Weekly Update - October 21, 2017: Google Calendar Makeover, Google Photos Pet Face Recognition, Advanced Account Security
This week’s updates should be especially interesting to folks interested in account security and abuse prevention. But that’s not all:
- Google Calendar for web (finally) has a new look and features. This is Calendar’s first redesign since 2011! New features include the ability to add rich formatting and hyperlinks to your Calendar invite, and the ability to manage multiple calendars side by side in “Day” view. If you want the new look, you can opt in now!
- Google Photos face recognition can now recognize your cat or dog. That’s especially nice if you want to create an album, movie or photo book featuring your pet.
- October is National Cyber Security Awareness month, and Google is celebrating with some new features. The new Advanced Protection Program provides extra account security for those most at risk of attack, such as journalists, political workers, celebrities, folks seeking safety from an abusive relationship. And Google Account Security Checkup now has personalized advice - review your account’s security today!
- Twitter has pledged to make the platform “safer”, and has published a timeline of upcoming changes to Twitter policy. The changes begin next week, and will roll out gradually through the end of the year. You have until mid-December to post tweets condoning or glorifying violence, so get Tweeting! Kidding aside, the big question is how the updated policies will be enforced.
- YouTube posted an update on their work to fight violent extremism online. Over 83 percent of the videos YouTube removed for violent extremism in the last month were taken down before receiving a human flag.
There are also updates and tips for YouTubers, Plussers, webmasters, businesses, and much more.
Image: Cat and dog, photo © Nevit Dilmen. It’s licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
Image: Cat and dog, photo © Nevit Dilmen. It’s licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
Upcoming:
- 25 October: AdSense on Air: 5 tips to get your site optimized for the winter holidays
- 26 October: Google Partners Academy on Air: Leveling Up Your UAC Campaigns: The right game events
- 2 November: Google Partners Academy on Air: Mobile Formats: Set Your Advertising up for Success
YouTube and Video Creation
- An update on YouTube's work to fight violent extremism online (YouTube Blog)
- Stream YouTube TV using your voice on Google Home (Google Blog)
- Adam Mosseri: Facebook is trying to get better at ranking video - "which by the way we’re not great at" (Matt Navarra )
- AVA: a video dataset for teaching computers to understand human actions (Research at Google)
Go Live
- TwitchCon 2017 update: Twitch now provides a roadmap to Partnership and more (Twitch blog)
Google+
- Google+ v9.23 adds app shortcuts for quickly starting new posts on Android 7.1 Nougat or above (Android Police)
- Are you a Local Business owner having trouble getting on Google+? You aren’t alone (Tim Capper)
Other social media
- Twitter: A Calendar of Our Safety Work (Twitter Blog)
- In its new timeline, Twitter will end revenge porn next week, hate speech in two (Ars Technica)
- Facebook attacks Pinterest with ‘Sets’ of posts (TechCrunch)
- Adam Mosseri: Facebook is trying to get better at ranking video - "which by the way we’re not great at" (Matt Navarra )
- Testing Subscriptions Support in Instant Articles (Facebook Media blog)
Google Photos and Mobile Photography
- Google Photos now recognizes your cat or dog! (Google Blog)
- How the Pixel 2's Portrait Mode uses machine learning to make your portrait stand out (Research at Google Blog)
- Unleash Your Creativity With New Blurb Photo Books for Flickr (Flickr Blog)
- Redefining Modern Creativity with the Next Generation of Creative Cloud (Adobe Creative Cloud blog)
Google for businesses
- Introducing new badges on Google Maps (Local Guides Connect)
- Are you a Local Business owner having trouble getting on Google+? You aren’t alone (Tim Capper)
Bloggers and Webmasters
- Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout (October 17) (Google Webmasters)
- Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout (October 20) (Google Webmasters)
- Google Partners Academy on Air: User Acquisition:User Acquisition: Business with both Web and App (Google Partners)
- Facebook is bringing paywalls to Instant Articles in your mobile feed (The Next Web)
- Update Your Avatar on WordPress.com (Wordpress Blog)
AdSense and advertising
- Webmasters: earn more with AdSense this holiday season (Inside AdSense blog)
- Google Attribution available to more advertisers (Google Analytics blog)
- The new AdWords experience - Video Hub (Google Partners)
Made by Google, Android, Project Fi
- The "Made for Google" site lists partner brands with approved Pixel and Pixelbook accessories (Benson Leung)
- Pixel Visual Core: image processing and machine learning on Pixel 2 (The Keyword)
- Android Oreo Color Gamuts and Pixel 2 Explained (with image comparisons and sample app) : Android (Reddit)
- Pixel 2 XL teardown shows how its squeezable sides work (The Verge)
- Google Wifi is now available in 5 new countries (9to5Google)
- Google Assistant is now available on Android TV (Wayne Piekarski)
Productivity
- Google Calendar for web gets a new look and features (Google Blog)
- Google Search will now show if an e-book is available at your local library (US only) (Google Blog)
- iOS users: help Gmail test a new feature - adding non-Google accounts (Gmail)
- Stable Channel Update for Desktop: Chrome 62 (Chrome Releases)
- Stable Channel Update for Chrome OS: Chrome 61 (Chrome Releases)
Privacy and Security
- Serious flaw in WPA2 protocol lets attackers intercept passwords and much more (Ars Technica)
- Google's new Advanced Protection Program provides extra account security for th (Google ose most at risk of attack (Google Blog)
- Google Account Security Checkup now has personalized advice (Google Blog)
- Say “yes” to HTTPS: Chrome secures the web, one site at a time (Google Blog)
- Fighting phishing with smarter protections (Google Blog)
- Help keep kids safe online with Site Blocking from Google Wifi (Google Blog)
More around the web
- How the judge on Oracle v. Google taught himself to code (The Verge)
- AlphaGo Zero Shows Machines Can Become Superhuman Without Any Help (MIT Technology Review)
- Google's Machine Learning Software Has Learned to Replicate Itself (Science Alert)
- The War To Sell You A Mattress Is An Internet Nightmare | Fast Company (Fast Company)
- The Radical Message of 'Halt and Catch Fire' (Wired)
- Explore Mars on your computer, phone or virtual reality headset (Google Blog)
- A Fire Story (Brian Fies)
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