Week in Review - October 24: Golden Gate Edition

This week Google Top Contributors converged on San Francisco for the biennial Top Contributor Summit. It was a time to learn about Google products and projects, talk to Googlers, renew friendships, and have a good time. Check out the photos and videos posted by Google Top Contributor Program Page and with the #tcsummit hashtag on Google+ and Twitter.

What else happened this week? YouTube announced the YouTube Red subscription service, Google Photos celebrated 100 million active users, the Nexus 5x shipped and more.

Photo: Sunset over San Francisco from Alameda by me, all rights reserved (ask me if you want to use it)

YouTube and Video Creators

• New YouTube Red: subscribe for ad free videos, save videos offline and more (YouTube)
• Tip Preparing for a video interview: what NOT to wear on camera (Tell)

Live Broadcasting

• New Blab now offers embed code for upcoming live events (Krishna De)

Google+

• Update Have a Halloween Google+ Collection? Submit it to this week's #FeatureFriday contest 🎃🎃🎃.

Google Photos

• Article Paris, food, dogs and babies - that's what Google Photos is made of! Learn 11 things about Google Photos and its 100 million active users. (Official Google Blog)
• Tip Make movies from your photos with the Google Photos app (Google Photos)

Hangouts

• New? Call businesses with a single click from the Google search results on your desktop computer via Hangouts (Mike Blumenthal)

Android, Nexus, Project Fi

• The new Nexus 5x shipped this week and to celebrate Project Fi have out instant Project Fi updates for 24 hours. Keep an eye on the Project Fi Twitter feed to catch every update. (Project Fi)

And More...

• New! Google Maps on Android now lets you find gas stations, grocery stores, coffee shops and more while navigating (Google Maps)
• New Behind the red warning: more info about online site safety (Google Online Security)

Updated March 2019 to remove Google+ links