Peggy K's Creator News

Update April 2, 2019: Consumer Google+ shuts down , and all Google+ Pages will be deleted. Download a copy of your Google+ Page data with Google Takeout before then . Update February 5, 2019: It's no longer possible to create a Google+ Page Update October 2017:  Google My Business no longer creates a Brand Account  along with a business listing, which means there is no way to connect Google+ or YouTube to a new listing. Update May 2017: Google My Business  no longer automatically creates a Google+ Page  along with a business listing. Update January 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 , and the  Google My Business app no longer supports Google+ Pages . ----------------- Google is rolling out an improved "Google My Business" dashboard for Local Pages and Brand Pages. The new dashboard is at G...

This week Hangouts made it easier to invite people into a video call or Hangout on Air, Gmail introduced email address blocking and Google voice search got better. Plus tips and tutorials for Google+ collectors, YouTube creators, bloggers, webmasters and AdSense publishers. Image: Philippe Robert: Farbtafel aus Feuilles d'automne. Neuchatel, Delachaux et Niestle (1909)

This week has some smaller updates: Google Photos (finally) supports Google+ Brand Pages on desktop, the AdSense Android app gets a material design update, YouTube opens a Hindi help forum, and Google Slides makes it easier to present to Hangouts from your mobile device. Google has made it easier to report robo-callers pretending to be Google. Plus there are more tips and updates for YouTube, Google+, Google Photos, Hangouts, webmasters, and more. Image: Hyacinths from  The Temple of Flora (1797-1810) by Dr. Robert John Thornton (public domain)

This week there are YouTube and Google+ tips for small businesses, improvements to YouTube Live, updates to YouTube Kids, introduction of Android Pay and the new Google Wallet, and the roll out of the first monthly Android security update. There are also tips for Google+, YouTube, Blogger and more! This week I polled my followers about what they read this summer. The results? Folks split pretty evenly between Science Fiction/Fantasy and Romance. This week's image is for everyone: two robots - puppy Android and kitten Android - in love. Only in sci-fi romance!

This week Google updated their logo for the first time in 16 years, using a much cleaner, simpler font.  The Google+ iOS app was (finally!) updated to support Collections, the new Street Views mobile app lets you shoot, view and share photo spheres, Blogger introduced 28 new country-specific blogspot domains and Google Docs, Sheets and Slides got some spiffy new features. All that, plus tips and updates for YouTube, Google+, AdSense, Chrome and more.