This week was the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas where new computers, smart devices and other electronics were shown, from the silly to “put that on my wish list”. The best Google-related updates:
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- Coming Soon: Google Assistant on Android TV, Android Wear 2.0, and more
- New Chromebooks built from the ground up for Android apps
- Medium announced that they were moving away from “ad-driving publishing”, apparently leaving some of the platform’s publishers “in the dark”.
- Most apps for the old Hangouts video call platform will be retired in April, as Google shifts focus towards business and enterprise
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Upcoming
- 10 January Google Webmaster office hours
- 13 January: Google Webmasters Search Console office hours
- 25 April: Most Hangouts video call apps will be retired
YouTube and Video Creation
- How the Associated Press trains journalists to shoot 360-degree video (Facebook Media blog)
- Write a clear concise YouTube video description and it could be a featured snippet in the Google search results (Stone Temple Consulting)
- YouTube Labs connects creators with brands (Tubefilter)
- How to change your YouTube channel's privacy settings in the Android app (me)
- Mute commenters under the new YouTube desktop notification bell (YouTube)
- YouTube, Facebook, Snapchat and More: Online Video Predictions for 2017 (TheVideo Ink)
Go Live
- YouTube's Major Blow Against Twitch: Exclusive Broadcast Deal with ESL Pro League (PVP Live)
- Twitch Username Rename & Recycling Policy Updated: Inactive accounts will be deleted (Twitch)
Google+ and Spaces
- Best practices for Google+ Collections and posting on Google+ (Faith Tan, Google+)
- Set up a special private Collection for your Google+ Direct Messages (Robert Wallis)
- What to do if there are sexually explicit or porn posts in your Google+ Stream or Community (Robert Wallis)
Other social media
- Moving Top Tweet Search Results from Reverse Chronological Order to Relevance Order (Twitter Blog)
- The real name fallacy: forcing real names in online communities can increase discrimination and worsen harassment (Coral Project)
- I’ve left Twitter. It is unusable for anyone but trolls, robots and dictators (Lindy West)
Google Photos and Mobile Photography
- Google Photos on Android allows users to select different cover images for detected faces (Android Police)
Google for businesses
- Why All 4 of Google's Micro-Moments Are Actually Local (Moz)
- Google introduces tools for small businesses in India (The Hindu)
Bloggers and Webmasters
- Webmasters: ensure your website is protected from hackers! (Google Webmasters)
- 2016 in tech design: all about the ombré (Wired)
AdSense and advertising
- AdSense Publishers: are other sites using your ad code? Verify your websites and enable site authorization. (Inside AdSense blog)
- The ad block apocalypse didn't arrive and doesn't look like it's going to (Mashable)
- Medium moving away from "ad-driven publishing model", laying off 1/3 of its staff (Ev Williams, Medium)
- Medium’s “Renewed Focus” Left Some Publishers In The Dark (Charlie Warzel)
- Medium lays off dozens as it tries to find a publishing business model that may not actually exist yet But what happens to the publishers who gave up some measure of their independence for the platform? (Laura Hazard Owen, Nieman Lab)
Hangouts and Messaging
- Google acquires Limes Audio: technology that makes voice communication systems and audio conferencing sound better (G Suite Blog)
- Most Hangouts video call apps will be retired April 25th, excluding HOA broadcasting tools and enterprise communications tools (Google+ Hangouts API support FAQ)
- Telegram: Unsend Messages, Network Usage, and More (Telegram Blog)
- Telegram quietly ends Android 2.2, 2.3 and 3.0 support (Neowin)
- Something really weird is happening to older phones that try to launch WhatsApp (Mashable)
- Houseparty now lets you chat without notifying all your friends (TechCrunch)
Nexus, Android, Project Fi
- Nexus 6 finally gets its Android 7.1.1 Nougat update as factory images and OTA files go live (gsmarena)
- Coming Soon: Google Assistant on Android TV, Android Wear 2.0, and more (Google Blog)
- New Chromebooks built from the ground up for Android apps (Google Blog)
- How Volunteer Reviewers Are Saving The World From Crummy—Even Dangerous—USB-C Cables (Fast Company)
Productivity
- Free Webinar: Learn Google Calendar from expert Scott Greenstone (Michael Daniels)
- Connect Google Fit and Apple Health to track your fitness goals in Google Calendar (Google Blog)
- Microsoft’s browsers may have hit rock bottom (Computerworld)
- New feature for Level 2+ Local Guides is rolling out today. Create and save lists of your favorite places in Google Maps (Google Local Guides)
More around the web
- “Let others succeed”: Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s simple but effective leadership style (Quartz)
- India First - says Google (Vivekananda Baindoor Rao)
- Google now allows users to opt into receiving notifications when a new Doodle is posted (Android Police)
- 21 neat Google search Easter eggs (Business Insider)
- “An entirely new species”: The car of the future has little to show for itself but fancy words (Mike Murphy)
- Watch Two Google Home assistants chat live (Gizmodo, Verge, Twitch)
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