- G Suite Enterprise customers can now host a Hangouts Meet video call with 50 people. Plus all users can now copy and paste Hangouts Meet conferences across Google Calendar events.
- It was #NoHacked week, and Google Webmasters wants you to keep your website and accounts un-hacked. They posted a tip a day, and if you have a website or blog, be sure to check it out!
- In September 2016, YouTube launched the channel Community tab in beta. Now, over a year later, YouTube is finally rolling out the Community tab to channels with over 10,000 subscribers. There’s no word as to when the feature will be available to smaller channels.
- YouTube also announced "Reels" - their take on the "stories" format. They are still "experimenting with a beta version", and so most creators aren't likely to have access for a while.
- VidMe launched in 2014 as a video sharing service designed to be creator-friendly. They will be closing down on December 15th, mainly because they aren’t bringing in enough revenue to cover their expenses. They wrote up a thoughtful blog post sharing their lessons learned for video sharing startups.
Image: A tasty cheeseburger to celebrate that Google has fixed the cheeseburger and beer emoji
Source: Hamburger by Renee Comet via National Cancer Institute Visuals Online (Public Domain)
Source: Hamburger by Renee Comet via National Cancer Institute Visuals Online (Public Domain)
Upcoming:
- 11 December: Support for Google Drive for Mac/PC ends
- 13 December: AdSense on Air: AdSense Policy: all you need to know
- 14 December: YouTube In-video notifications of a Featured Video or Playlist discontinued
- 1 January: YouTube Paid Channels will be made private
YouTube and Video Creation
- YouTube expanding Community tab to channels with over 10,000 subscribers and is introducing “Story”-like "Reels" (YouTube Creator Blog)
- Data-Saving YouTube Go App Arrives In Thailand, Malaysia, Ghana, Kenya, More (Tubefilter)
- VidMe video sharing site shutting down December 15 - with lessons for video sharing startups (VidMe blog)
- Game Developers and Publishers: Provide game data to help YouTube present your games in the best possible way (YouTube Help)
- How YouTube creators use Chromebooks behind the scenes (Chromebook on YouTube)
- How to build an educational channel on YouTube (YouTube Creator Academy)
- YouTube kills ads on 50,000 channels as advertisers flee over disturbing child content (Vice)
Go Live
- Expanding the Periscope Super Broadcaster Program (Periscope blog)
Google+
- Google+ Moderators: Join the new Moderators Community to exchange tips and learn best practices (Google+)
- The problem of social media "Verified" checkmarks (Yonatan Zunger)
Other social media
- Snapchat introduces a redesigned app that separates your friends from brands (The Verge)
- Twitter Lite in the Google Play Store in 24 more countries (Twitter blog)
- Remix Photos From Friends in Instagram Direct (Instagram blog)
- Hard Questions: Are We Winning the War On Terrorism Online? (Facebook Newsroom)
Google Photos and Mobile Photography
- Bringing still photos to life and 3D photography to your phone (Facebook Research blog)
- Flickr wants you to share your best shot of 2017 (Flickr)
Google for businesses
- Google Assistant now helps you find local services like plumbers and house cleaners (Google Blog)
- Business owners: create a link for customers to leave a review on Google (Google My Business)
Bloggers and Webmasters
- Google may manually penalize websites using incorrect "Event" markup (Google Webmaster Central Blog)
- How to tell if your website has been hacked (Google Webmasters)
- Easily add a site-wide footer in the new Google Sites (G Suite Updates)
- Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout (November 28) (Google Webmasters)
- Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout (December 1): (Google Webmasters)
AdSense and advertising
- Preventing unauthorized inventory (Doubleclick Advertisor Blog)
- Malvertising: Dealing with bad ads on your website (Google Webmasters)
- Google Partners Academy on Air: DataStudio: Automate Your Reporting (Google Partners)
- Facebook’s Advertising Principles (Facebook Newsroom)
Hangouts and Messaging
- Google makes it easy to copy and paste Hangouts Meet conferences across events (G Suite Updates)
- All G Suite Enterprise customers can now host Hangouts Meet video calls with up to 50 participants (G Suite Updates)
Made by Google, Android, Project Fi
- Google's new Datally app helps you save mobile data and find wifi (Google)
- Final preview of Android 8.1 now available (Android Developers)
- Google bans Android developers from adding lock screen ads (Ars Technica)
- Google fixes cheeseburger, beer, and cheese emoji in Android 8.1 developer preview 2 (Emojipedia)
- Essential’s AMA sheds light on second generation Phone, Portrait mode & Oreo beta updates, more (9to5Google)
Productivity
- Microsoft Office Android Apps Officially Available for Chrome OS (Eli Fennell)
- How to Manage Multiple Calendars with Google Home (Lifehacker)
- Reducing Chrome crashes caused by third-party software (Chromium blog)
- Chrome OS tablet mode, you can now take screenshots the same way you do on most Android device (Francois Beaufort)
Privacy and Security
- Additional protections by Safe Browsing for Android users (Google Security Blog)
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