Plus there are tips and updates for YouTube video watchers, live streamers, photographers, business owners, webmasters, Hangouts chatters, Project Fi-ers and more.
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Upcoming:
- 29 August: Comments on private YouTube videos are going away
- 31 August: New Hangouts Chrome extension experience
- 6 September: Google Webmaster Central Office Hours in English
- 7 September: Google+ Collections #FeatureFriday contest deadline: Connect with nature
- 9 September: Google Webmaster Central Office Hours in English
- 12 September: Hangouts on Air move from Google+ to YouTube
YouTube and Video Creation
- Update YouTube gets an update for the big screen: Chromecast, Smart TV, game consoles make content easier to find (Engadget)
- Update Instagram Launching Live “Events” Video Channel (Consumerist)
- Tip YouTube Partners and AdSense Publishers: make sure your content is Advertiser-Friendly! (my blog post)
- Tip Control YouTube playback with OK Google Voice Commands (Android Police)
- Tip What happens to your video after you upload to YouTube? (Nat and Lo)
- Tip What happens when you watch a YouTube video? (Nat and Lo)
- Autoplay video is a plague that can't be stopped (The Next Web)
Go Live
- Update YouTube Live Stream Now update: Metrics, Analytics, Scheduling (YouTube Creators)
- Tip Facebook Live two person live streams - a first look (Krishna De)
- Update Say hi to Curse, the newest member of the Twitch family (Twitch Blog)
- Update You can now stream any Blizzard game live on Facebook (The Verge)
- Article Did The NY Times Give Up Its Journalism Standards The Second Facebook Threw A Few Million Its Way? (Techdirt)
Google+ and Spaces
- Google+ Collections #FeatureFriday contest: Connect with nature (Faith Tan)
- Tip Use Google+ Communities to engage your customers and clients (Google for Work)
- Update Spaces Chrome Extension 2.0 (Luke Wroblewski)
Other social media
- New Pinterest acquires Instapaper (The Verge), what that means for Pinterest’s future (Forbes)
- Update: Instagram quietly adds Save Draft facility (TheTechieGuy)
- Update: Twitter announces new Message button. Now people can easily slide into your DMs from your website. (TwitterDev)
- Facebook Trending Topics becomes more algorithmically based (Facebook Newsroom)
- Inside Facebook’s (Totally Insane, Unintentionally Gigantic, Hyperpartisan) Political-Media Machine (New York Times)
Google Photos and Mobile Photography
- Tip The history of photography in 5 animated minutes (COOPH)
- Tip Google Photos vs Apple Photos: which is better? (Gizmodo)
Google for businesses
- Finding Hogwarts on Google Search and Maps (Wsaweb)
- When Google's Picks a Mugshot over a Business Logo (Online Ownership)
- Yelps Stoppleman vs. Mike Blumenthal (Mike Blumenthal)
Bloggers and Webmasters
- Update Google making changes to mobile search results: sites with intrusive interstitials won't rank as well (Google Webmasters)
- Tip: Google Webmaster Central Office Hours (Aug 23) (Google Webmasters)
- Tip Permanently delete your Blogger blog (Chuck Croll)
AdSense and advertising
- Tip YouTube Partners and AdSense Publishers: make sure your content is Advertiser-Friendly! (my blog post)
Hangouts and Messaging
- New Hangouts Chrome extension experience coming August 31 (Google Apps Updates)
- Google Duo has been downloaded 5 million times on Android since its release (Android Police)
- Tip Hangouts chat Easter Eggs (Moritz Tolxdorff)
- Update WhatsApp's new terms let them share your data with Facebook - you have 30 days to (partially) opt out (Wired)
Nexus, Android, Project Fi
- New Nexus update: WiFi Assistant automatically and securely connections to free open wifi hotspots (Nexus)
- New Android 7.0 Nougat launched, coming to Project Fi devices soon (Android blog, Project Fi)
- Android Nougat drops support for Nexus 5 and 2013 Nexus 7 (Ars Technica)
- Tip The coolest features of Android Nougat you might have missed (Lifehacker)
- Tip SpyNote malware: One more reason to never sideload Android apps (TechRepublic)
- Update Project Fi update (Version K): in-app chat support (Project Fi)
- Update Tracking your international data usage with Project Fi (Project Fi)
Productivity
- Update Google Drive for Android now creates file and folder shortcuts (Google Apps Updates)
- Update Google URL shortener sees major redesign (David King)
- New Microsoft acquires automated meeting scheduling app Genee (The Next Web)
- Tip How to create citations and bibliography in Google Docs (or any word processor) (Plagiarism Today)
Updated March 2019 to remove Google+ links
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