Peggy K's Creator News

This week there are some nice updates, helpful tips, and good news for the asking for creators of all kinds. Managing members for private domain-limited Google+ Communities is getting easier. If you have a private Community for your G Suite domain, you can now manage membership through Google Groups. Add someone to the Group and they will also be added to the Community. If someone is removed from the Google Group, they will also be removed from the Community. If you have a G Suite account, and want to use this feature, talk to your domain’s administrator to see if they will enable it for you. The new Google Search Console for webmasters is getting some new features, including a Links report, improved mobile usability report, and a new settings that makes it easier to manage your properties’ users and permissions. It’s also getting easier for owners of a property in Google Analytics to access data for that site in Search Console, with automatic verification . All channels in the

Now in the heat of the dog days of summer, there aren’t many significant updates. Now is probably a good time to learn some new tricks, like how to use Google Data Studio or complete more YouTube Creator Studio courses . Or maybe take a trip to the beach? Here’s what’s new this week: Google Photos photo books are now available in Germany. And you can now add captions to your photo books (assuming you are in a country where they are available). A redesigned Google Voice ap p is available for iOS devices, with Google Calendar and Contacts-linked “Do Not Disturb” for G Suite users. This appears to be the related to the enterprise version of Google Voice for G Suite announced at Google Cloud Next . The new Gmail “confidential mode” is now available on mobile devices. This lets you set an expiration date and passcode for the messages you send.  In the YouTube Android app you will be able to mention someone when you reply to their comment. This should “improve readability” and th

Lemon, cherry, apple, pumpkin, pecan - so many delicious flavors of pie! This week Google officially introduced Android 9 Pie . There are improvements in navigation and notifications, and AI-powered features including Adaptive Battery, Adaptive Brightness, Smart Text Selection and App Actions. So far I’ve found it delicious. One of the themes at Google I/O this year was digital wellbeing - features integrated across Google products to help balance their time online with their time offline. Now if you have a Pixel phone with Android 9, you can preview the beta version of these features. It includes a dashboard to give you an overview of the time you spend on your device, app times to limit your use, and a “wind down” option that gets you ready for bedtime by putting your phone in do not disturb mode and fading the screen to grayscale. ( Facebook and Instagram also offer tools to help you manage your time on those platforms). Controversial radio show host and conspiracy theorist

This week there are updates and tips for Plussers, Business owners and managers, VR video watchers, along with tips for YouTubers, AdSense Publishers and more. You can now embed a Google+ Stream from a Profile, Community, Community Category, Collection or search result on a Google Sites web page. I’m hoping this option will be available to other types of websites as well. If you own or manage a Brand Account for a YouTube channel or Google+ Page, you can now see the email addresses of other owners and managers. Google My Business launched Post Insights, which lets you see views, clicks and the percentage change for individual posts and all posts over the past week or month. Google announced several updates for the DayDream VR viewer, including the ability to watch YouTube videos with other people. Google Maps no longer shows the Earth as flat in 3D Globe mode. Google is reportedly working on a censored version of its search engine for China, and employees are in an uproar .