- The new Google Family Link app helps you control what your kids can access on their phone
- Google was “under fire for posting UK government ads on YouTube hate videos”. In a quick response, Google announced they will be giving advertisers more control over where ads appear on YouTube and the Google Display Network
- YouTube announced the Annotations editor will be retired May 2
- Google Voice got a nice update on Android and web
Plus there are updates and tips for webmasters, bloggers, live streamers, Google+ers, YouTubers and more.
Image: Four leaf clover by KEBman on Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)
Image: Four leaf clover by KEBman on Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)
Upcoming
- 23 March: #AskAdSense office hours
- 24 March: Google Webmaster Central office hours hangout
- 28 March: Google+ Collections 101 panel
- 30 March: Google Partners Livestream: Digital Transformation: Audience with Tadej Udovic
- 31 March: Google Map Maker closing
- 4 April: Google Webmaster Central office hours hangout
- 7 April: Google Webmaster Central office hours hangout
- 17 April: Google Spaces shut down
- 20 April: Update your Google Drive plug-in for Microsoft Office
- 25 April: Most Hangouts video call apps will be retired
- 2 May: YouTube Annotations editor retired
YouTube and Video Creation
- The YouTube Annotations editor is being retired (YouTube Creator Blog)
- Tom’s Take: Annotation Changes (YouTube)
- YouTube and Daydream working together to improve VR videos (YouTube Developers Blog, Google Blog)
- Google's Area120 launches Uptime app for collaborative YouTube video viewing (The Verge)
- How to block a YouTube Contact
Go Live
- Twitter to open up livestreaming API so companies can bypass Periscope (Ars Technica)
- Introducing the Twitch Desktop App beta (Twitch blog)
- Introducing the new Twitch Navigation: faster and easier to find what you love (Twitch blog)
Google+
- Google+ Community Owners: use the "Hold for Review" moderation option to keep your Community spam free (Google+ with Margaret Tompkins)
Other social media
- Instant Articles: More Monetization Control and Flexibility (Facebook Media blog)
Google Photos and Mobile Photography
Google for businesses
- Optimize your business's online presence with this free guide from Google My Business (Google My Business)
- How Does Google Determine the Authority of Local Entities? (StreetFight via Linda Buquet)
Bloggers and Webmasters
- Google Fred Update Targets Ad Heavy, Low Value Content Sites (Search engine Roundtable)
- Announcing Guetzli: A New Open Source JPEG Encoder - smaller files let webpages load faster (Google Research Blog)
- Free Google Analytics Courses, from beginner to advanced (Google Analytics)
- Exploring text in Google Web Designer (Google Web Designer)
AdSense and advertising
- Google to give advertisers more control over where ads appear on YouTube and the Google Display Network (Google blog)
- Google under fire for posting government ads on YouTube hate videos
- Facebook, Twitter and Google grilled by MPs over hate speech (BBC News)
Hangouts and Messaging
- Google Voice update on Android and web (Google Voice forum)
- How to block someone in Google Hangouts
- Update on messaging support for older versions of Messenger and Facebook apps (Messenger Blog)
Nexus, Android, Project Fi
- Pixel Phone Sound and Vision: designing wallpapers, ringtones and notifications sounds (Google Design)
- John Oliver “destroys” Samsung on Last Week Tonight
Productivity
- The new Google Family Link app helps you control what your kids can access on their phone (Google Blog)
- Update your Google Drive plug-in for Microsoft Office by April 20 (G Suite Updates)
- Send and request money using the Gmail app for Android (Google Blog)
- Gmail on the web can now stream video attachments, downloads no longer needed (G Suite Updates)
Privacy and Security
- Russian hackers and government officers indicted for Yahoo hacking (Yahoo blog)
More around the web
- Google tells army of 'quality raters' to flag Holocaust denial (The Guardian)
- Harbingers of failure: Is every product you love cancelled? Do your favorite shops always go out of business? (Ars Technica)
- One man’s quest to hack his own genes (MIT Technology Review)
Updated March 2019 to remove Google+ links
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