Week in Review - May 7, 2016: Blogger, Slides, Google+ & more

This week all Blogger blogspot.com blogs had HTTPS enabled, Google Slides added an audience Q&A option, Google+ mobile apps were updated, YouTube mobile apps got autoplay, and AdSense explained how it prevents accidental clicks and answered questions about Matched Content.

Plus there are tips and updates for live streamers, video creators, webmasters, local business owners and more!

Make your mom smile!

• Google Photos lets you create the perfect Mother's Day gift #MadeForMom! (Google Photos)
• Show Your Mom Some Affection This Mother's Day With These Hangouts Easter Eggs (Android Police)
• Celebrating Mother’s Day with Skype (Skype blog)
• Facebook Messenger is decorating your chats with flowers for Mother's Day (The Next Web)
• Send Mom a Special Mother’s Day Note with Yahoo Mail’s New Stationery (Yahoo blog)
• Facebook tests temporary reactions with a flower for mother’s day (not in US) (The Verge)

YouTube and Video Creators

• New Manage Autoplay in the Android and iOS YouTube app
• Tip How to switch between your YouTube accounts on Android and iOS (YouTube Help on YouTube)
• Opportunity Creators: check out the Skype "Shoot the Future" contest!
• New Dailymotion launches its new 360-degree video player (Dailymotion blog)
• New Vimeo acquires VHX - more options to sell subscriptions in the future (Vimeo blog)

Live Broadcasting

• New 4K Live Streaming is here on the "Stream Now BETA"! (Craig Long)
• New Periscope now lets you permanently save replays of your live broadcasts (Periscope)
• New Twitch Friends-Only Invite Beta is Live (Twitch blog) 
• Update Unlisted Blabs have “extreme differences” from public Blabs (Blab blog)

Google+

• Update G+ iOS app update 5.5.0: manage circles, swipe between posts, multiple account notifications (Luke Wroblewski)
• Update G+ Android update 7.8.0: quick access to Photos, Hangouts; new posts indicator back at the bottom of the screen (Luke Wroblewski)
• Update Happy 1st Birthday Google+ Collections! (Google+)
• Tip G+ Community owners and mods: try the Community Meter extension to get stats for your community (Olivier Jobert)
• Tip Google+ power users: desktop keyboard shortcuts save you time (Sooraj Wadhwa)
• Tip Heads up! The gplus.to link shortener is down - if that's your G+ link shortener, update your links (Dylan Cuffy)

Local Businesses

• Tip Get your small business online - attend a free workshop and get a free website!
• Update Google My Business updates for April - if you have a local business check it out! (Priya Chandra)

Blogger and Webmasters

• New HTTPS now enabled on all blogspot domain blogs (Blogger blog)
• Tip Private Blogger blogs aren't compatible with Google+ Comments or Dynamic templates (Chuck Croll)
• Article How we fought webspam in 2015 (Google Webmasters Blog)
• Update Google takes action against sites with sneaky redirects (Google Webmasters)
• New UTM Attribution is the digital marketing philosopher's stone (David Kutcher)

AdSense

• Update How AdSense works to prevent accidental clicks on mobile ads (Inside AdSense blog)
• Tip Matched content: designed to engage your users and increase visitor durationadsense.blogspot.com (Inside AdSense blog)
• Hangouts and Mobile communication
• New! Google Slides Q&A and present to Hangouts from your iPhone (Google Docs blog)
• Article Project Fi, Hangouts and the New Wireless Order (Wired)
• Account Security
• Online security doesn’t have to be a battlefield - multi-factor authentication FTW! (World Password Day)

Productivity

• New! Google Slides Q&A, present to Hangouts from your iPhone, and a web laser pointer (Google Docs blog)
• Tip How to use Google Slides Audience Questions as a poll (Mike Downes)
• Update Make sure Google Drive on your Mac or PC is up to date! (Google Apps updates)
• Tip Saving to Google Drive from the Inbox PDF viewer (Paolo Amoroso)
• Update Google Keyboard Gets A Huge Update To v5.0 With One-Handed Mode, Optional Key Borders, New Gestures, And More [APK Download] (Android Police)
• Update Google made a huge change to the way Google Maps look (Business Insider Australia)

And more:

• YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki on gender inequality in the tech world (CNN Money)
• Revealed: Google AI has access to huge haul of NHS patient data (New Scientist)
• Google Patent Application Shows Device That's Injected Directly Into Your Eyeball To Improve Vision (Forbes)

Updated March 2019 to remove Google+ links