- This week was the annual Apple WWDC, so there are some fruit-flavored goodies. Despite Apple choosing to limit live stream viewership by using their proprietary live streaming technology that doesn’t support Chrome, Android or really anything other than Mac/iOS and the latest version of Windows, you can watch the recording of the keynote on YouTube (not that I was annoyed or anything).
- Last week was goodbye Google+, this week Google Posts is part of Google My Business. Beyond the ability to create a post, Google+ and Google Posts are different beasts. But it remains to be seen if business owners embrace Google's latest posting option any more than they embraced Google+.
- The YouTube “Adpocalypse” is ongoing: advertisers in the UK apparently have pulled their ad buys.
- Sometimes little changes make a big difference: Google+ says goodbye to the red top bar
Plus there are tips and updates for video creators, live streamers, photographers, bloggers, business owners, advertisers and more. And be sure to check out the interesting techy articles from around the web down at the bottom of the page.
Did you miss May’s updates? Check out my recap video.
See the video description for the related links
Image: The Apple Tree by Edvard Munch (1921) (Public Domain)
Did you miss May’s updates? Check out my recap video.
See the video description for the related links
Image: The Apple Tree by Edvard Munch (1921) (Public Domain)
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Updates:
- 14 June: Google expert, Stasia Kudrez, on how your clients in the Classifieds & Local industry can use Google tools to connect with the right customers.
- 15 June: #AskAdSense office hours
- 26 June: Google Talk retired, replaced by Hangouts
- 27 June: Live Google+ Collections 101 panel
- 29 June: Google Partners livestream: Digital Transformation: Leveraging Mobile for Branding
- 12 July: YouTube NextUp applications launch for Rio de Janiero (Brazil), Jakarta (Indonesia), Manila (Philippines), Mexico City (Mexico)
- 31 July: CineSpace short film competition using NASA imagery deadline
Apple updates from the WWDC
- Apple WWDC Keynote (Apple on YouTube)
- WWDC 2017 live now: Everything important Apple announced at its big event (Recode)
- The Coolest Stuff Apple Announced Today at WWDC 2017 (Gizmodo)
- Is Apple’s HomePod better than Amazon’s Echo or Google’s Home? (Recode)
- Apple's new anti-tracking system will make Google and Facebook even more powerful (The Verge)
- Messaging
- Apple brings iMessage to iCloud (The Verge)
- Apple just announced its own Venmo competitor built into iMessage (Recode)
- Entertainment
- Apple Music hits 27M paid subs, adds MusicKit API and social listening (TechCrunch)
- Apple’s AirPlay 2 brings multi-room audio streaming to HomeKit and beyond (TechCrunch)
- SteamVR is coming to Mac—and Apple says it will actually work (Ars Technica)
- Apple TV will receive Amazon Prime Video “later this year” (Ars Technica)
- iOS 11
- Apple introduces a completely redesigned App Store experience at WWDC17 (The Next Web)
- Apple's Android upgrade jabs don't tell the whole story (Computerworld, Eli Fennell)
- Apple's Live Photos will have new effects and editing tools in iOS 11 (TechCrunch)
- iOS 11’s new image compression makes your photos smaller (The Next Web)Apple announces iOS 11 with over 10 new features (The Verge)iOS 11 adds ‘Do Not Disturb while driving’ to mute notifications on the go (The Next Web)
- Apple adds indoor mapping and notification blocking to iOS 11 (The Verge)
- Apple announces new machine learning API to make mobile AI faster (The Verge)
- Mac
- macOS is now fully baked with macOS High Sierra (Ars Technica)
- The New iMac Pro Is Apple’s Most Bonkers Computer Ever (Wired)
- Apple updates iMacs to be brighter, faster, and more powerful (The Next Web)
- Apple is officially giving the MacBook Pro external graphics (The Next Web)
- Apple’s new iMacs are now powerful enough to support VR (TechCrunch)
- Apple introduces watchOS 4 at WWDC with new Siri-powered watch face (Ars Technica)
YouTube and Video Creation
- YouTube Adpocalyspe Rolls On As U.K. Political Parties, More Companies Yank Spend (Tubefilter)
- U.K. Political Campaigns, More Companies Pull YouTube Ads Over Extremist Videos (Wall Street Journal - paywall)
- Apply for the Twitch Studios Hosting and Interview Workshop (Twitch blog)
Go Live
- Love Katy Perry? She's streaming live for the next 4 days on YouTube (watch, via Tubefilter)
- Facebook now offers closed captions on live broadcasts (Facebook Media blog)
- Announcing the Twitch Partner Server (Twitch blog)
- Ariana Grande Benefit Concert Clocks 79 Million Views, Raises $450,000 On Facebook Live (Tubefilter)
Google+
- Google+ says goodbye to the red top bar (Carter Gibson)
- Want to have your post featured on the official Google+ Page? Tell your travel story (Google+)
- How the Google+ Content and Community Management team views transparency (Carter Gibson)
- Google+ Community Best Practices: Collaborate with your Community members (Azlin Bloor)
Other social media
- Facebook shows why data, not AI, is the thing that really matters (Derrick Harris)
- Facebook Announces Intent to Make Its Platform 'Hostile' to Terrorists (Jezebel)
- New Facebook tools allow politicians to keep better tabs on constituents (The Next Web )
- Expanding Monetization Opportunities on Instant Articles (Facebook Media Blog)
- How to Opt Out of Twitter's New Privacy Settings (EFF)
- Pinterest runs their first ad campaign (Pinterest)
Google Photos and Mobile Photography
- How to master Google Photos (The Verge)
- Google Photos for Android hits 1 billion installs, the 22nd app ever to do so (9to5Google)
- Apple's Live Photos will have new effects and editing tools in iOS 11 (TechCrunch)
- Share Your Best Work With The New Flickr About Profile Page (Flickr blog)
Google for businesses
- Google Posts now part of Google My Business (Search Engine Roundtable)
- 8 changes to Google My Business you need to know about (Joy Hawkins at LSA Insider
Bloggers and Webmasters
- Better Snippets for your Users (Google Webmasters)
- Expanding Monetization Opportunities on Instant Articles (Facebook Media Blog)
AdSense and advertising
- The AdWords 2017 roadmap is loaded with artificial intelligence (Search Engine Land)
- Can you add ad code from your AdSense account to another website? (AdSense on YouTube)
Hangouts and Messaging
- Hangouts 16.0 for iOS can make and receive calls using the system phone app (9to5Mac)
- Google wants to make it easy for carriers to have interoperable RCS messaging (Android Police)
- Get started with Classic Google Hangouts (G Suite Learning Center)
- Apple brings iMessage to iCloud (The Verge)
- Apple just announced its own Venmo competitor built into iMessage (Recode)
Android
- Apple's Android upgrade jabs don't tell the whole story (Computerworld, Eli Fennell)
- Andy Rubin Talks About the Essential Phone and Home (Wired)
Productivity
- Use a shortcut link to create a new Google Doc, Sheet or Slideshow (G Suite)
- Chrome Stable Channel Update for Desktop (Chrome Releases blog)
- Chrome Beta 60 adds new search widget, limits the Vibration API to combat malware ads, and more [APK Download] (Android Police)
Privacy and Security
- Making the Internet safer and faster: Introducing reCAPTCHA Android API (Google Security Blog)
More around the web
- The Rise of the Machines - Why Automation is Different this time (Kurzgesagt on YouTube)
- Yellow dots of mystery: is your printer spying on you? (EFF on YouTube)
- Blocking people in real life? (Tom Scott)
- It's no wonder Google sold Boston Dynamics to SoftBank (The Next Web)
- Russian hackers and Britney Spears in one story. Are you OK, Reg? (The Register)
- Using Street View Cars to Measure Air Quality (Google Earth Blog)
Updated March 2019 to remove Google+ links
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