberg on Net Neutrality (Mark Zuckerberg)
- Fight for an internet that is free, open, and wondrously creative (Vimeo)
- Join the Fight for #NetNeutrality (Twitter)
- Join Us in the Fight for Net Neutrality (Wordpress)
YouTube and Video Creation
- Help protect your YouTube account with 2-step verification (YouTube Help)
- The evolution of YouTube's home page (The Verge)
- How do original YouTube stars now feel about the site? "Now it’s high-quality content, but not as great interactions" (Ars Technica)
Go Live
- Game Live from Samsung will live stream your screen to Facebook, Twitch, or Youtube [APK Download] (Android Police)
- Periscope iOS v1.11.4 with Periscope Producer fix (Periscope Help)
- Stream to Multiple Communities to Reach the Most Interested Viewers (Twitch Blog)
Google+
- Photo sphere support in the Google+ web lightbox (Leo Deegan)
- G Suite Admins: Audit Google+ user activity for your organization (G Suite Updates)
Other social media
- The Facebook Algorithm’s Mom Problem (Chris Aldrich)
- Twitter now lets you mute notifications from people who don’t follow you, new accounts and more (The Verge)
- LinkedIn adds a native auto-playing video solution to its mobile apps (The Next Web)
Google Photos and Mobile Photography
- Google introduces Backup and Sync for Google Photos on desktop (Google Blog)
- Get the most out of the Google Photos movie editor (Make Use Of)
- Using deep learning to create "professional-level" landscape photos (Research at Google Blog)
Google for businesses
- Google SMS Messaging test rolling out to more Google My Business dashboards (Mike Blumenthal)
- Google My Business messaging FAQ (Mike Blumenthal)
- Google My Business Updates Insights Download Reports (Mike Blumenthal)
- Restaurant Online Ordering Scam & Hijacked Business Listings(Online Ownership)
- 12 things to know to succeed with Google Posts (Search Engine Land)
Bloggers and Webmasters
AdSense and advertising
- AdSense policy update: no ads on pop-ups or pop-unders or sites that triggers pop-unders (Inside AdSense Blog)
- Ask the AdSense Guy: What Exactly Does Google Mean by ‘Misrepresentative Content?’ (Search Engine Journal)
- We're ending support of Google Contributor 2.0 because it's a huge mess and bad for our readers (Android Police)
Hangouts and Messaging
- Hangouts v.21 adds five new emoticon shortcodes (Android Police)
- Google My Business messaging FAQ (Mike Blumenthal)
- The Google Allo desktop client may be here in a "few weeks" (Android Police)
- Building the next generation of Skype together (Skype Blog)
- Skype brings back status icons on the mobile app, adds new themes (Android Police)
- Facebook Messenger's David Marcus shrugged off accusations of copying Snapchat (Business Insider)
Made by Google, Android, Project Fi
- Identifying Intrusive Mobile Apps using Peer Group Analysis (Android Developers Blog)
- What is an APN? And how do you change it? (Android Central)
- Android killed the Windows phone, not Apple (The Verge)
Productivity
- Google Forms gets a big update with new features and machine learning (G Suite Updates blog)
- New Release Radio on Google Play Music lets you listen to the latest music releases that suit your taste (Google Blog)
- Google introduces Backup and Sync for Google Photos and Drive on desktop (Google Blog)
- New Google Earth Desktop Version 7.3 (Google Earth Blog)
Privacy and Security
- Google to start encouraging 2-step verification with "Google Prompts" rather than SMS (G Suite Updates blog)
- Which companies have your back when the government requests information? (EFF)
- New law would force Facebook and Google to give police access to encrypted messages | Technology (The Guardian)
More around the web
- The long road to Pokémon Go (Wired)
- Game of Thrones: The old Views and the new (Google Blog)
- How the equals sign changed the world (Ars Technica)
- News Outlets to Seek Bargaining Rights Against Google and Facebook (New York Times)
- Google wins French court decision, won’t have to pay $1.3 billion in back taxes (Marketing Land)
- It took nine years, but Bitly turned short web links into a real company (Recode)
- For AI, a real-world reality check (Google Blog)
- AI: DeepMind learns to walk (Nackblog)
- A rural broadband strategy: connecting rural America to new opportunities (Microsoft)
Updated March 2019 to remove Google+ links
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