Week in review - July 9, 2016: Spaces, Now on Tap and more

This was a quiet week, with just a few updates. The Google Spaces mobile apps got an update and Now on Tap can now translate text, QR and barcodes. And there are tips for photographers, video makers, business owners and more.

The image is Carnation, LIly, Lily, Rose by John Singer Sargent (1885-6)

Upcoming:

• 26 & 28 July: Upcoming Google Webmaster Central Office Hours in English

YouTube and Video Creation

• New Google acquires cloud video streaming company Anvato for the Google Cloud Platform (Recode)
• Tip A quick guide to 360-degree video on YouTube: how and why to use it (TubularInsights)
• Tip How camera angles can shape they way you feel about characters (themediashow)

Go Live

• Update Facebook Live Videos from MSQRD (Facebook media blog)
• Article How Facebook Live became our new global distress signal (The Verge)
• Tip Live Stream News Week Commencing 3 July 2016 (Krishna De)

Google+ and Google Spaces

• Update Google Spaces iOS update 1.0.3 (Luke Wroblewski)
• Update Google Spaces Android update 1.2 (Luke Wroblewski)
• Article The tech press muses on the 5th anniversary of Google+ (Paolo Amoroso)

Google Photos and Mobile Photography

• Tip An animated GIF may capture fireworks better than a so-so still shot (The Verge)
• New Google buys French image recognition startup Moodstocks (TechCrunch)
• Update Snapchat's new 'Memories' feature saves snaps indefinitely (TheNextWeb)

Google for businesses

• Tip Hire a Street View pro photographer to help your business stand out on Google Maps and Search (Google Maps)
• Update Google releases brilliant (& creepy) new feature to crowd source business photos (Mike Blumenthal)

Bloggers and Webmasters

• Tip  Google Search Console bug sent out re-verification notice (Search Engine Land)
• Tip Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout (Google Webmasters on YouTube)

AdSense and advertising

• Tip Did you receive an email from AdSense about account closure? (AdSense Help Forum)

Hangouts and Mobile Messaging

• Interest in making Hangouts (and other Google products) better? (Sage LaTorra)
• Update Improved photo, video and document sharing on Skype (Skype blog)
• Update Introducing free Skype Meetings (Microsoft Office Blogs)
• New Facebook Messenger Starts Testing End-to-End Encryption with Secret Conversations (Facebook Newsroom)

Nexus, Android, Project Fi

• Tip People love Project Fi mobile service - is it for you? (AndroidGuys)
• Tip Your phone has an FM chip, so why can’t you listen to the radio? (Wired)

Privacy and Security

• New Experimenting with Post-Quantum Cryptography (Google Security Blog)
• New Google is working to safeguard Chrome from quantum computers (The Verge)

Productivity

• New Now on Tap translates text, barcodes and QR codes (Google Inside Search blog)
• Tips A Googlers insider guide to using Google Docs at work (Fast Company)

Updated March 2019 to remove Google+ links