My top updates this week:
Image: My Wife’s Lovers by Carl Kahler (1893) “Dubbed by Cat Magazine as "the world's greatest painting of cats".”
- This week Google+ announced that the Classic web interface will be retired January 24th. They also announced some nice updates: Hide low quality comments, pan and zoom large images on the web, and an improved responsive design for a better screen layout.
- YouTube is rolling out mobile sharing and messaging - starting in Canada
- The transition from the Obama administration to the Trump administration included transfer of the White House and Presidential social media accounts
- And if you use Blogger you should check out the recording of my free webinar with Michael Daniels: Blogger, Beyond Text
Image: My Wife’s Lovers by Carl Kahler (1893) “Dubbed by Cat Magazine as "the world's greatest painting of cats".”
Upcoming
- 23 January: Video Creators: Deadline to enter the Elton John: The Cut contest
- 24 January: Classic Google+ UI retired, Google+ Events return
- 24 January: Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout
- 26 January: #AskAdSense office hours
- 27 January: Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout
- 31 January: YouTube Super Chat launched
- 28 February: YouTube Fan Funding retired
- 25 April: Most Hangouts video call apps will be retired
YouTube and Video Creation
- Canadians first to get new YouTube mobile feature that makes sharing videos more social (Financial Post)
- YouTube correcting inflated lifetime channel view counts (YouTube Help)
- YouTube says thanks, Susan Wojcicki reviews 2016 and looks forward to 2017 (Susan Wojcicki on the YouTube Creators blog)
- More Than 1,000 YouTubers Surpassed 1 Million Subscribers In 2016 (Tubefilter)
- Collaboration, meet efficiency: a new way to review videos (official Vimeo blog)
- Last chance to download your Vines! Plus Twitter starts looping short video (Tech Crunch
- How a music video is (not) made: Young Thug's latest music video is about how they couldn't make the video (Young Thug)
Go Live
- YouTube Live guide (Nick Bacon of Mainstream Media)
- Live streaming to YouTube from my Pixel phone: the best and worst apps (me)
- Go live on Facebook with just your computer and webcam - no special software required (Krishna De)
- Facebook may be shifting emphasis from live video to "longer, premium video content" from publishers (Recode)
- Facebook took 2 weeks to remove livestream suicide video of 12-year-old (The Next Web)
Google+ and Spaces
- Google+ update: hide low quality comments, Events, photo zoom - and goodbye Classic (Google Blog)
- Google+ update: Hiding low quality comments (Luke Wroblewski)
- Google+ Update: Screen Layout Improvements on the web (Luke Wroblewski)
- Zoom and pan images in the new Google+ desktop interface (Luke Wroblewski)
- How to use Google+ image zoom on the web (John Nack)
- Google+ says thanks! Plus a nice article about Google+ users! (Mashable)
- Google+: Over a Year of new web features (Luke Wroblewski)
- Classic G+ is going away on January 24th yet there is still no support for Photospheres (See Comments).(Kyle Salewski)
- Google Spaces Chrome extension update (Luke Wroblewski)
Other social media
- Addressing Fake News in Germany (Facebook Media Blog)
- Like many other celebrities, Mark Zuckerberg has a team managing his Facebook presence (Bloomberg)
- Facebook took 2 weeks to remove livestream suicide video of 12-year-old (The Next Web)
- How the Chinese Government Fabricates Social Media Posts for Strategic Distraction, not Engaged Argument (Gary King)
Google Photos and Mobile Photography
- Tales from the frontlines of viral photography (Sean Bonner)
Google for businesses
- The business calling itself Map Registrations is NOT part of Google (Tim Capper)
- An important update for restaurants on the web - a new schema is being added for restaurant menus, menu sections, and menu items! (David Kutcher)
Bloggers and Webmasters
- Blogger tip: How to insert emoji, symbols and other special characters (video, blog post)
- Free webinar: Blogger, Beyond Text (watch the video featuring me and Michael Daniels)
- Crawl Budget: do you understand the factors that determine how the Google search bot crawls your site? (Google Webmasters)
- Google On Negative SEO: Keeps Competitors Busy While You Get To Move Forward (SEO Roundtable)
AdSense and advertising
- YouTube gains access to Google account data for ad targeting, teases new measurement solution (Marketing Land)
- Farewell, Contributor.by Google (Artem Russakovskii)
- Ads for Google products topped Google search results 91 percent of the time (Recode)
- Profit in fake news: $20,000 in ad revenue for 20 minutes work fabricating a "news" story (Daily Dot)
Hangouts and Messaging
- Allo v5.0 prepares to give personalized sticker packs based on selfies and adds support for Chrome Custom Tabs [APK Teardown + Download] (Android Police)
Nexus, Pixel, Android, Project Fi
- Project Fi update M+ rolling out (Project Fi)
- Google Pixel Mac transfer problems due to ancient Android File Transfer software (Android Authority)
- 9 tips to get more out of your Pixel phone (Computer World, John Skeats)
- Google is rolling out a new feature called 'Instant Tethering' in Play Services 10.2 (Android Police)
- First Android Wear 2.0 devices revealed: Google and LG’s Watch Sport and Watch Style (Venture Beat)
Productivity
- G Suite Update Alerts: Smarter meeting scheduling in Google Calendar on the web (G Suite Updates)
- Legacy versions of Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides mobile apps shutting down on April 3, 2017 (G Suite Updates)
- Explore feature for Docs and Slides (The G Suite Show)
- Have a new Chromebook? These tutorial videos will get you started (Chrome Unboxed, Andrew Hatchett)
- Google remembers your mobile search, even if you lose your internet connection (Google blog)
Privacy and Security
- If your password is 123456 (or any other popular password) change it now! Seriously! (Business Insider)
More around the web
- Google expands their European tech hub in Zurich (Google Blogs)
- Diversity in science: Why it is essential for excellence (Scientific American)
- Say hello to 'Moz://a'! Mozilla just revealed its minimalist new logo, a wink at its internet roots (Aygul Zagidullina)
- UFOs, Psychics, and Spies: The CIA Just Put 12M Pages of Files Online. Start Here (Wired)
- 35 Years of Cyberwar: The Squirrels Are Winning (Ars Technica)
- Ask #GoogleHome to talk to Aeden at #Westworld today (Westworld)
- The Alt-Right’s Meltdown Is Just Like Any Other Message Board Drama (Buzzfeed)
The Digital Transition from the Obama to the Trump Administration
- Former Googler Matt Cutts is staying with the US Digital Service (Matt Cutts)
- The final days of Obama’s tech surge (Steven Levy @ Backchannel)
- The Digital Transition: how the Presidential transition works in the social media age (Obama Whitehouse blog archives)
- Now playing: 8 years of Obama fully archived (Vimeo)
- President Trump hands over Galaxy phone, receives more secure device (Daily Dot)
- Watch the Trump Inauguration online (no longer live)
Updated March 2019 to remove Google+ links
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