Weekly Update - November 12, 2016: Google+, YouTube, Safe Browsing

Top updates this week:

• Google+ makes it easier to post in Communities and supports AMP pages for faster mobile webpage loading
• YouTube now supports HDR video and has launched an app for the Daydream VR viewer (which is now available for sale)
• Google Safe Browsing now warns against repeat offenders and makes it easier to report malicious sites.

Plus more updates and tips for YouTube, Google+, Google Photos, Google Sites, Gmail, AdSense , Project Fi and more.

Image: Poppy Field, by Vincent van Gogh (1890)

Upcoming

• 15 November Google Webmaster Central office hours
• 17 November AdSense Hangout on Air (Register now!)

YouTube and Video Creation

• YouTube now supports HDR video (YouTube)
• The new YouTube VR app launches for the Daydream VR viewer (YouTube)
• YouTube Kids comes to India, just in time for Children's Day (Google India)
• #ShareGood: Introducing YouTube Creators for Change in Australia (Google Australia blog)
• Adobe experimental tool lets you insert words into audio recordings by typing (Engadget)

Go Live

• Periscope offers more ways to connect with your audience — Superfans, Groups, and Hearts and Comments on the Web (Periscope blog)
• Remains of the Day: Instagram to Add Live Video (Lifehacker)

Google+ and Spaces

• Update: Google+ gets AMP'd (John Nack)
• Google+ Communities now have an easy sharing box (Daniel Raynaud​)
• Google+ wants to hear about your accomplishments #ThatsAPlus ! (Google+)

Other social media

• New to Instagram Stories: Boomerang, Mentions and Links (Instagram blog)
• Remains of the Day: Instagram to Add Live Video (Lifehacker) 
• When Facebook Cleared Out Thousands of Rooms (Backchannel)
• Improving Enforcement and Promoting Diversity: Updates to Ethnic Affinity Marketing (Facebook Newsroom)
• Brands Can Message Ads At You On Facebook If You Message Them First ( Consumerist)
• Facebook to Bring Face and Art Filters Like Snapchat and Prisma (Peta Pixel)

Google Photos and Mobile Photography

• Adobe Photoshop Express for iOS now has Google Photos integration (Macworld)
• Create animations in the Google Photos app offline (John Elstone, Venture Beat)
• Learn Google Photos with Google Top Contributor Russ Buchman (Michael Daniels)​
• Facebook to Bring Face and Art Filters Like Snapchat and Prisma (Peta Pixel)
• Snapchat Uses Vending Machines to Sell ‘Spectacle’ Smart Sunglasses (Consumerist)

Google for businesses

• How to transfer ownership of a Google Page and Brand Account (Online Ownership)

Bloggers and Webmasters

• Google moves to Mobile-first Indexing (Google Webmaster Central blog)
• Google Launches Mobile-First Index Experiment: Here Is Everything We Know About It. ( SEO Roundtable)
• A totally rebuilt Google Sites—now available to all G Suite customers (GSuite Updates)
• Introducing Three New Features to Tell Beautiful Stories on Medium (Medium)

AdSense and advertising

• Register for the November 17 AdSense Hangout on Air (AdSense)
• Google stops AdSense attack that forced banking trojan on Android phones (Ars Technica)
• ​Google won't build ad-blocking feature into Chrome (CNET)
• Improving Enforcement and Promoting Diversity: Updates to Ethnic Affinity Marketing (Facebook Newsroom)

Hangouts and Messaging

• Google Messenger v2.0 adds unread counts to several launchers, brings a new launcher icon, prepares for RCS support, and much more ( Android Police)
• WhatsApp And Its End-to-end Encryption Get Love From An Unusual Quarter: International Diplomats (Techdirt)
• Brands Can Message Ads At You On Facebook If You Message Them First ( Consumerist)

Nexus, Android, Project Fi

• November 2016 Android security update rolling out to Project Fi users (Project Fi)
• Android Auto now available for any car - right on your phone (Google Android blog)
• VR wherever you are. Daydream View is now available. Next stop: Everywhere. (Google Store)
• Google response to the European Commission: Android is about choice (Google Europe blog)

Productivity

• Google Map Maker graduating to Google Maps (Map Maker, Joy Hawkins)
• Gmail and Google Calendar get a whole lot better on iOS ( Google Blog)
• Build data-rich presentations in seconds with integrated apps and the Slides API (G Suite blog)

Privacy and Security

• Google's new Safe Browsing website makes it easier to report malicious sites ( Figure Security blog)
• Google To Warn Users Of Sites Repeatedly Infected With Malware (Consumerist)
• WhatsApp And Its End-to-end Encryption Get Love From An Unusual Quarter: International Diplomats (Techdirt)
• Yahoo admits some staff knew of mega breach in 2014 ( Ars Technica)

Around the web

• Trump presidency could upend the way Silicon Valley works (Wired)
• Emoji diversity: how 'silly little faces' can make a big difference (Guardian)

Updated March 2019 to remove Google+ links