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.
All that, plus tips and updates for YouTube, Google+, AdSense, Chrome and more.
Google's New Logo
- Google Logo gets a brand new look (Sundar Pichai)
- The Google+ Logo gets a new look too
- New Logo for Google done In-house: It's All Gooooood! (Brand New via Rupert Breheny)
- For comparison, check out the Google favicon updates in 2008 and 2009 and 2012
YouTube
- Tip: Get help as a YouTube Creator : Help Center, Help Forum, Google+ Community, and if your channel qualifies, direct support (YouTube Help)
- Tip: YouTube Creators: Are your videos shareable? Are you speaking directly to your audience? (YouTube Creator Academy)
- Tip: YouTube Creators: Add a watermark to brand your videos
Google+
- Update: Download the new official Google+ icon
- Update: Google+ app for iOS now supports Collections (Rupert Wood)
also Introducing Google+ Collections on iOS (John Kilcline) - Update: Google+ Android App: new "Share link" option for posts (Robert Wallis)
- New: The first official Google+ Collections #FeatureFriday contest - join the official G+ Creators and Curators Community to find out what next week's theme is
Local Businesses
- Update: No more manual verification of businesses via Google's Local support team (Priya Chandra)
- Update: Google makes the desktop local results more like the mobile results - popular times now display (Phil Rozek)
- Update: The Google Business View program has been rebranded Street View | Trusted (Mick Kenyon)
Photos
- New! The new Street View app lets you take photo spheres and share them to Google Maps, and explore Street Views and others' shared images (Google Maps blog)
- Update: Google Photos for iOS update (Google Photos)
- Tip: Photos tutorial: download and delete your photos in Google Photos (Jaana Nyström )
- Tip: Google Photos tip: find your movies, animations and collages (Google Photos)
- Tip: Science loving photographers: apply now for the#Phys Pics15 photo walk competition for a rare chance to photograph one of the world's major physics labs [Deadline September 6th!!]
Hangouts and Mobile Communication
- Article: The unsung hero of meetings at Twitter is Google Hangouts (Fortune Magazine)
- Update: Skype for Android gets a Material Design makeover (Skype blog)
Blogger
- Update: Blogger adds 28 new country-specific blogspot domains (Blogger help forum)
AdSense
- Tip: AdSense Publishers: did you receive a policy violation warning? Don't panic, but do fix your website today! (AdSense Blog)
Maps, Google Docs, Chrome and More
- Update: The latest version of Chrome offers improvements for a faster, more efficient web (Chrome blog)
- Update: Updates to Google Docs, Sheets and Slides: "Research" and "Explore", voice typing, new templates and more! (Google Docs blog)
- Update: Google Drive for iOS: improved organization and sharing (Google Drive)
- Tip: How to use the Google Maps mobile scale bar to measure small map objects (Mike Downes)
Updated March 2019 to remove all Google+ links
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