New this week:
- The big news for Creators was that the YouTube Partner Program has new eligibility requirements. Channels must have at least 10,000 lifetime views to show ads on videos. While this comes amidst a lot of criticism from advertisers about where their ads are displaying, YouTube says this change has been in the works since last November.
- YouTube TV is now live in five US Metro areas: New York, Los Angeles, SF Bay Area, Chicago, and Philadelphia
- Now you can remove your current Google+ or YouTube custom URL, and then - if eligible - be offered a new one. This is great for folks who have changed their name or rebranded their business.
- Android 7.1.2 was officially released, with bug fixes and improvements for Pixel and Nexus phones
- And the fight against fake news rages on: ”Fact Check” is now available in Google Search and News around the world. And Facebook is implementing changes to stop misinformation and false news.
- Plus tips and updates for YouTube, Google Photos, Blogger, AdSense, Webmasters, Android, and much more.
Image: Detail from Wet Afternoon by Ethel Spowers (1930), public domain
Did you miss what happened in March? See my recap of the top updates at Blogger, YouTube and Google+ for Creators:
Updated March 2019 to remove Google+ links
Did you miss what happened in March? See my recap of the top updates at Blogger, YouTube and Google+ for Creators:
Upcoming
- 10 April: Deadline to apply for Sundance Institute + YouTube New Voices Lab
- 13 April: #AskAdSense office hours
- 15 April: Deadline to apply for YouTube Nextup 2017 (US, Canada, UK)
- 17 April: Google Spaces shuts 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
- 3 May: AdSense Wordpress Plugin Retired
YouTube and Video Creation
- YouTube Partner Program new eligibility requirement: channel needs 10,000 lifetime views to show ads (YouTube Creator Blog)
- Remove your YouTube or Google+ custom URL (YouTube)
- YouTube Go beta launches in India (Google India)
- YouTube TV is now live in five US Metro areas: New York, Los Angeles, SF Bay Area, Chicago, and Philadelphia (YouTube)
- Google says its YouTube ad problem is ‘very very very small’ but it’s getting better at fixing it anyway (Recode)
- How many YouTube flaggers? [Calculate this!] (Richard Aspden on YouTube)
- How to block someone on YouTube
- How to import your Google Photos and Google Drive videos into your YouTube channel (blog post, video)
Go Live
- Tom @ Creator Insider talks to @BarbaraEMac about Live Streaming, Super Chat and April the giraffe (Creator Insider) Periscope opens up 360 degree live broadcasting to everyone (Engadget)
- Popular gaming payment processor, Xsolla, has started adding a default 18% "tip" to all payments which it keeps. (Reddit)
- Live video news week commencing 2 April 2017 (Krishna De)
Google+
- Remove your YouTube or Google+ custom URL
- Google+ iOS update: Community Member List and Simplified Web View (Michael Wattendorf)
- Best tips and tricks from the Google+ Collections Community (Nina Trankova)
- Not sure where to start with Google+ Collections? Join the official Collections Community! (Faith Tan)
- Facebook poached users from GooglePlus (Robert Wallis)
- This Surprisingly Popular Social Media Site Ranks Nearly Dead Last in Customer Loyalty (The Motley Fool)
Other social media
- Working to Stop Misinformation and False News (Facebook Newsroom)
- Using Technology to Protect Intimate Images and Help Build a Safe Community (Facebook Newsroom)
- It's Not Just the Blaze's Tomi Lahren: Everyone Loses When Your Employer Owns Your Facebook Account (Wired)
- Instagram now lets you send photo and video DMs from your PC (The Next Web)
- Introducing Pixie, an advanced graph-based recommendation system (Pinterest Engineering blog)
- There’s Something Called ‘Twitter Lite’ Now (Consumerist)
- How we built Twitter Lite (Twitter Blog)
Google Photos and Mobile Photography
- How to import your Google Photos and Google Drive videos into your YouTube channel (blog post, video)
- How to set up Google Photos (Android Central)
- Turn horses into zebras, apples to oranges and other object transfiguration (Jun-Yan Zhu et al)
Google for businesses
- Keeping fake business Listings off of Google Maps (Mike Blumenthal)
- Google Researches Disaster Post 'Keeping fake listings off Google Maps' (Online Ownership)
- Google Research Blog: Keeping fake listings off Google Maps (Google Research Blog)
- Google introduces verified customer reviews, retires trusted stores program (Search Engine Journal)
- Google Customer Reviews: receive and share customer feedback while earning seller ratings (Inside AdWords)
Bloggers and Webmasters
- How to add a background image to the Blogger Emporio theme (So How Do I)
- English Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout (April 4) (Google Webmasters)
- English Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout (April 7) (Google Webmasters)
AdSense and advertising
- The official AdSense Plugin for WordPress is going away
Hangouts and Messaging
- M Now Offers Suggestions to Make Your Messenger Experience More Useful, Seamless and Delightful (Facebook Newsroom)
Nexus, Android, Project Fi
- Android 7.1.2 officially released, with bug fixes and improvements for Pixel and Nexus phones
- The Pebble mobile apps are no longer dependent on Pebble's servers (Android Police)
- Android’s Next Version Is Brimming With Weird Possibilities (Fast Company)
- Report: Android overtakes Windows as the internet’s most used operating system (TechCrunch)
- Google hopes to end Android patent wars with a new community license (The Next Web)
- Samsung's Android Replacement Is a Hacker's Dream (Motherboard)
Productivity
- Get creative on your Chromebook, even when you are offline (MakeUseOf)
- Google Map Maker is now dead (TechCrunch)
- Feedly’s reader app now caters to knowledge workers with launch of boards, notes & annotations (Tech Crunch)
- Windows Time Service is sending out wrong times and that's a big problem (The Next Web)
Privacy and Security
- Google Account login page update starting April 5
More around the web
- Fact Check now available in Google Search and News around the world (Google Blog)
- How a nearly invisible cabal of tech industry leaders controls what you can and can’t type 🤔 (The Nib)
- Apple just did a very un-Apple thing: It admitted it needs to re-think its high-end Macs (Recode)
- Google Wifi app updated with 'Scheduled Pause' to shut off the internet [APK Download] (Android Police)
- Trump's Empty Crackdown on Overseas Coders Doesn't Fix H-1Bs (Wired)
Updated March 2019 to remove Google+ links
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