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This week’s updates include new features for YouTubers, OpenAI’s new text-to-video AI, a better way to create presentation videos in Google Slides and more. Top news and updates this week New YouTube posts-only feed. Speaker Spotlight in Google Slides for more engaging presentations OpenAI’s Sora, an impressive text-to-video AI model Upload YouTube videos and shorts in the YouTube Studio app Remix music videos into YouTube Shorts Co-stream the Twitch Streamer Awards TikTok Creative Assistant in Adobe Express Changes to Google Search in the EEA Android app photo picker can access images in the cloud X’s poor ad performance (maybe bots?) A look back at Twitter’s last days Pinterest color trends Filter your Instagram DMs to only see people you follow A look at robots.txt and how it’s not keeping up with technology Read on for details and additional updates! Creator Weekly In Your Inbox 📨 Subscribe to get the Creator Weekly by email. Creator Weekly Live 🔴 What do you think about th

  This week has three celebrations to brighten your winter.  Today is Lunar New Year, which is celebrated in China, Korea, and Vietnam and in Asian communities around the world. Tomorrow is the Super Bowl, which might as well be a holiday here in the US (go Niners!) and Wednesday is Valentine’s Day. I hope you have a fabulous week and prosperous year! I ♥️ you all! This week there’s news for YouTubers, Google’s Gemini replaced Bard, Threads shared how its recommendations work, BlueSky opened to everyone, and much more. Top news and updates this week Get Super Bowl ads and music without having to sit through the football. To try this week: Make a Valentine movie in Google Photos, add a dragon to your Meet meeting, use Opus Clip Captions for free. YouTube CEO Neal Mohan shared the platform’s priorities for 2024. You can now go live in the YouTube Shorts feed. Google Bard and (soon) Duet AI are now Gemini. Google is turning down Web Stories. Meta will identi

Welcome to February! This week there are updates for YouTubers, website owners, and other creators. Plus new AI image generator tools to try and a contest to celebrate Flickr’s 20th anniversary. Top news and updates this week Try the updated AI-powered image creation options in Google Bard and ImageFX Get Google’s updated SEO Starter Guide Universal Music Group has pulled its music from TikTok Add Clips to your YouTube channel View your playlist analytics in YouTube Studio Google Search no longer links to cached web pages Flickr wants your entry to their 20th birthday photo contest Improvements to Google Calendar Appointment Scheduling  Google Meet lets you pin messages in the in-meeting chat. The Apple Vision Pro VR-headset is now available and the reviews are in Read on for details and additional updates! Creator Weekly In Your Inbox 📨 Subscribe to get the Creator Weekly by email. Creator Weekly Live 🔴 What do you think about th

Here were are in the last week of January already! Dear readers, I hope the weather isn’t getting you down. Now that we have reached the peak of winter, I’m looking forward to spring. This week there are updates for Twitch streamers, more news for European social media users, new generative AI tools and tips for bloggers and YouTubers. Top news and updates this week Twitch announced an expanded Plus Program for monetization European users can separate Facebook and Instagram Chrome has new generative AI features for tabs, themes and writing Submit your suggestions for new “mythbusting” videos from YouTube’s Creator Liaison X may offer Amplify video monetization program to more creators If you are using StreamYard’s video editing tools to repurpose your videos, you can now add captions to Reels and Shorts Are you seeing redirect errors in Google Search Console for your Blogger blog? Don’t panic! X is having trouble keeping up with the flood of sexually explicit deep fakes posted to th

It’s finally starting to feel like the holidays are done and the new year has begun. I can’t believe we’re already three weeks into January! This week there is news for European Google users, plus tips for YouTubers, updates for video calls, social media and more. Top news and updates this week European users get more choices on Google (thank the Digital Markets Act). Tips for YouTubers to kick off 2024. Twitch bans Drops farming. Live streamers can apply for Live Studio access on TikTok. Follow Bluesky profiles in your favorite RSS feed reader. Check your privacy settings for X video and audio calls. Google Meet lets you use combined AR and background effects and adjust your lighting and audio. You can now join a Meet meeting anonymously from the Meet mobile app. Gmail is making it easier to unsubscribe to bulk mailings. There are interesting articles on the death of Ello, writing about OnlyFans as part of the creator econ