Week in Review - November 7, 2015: YouTube VR, new GMB forum,

What’s new this week? The YouTube Android app now supports Virtual Reality video, Google My Business moved to a new help forum, and Inbox by Email will write responses to your emails. Plus the Plus for Google+ extension adds back Google+ Photos to the Google+ menu, AdSense launches a new site, and there are tips for Hangouts, Blogger and more!

YouTube

• New! YouTube Partners: YouTube Red estimated earnings are now available in YouTube Analytics (Ted Hamilton)
• New! YouTube now supports Virtual Reality video - a step beyond ‎360° Video - and you can use Google Cardboard to view any video (even your own!) on your Android phone (YouTube)
• New! Enhance those videos you took on Halloween with spooky filters and music in the YouTube app (YouTube Creators)
• Tip: Have you optimized your YouTube videos? It's not just for marketers! (Jim Yu and Search Engine Land)

Google+

• Tip: Are your posts to Google+ Communities marked as spam and only visible to you? You may be able to recover (John Skeats)
• Tip: Use Google+ as a community for your business with Google Apps For Work (Google for Work)

Google My Business

• New! Small business owners: Get help with your Local Business, AdWords ads and website Analytics in the new Google Advertiser Community. (Yes, even if your question isn't about advertising)
• Link to the new Google My Business community
• New! Holiday hours has come to Google search and maps! If you have a business, make sure your holiday hours are up to date! (Google Maps, Priya Chandra)
• Tip Contractors, consultants and anyone who delivers goods or services at their clients' and customers' location can set up a Service Area Business on Google My Business (Joy Hawkins at Moz.com)

Photos

• Update: Miss the link to Google Photos and Google+ Photos in the Google+ Menu? The Plus for Google+ Chrome extension adds back those links, and more (Olivier Jobert)
• Update: Snapseed for iOS update with new features (Niels Bendig)

Blogger

• Tip Add a Pinterest "Pin it" icon to your Blogger blog's photos (Nitecruzr)
• Tip Have a website or blog? Work hard to create original content, build an audience and keep your site compliant with the AdSense Program Policies - once you have done that, AdSense makes it easy to earn from your passions! (Inside AdSense)

AdSense

• Tip: AdSense 30 Day Suspensions - How to Fix (Helpful Information for Newbies)
• Update Sign up for Google Contributor and get a customized Contributor badge for your website (Inside AdSense)

Hangouts

• Tip Looking for help with Google Hangouts? Start with this FAQ in the official Hangouts help forum! (David King)

Productivity

• New! Inbox by Gmail Smart Reply now guesses what you might reply to an email, and offers several options you can use with a single click (Gmail)
• Update: Google Drive just made file sharing easier on iOS and Android (Google Drive)
• New! Restore deleted Events in Google Calendar (Google for Work)
• Update: Google Keep for iPhone and iPad lets you take notes while browsing on your phone (Google Docs)
• Tip Did you know you can ask Google to pull up your SMS messages when you’re on the go? (It doesn’t seem to work with SMS in Hangouts:( ) (Google)

Nexus and Android

• That cheap USB-C cable you bought might not work, and could hurt your hardware (Benson Leung)

Updated March 2019 to remove links to Google+