This week there were a couple nice updates for Google Apps customers: you can now host Hangout video calls with up to 25 participants and you can provide temporary access to a document through Google Drive or Docs by setting an expiration date.
And for us non-Apps users: Google+ web preview added the option to search within a Community and improved the search for Communities. The Picasa desktop app was officially retired. You can now allow ads in your AdSense Matched Content units. Plus tips and updates for YouTube, Blogger, AdMob, Small Businesses, Google Photos, Google Maps and more.
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Google+
- Update Google+ Web Preview update: search in Communities, drag images to reorder (Luke Wroblewski)
- Update Google+ update: improved search for Communities (Luke Wroblewski)
Other social media
- Why apps like Siri and Cortana need to understand suicide (Ars Technica via Michael Brown)
- An exclusive look at how the First Lady mastered social media (The Verge)
- Tip How to turn of Twitter’s algorithmic timeline by default (The Verge)
- Update Instagram rolls out algorithmic feeds (Instagram blog)
- Facebook Users Report Over A Million 'Violations' Every Day (SFist)
- Update Facebook App For Android Now Supports HD Photo Uploads, Now On Par With Desktop Uploads (Android Police)
YouTube and Video Creators
- Have a story to tell? Apply for the Sundance Institute | YouTube New Voices lab (YouTube Creators)
- New! Upload your videos directly from Google Drive to Vimeo (Vimeo)
- Tip Create click-worthy video thumbnails (YouTube Creator Academy)
- New! In a surprise move, YouTube and GooglePlay Movies & TV now participating in TMobile BingeOn program (Google Public Policy blog)
- YouTube Was First Conceived As A Dating Site, Says Co-Founder Steve Chen (Tubefilter)
Live Streaming
- Update Facebook is finally going to let you opt out of live video notifications (Daily Dot)
- New! Twitch.tv launches livestreaming Food channel with Julia Child's The French Chef marathon
- New! New in Twitter for iOS: find Periscope broadcasts easily by searching for "Periscopes"! (@Periscope)
Google Photos
- Tip Last chance to download Picasa3 desktop software (as of 3/18 PM the download is still available)
- Update Google Photos Android app adds FF and RWD buttons to video player (Android Police)
- Tip Change the date of an image in Google Photos on your desktop computer or mobile device (Scott Peachey)
- Tip Easily shoot and view 360-degree images for your business with your smartphone (Huffington Post)
Local Businesses
- Tip Learn how Android for Work and Chrome for Work can help your small business (Google Small Business on YouTube)
- New! A Google Review (With a Photo) is Worth a Thousand Words (Imprezzio Marketing)
- Tip Easily shoot and view 360-degree images for your business with your smartphone (Huffington Post)
Blogger
- Tip How to get Facebook to show a feature image for your Blogger blog's homepage (Luke Bjerring)
AdSense and AdMob
- New! AdWords Trial Run ads and AdMob Mediation offer new options to promote and monetize games (Inside AdWords blog)
- New! AdSense Publishers: Allow ads with your Matched Content (Inside AdSense blog)
Hangouts and chat
- New! Google Apps customers: Hangouts video calls can now have up to 25 participants
- Update Hangouts 8 for iOS: now send 1 minute video attachments!
- New! Skype for Web – now call mobile phones and landlines, guests can join a chat without a Skype account, plus so much more (Skpe blog)
Productivity
- New! Personalize your Google Maps on Android with custom labels and icons (Google Maps)
- New! Google Maps On Android Will Now Show A Dedicated Ride-Sharing Tab (Android Police)
- New! Google Apps accounts can set expiration dates for access to Drive, Docs, Sheets and Slides files
- Update Google Drive for iOS now lets you view, restore and delete items in the trash (Google Drive)
- Update Now Inbox by Gmail offers Smart Replies on the web (Inbox)
- Update Chrome will end support for older Mac OSX, Windows and Linux versions in April (David King)
- Update Some Nice Updates to the Android Google App (John Skeats)
Great update, really glad you can post to Vimeo from Google Drive. Would be awesome if the ability to post from Google Drive to YouTube was made possible!
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