Weekly Update - December 10, 2016: YouTube, Google+, Best of 2016

This week there are some great updates and tips for YouTubers around the world, webmasters, Google+ers, Project Fi subscribers and much more.

YouTube Red is now available in Korea, YouTube is showing morelocal language content in India, and they are working with Facebook, Twitter, and Microsoft to curb the spread of terrorist content online
The Google+ Android app loads web pages faster, plus there are learning resources for the new Google+ and Collections
Android 7.1.1 is rolling out to more devices
2016 isn’t quite over, this year’s “Best” lists are out

Image: Bloemen en vogels door Seitei, Watanabe Seitei, 1916 (Rijksmuseum via Wikimedia Commons)

Holiday cheer:

Project Fi has holiday treats for subscribers! A World of Thanks (Google blog)
Bing offers holiday treats and celebrates the spirit of giving (Bing blog)
Get your own personal Facebook Year in Review video
Santa's Village is now open! (Google Blog)

2016: the best and most popular

#YouTubeRewind: Celebrating what you watched, shared, and created in 2016

YouTube Rewind 2016
Your In-Depth Interactive Guide to YouTube Rewind 2016

Upcoming

9 December Google Webmaster Office Hours: Internationalization
13 December Google Webmaster Office Hours: Structured Data
14 December Google Webmaster Office Hours: AMP & PWA (w/Paul Bakaus)
15 December #AskAdSense every Thursday 9:30 AM PST on Google+ and Twitter
16 December Google Webmaster Office Hours: Search Console
20 December Google Webmaster Office Hours: Mobile, AMP

YouTube and Video Creation

YouTube Red and YouTube Music now available in Korea (Google Korea blog)
YouTube shows more local language content in India (Google India blog)
Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube come together to help curb the spread of terrorist content online (Google, Facebook)
How YouTube Trending ranks videos (YouTube)
YouTube Creators: Learn how to use music & sound to tell your story (YouTube Creator Academy)
Dailymotion accounts security update (change your password!) (Dailymotion)
PewDiePie becomes first YouTuber ever to hit 50 million subscribers (SocialBlade)

PewDiePie promises to delete channel when it its 50 million subs - spoiler: he didn't delete his channel (tubefilter)

Go Live

Periscope clarifies how it counts video views (Inc and Periscope blog)
Facebook Metrics FYI: Estimated Reach, Streaming Reactions and Graph API (Facebook Newsroom)
Twitch update: Share your favorite content with embeds in Channel Feed! (twitch blog)

Google+ and Spaces

Google+ update: faster web pages on Android (Luke Wroblewski)
Getting started with Google+ Collections Guide (Faith Tan)
Free webinar: Getting started with the new Google+ (Michael Daniels, Me)
Whoever runs the Google+ Twitter account is wild LMFAOOO (@antoniodelotero)

Other social media

Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube come together to help curb the spread of terrorist content online (Google, Facebook)
Facebook Metrics FYI: Estimated Reach, Streaming Reactions and Graph API (Facebook Newsroom)
How Facebook’s measurement errors have eroded marketers’ trust (Marketing Land)
Keeping Instagram Safe: More Tools and Control (Instagram blog)

Google Photos and Mobile Photography

Google for businesses

Small Business Office Hours: Adding Quality Photos to Your Business Listing (Google Small Business community)
Introducing Amazon Go and the world’s most advanced shopping technology (Amazon on YouTube)

Bloggers and Webmasters

Where to find your blogs on the new Blogger dashboard
Common Questions & Myths Google Webmaster Central office hours hangout (December 6) (Google Webmasters)
Google AMP URLs to Get New Non-Google.com URLs (SEM Post)

AdSense and advertising

Why there may be deductions for invalid activity in your AdSense account (AdSense on YouTube)
How Macedonian teens earn — and spend — thousands from fake news (NBC News)

Hangouts and Messaging

New Google Allo stickers that will help you get ready for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Google Blog)
Say olá and namaste to your Assistant in Google Allo (Google Blog)
An insider look at how user feedback from Trusted Testers shaped Google Hangouts (Fast Company)

Nexus, Pixel, Android, Project Fi

[LAUNCH] Update for Project Fi App (Version M) starting to roll out (Project Fi)
Project Fi has holiday treats for subscribers! A World of Thanks (Google blog)
Android 7.1.1 rolling out, bringing some of the Pixel's features to everyone (Google Blog)
Google rolling out “OK Google” hotword support for Android Auto (Android Police via Alex Garcia)
Mexican designer behind Google's Pixel smartphone discusses the company's hardware push (Univision)

Productivity

Google app update: making it easier to keep up with the things you need to know (Google blog)
Quickly and easily cite your sources with Explore and citations support in Google Docs (G Suite Updates)
New iterative calculation settings and more in Google Sheets (G Suite Updates)
Expanding Chromebooks for all learners (Google Blog)
Google Wifi review roundup (Computerworld)

Privacy and Security

Google's new Trusted Contacts lets the people you designate see your location (Google Blog)
Reflecting on the Right to be Forgotten (Google Blog)

More around the web

Google, democracy and the truth about internet search (The Guardian)
Search Google with an emoji tweet -- no words necessary (CNET)
An open letter from scientists to President-elect Trump on climate change (Scientific American)
Google is set to reach 100% renewable energy for their global operations in 2017 (Google Blog)
The nature of water: unveiling the most detailed view of water on Earth (Google Blog)
This open-source, 3D-printed, smartphone-integrated microscope lets you interact with microbes (Smithsonian Magazine)
Can you tell the real gift items from the fakes? (Consumerist)

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