Image: Christmas Cookies by Kristin Ausk on Flickr, shared under a CC BY-SA 2.0 license
The year in social media
YouTube and Facebook Video
- Update: YouTube retiring webcam capture January 16th. Alternatives: your computer's webcam or camera app or a private Hangout on Air (YouTube)
- New! YouTube for Good: US Creators can support nonprofits with donation cards (YouTube)
- New! Facebook video players now run on HTML5 - bye bye Flash (Facebook Engineering Blog)
- Tip YouTube Creators: making videos isn't free! Create a budget that takes into account hidden expenses (YouTube Creator Academy)
- Tip 10 tips for video publishing from Facebook Pages (Facebook blog)
Live Streaming
- New! Live streamers: YouTube Live Chat viewer is now available in XSplit Broadcaster (XSplit)
- New! Updates to the YouTube Live Streaming API: Live Chat, Fan Funding, Sponsors - XSplit, Gameshow, Nightbot, Discord demonstrate integration uses (YouTube Engineering and Developers blog) - Discuss in the unofficial YouTube Live Streaming community
- New! Facebook introduces Live for verified Pages (Facebook blog)
- Article Under the hood: broadcasting live video to millions (Facebook Engineering blog)
- Tip Mike Downes has been playing with Instalively live streaming (Mike Downes)
Google+
- Update Google+ iOS update with improved comments, Circle streams, notifications, follower count and more. Keep sending feedback! (Luke Wroblewski)
- Update Google+ Web Preview update: single click to +1, date stamps, more post reporting options (Luke Wroblewski)
- Tip Have questions about Google+ Collections in the new Google+? Ask Professor Sooraj! (Sooraj Wadhwa)
- Tip For people who still think Google+ is a network not worth bothering with. You are doing it wrong. (Robert Wallis)
- Tip Google+ Preview Tip: Don't accidentally share your post to a Community (John Skeats)
- Update #NotGoogle+: Improving the names process on Facebook (Facebook Newsroom) Commentary by Allen Firstenberg (tl;dr real names still required, process slightly less terrible for reported profiles)
Google for Local Businesses
- New Google My Business: new guidelines require 3rd parties to transfer ownership on request and encourage business owners to own their Local Business Pages (Tim Capper)
- Update Google My Business updates guidelines for business hours (Joy Hawkins)
Google Photos
- Tip Google Photos shared album FAQ (Google Photos help forum)
- Tip 3 steps to creating moody black & white photos (Snapseed)
Blogger
- New! Use Windows Live Writer to blog? Open Live Writer now has Blogger support! (Scott Hanselman)
- Tip Account / Blog Recovery May Involve Your Friends (Nitecruzr)
- Tip Don't Make Your Blog Victim Of Alias Blocking Malware (Nitecruzr)
AdSense
- Quick and easy solutions to policing the content on your site for AdSense compliance (AdSense)
Productivity
- New! New in Inbox: Sharing Trip Bundles and improved mobile attachments (Inbox by Gmail)
- New! The new Night Light feature in Google Play Books allows more comfortable reading as ambient light changes (Official Android blog)
- Tip Create and share a cookbook using Google Slides (Google Docs)
- New! Find cheap gas, learn busy hours and get offline directions with the new Google Maps for iPhone (Google Maps)
Project Fi, Nexus and Android
- New! Project Fi now offers data-only SIMs to current customers to get your tablet online (Project Fi)
- New! Add device protection to your Nexus 5X or 6P purchased through Project Fi (Project Fi Help Forum)
- Update The latest update for Android Marshmallow is rolling out to the Nexus 6 on Project Fi and includes Band 12 (Project Fi)
- Special offer Get $50 off the #Nexus6P when you buy before 12/30 -- Sign-up now: " (Project Fi on Twitter)
- Special offer This holiday season, use Android Pay with your Nexus and get a $20 Best Buy® e-gift card (Google)
- Tip Download individual Google Voice and Project Fi voicemails (Scott Greenstone)
- A neat visualization of distribution Android versions over time (Viktor Bohush)
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