Happy almost-Halloween everyone! There are some treats for creators this week.
- YouTube Premieres are now available to all Creators. Set a date and time for your uploaded video to “premiere” and a video watch page is created with comments and live chat both. Your fans can then watch the premiere of your video together while they chat.
- YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki posted her final update for 2018, with a plea to users that they "tell the world" how they will be impacted by Article 13 of the EU's new copyright legislation, and paints a dire picture about the possible outcome: it "could force platforms, like YouTube, to allow only content from a small number of large companies." She also gave an overview new features implemented over the past year, and announced the new "YouTube Learning" initiative to support high quality educational content.
- You can now follow businesses in Google Maps to see events, offers and other updates. Makes a lot of sense for businesses - now when they create a Post, potential customers are more likely to see those updates.
- Google will be discontinuing Android Nearby Notifications in December. These are notifications from physical beacons that push notifications to nearby devices, for example a schedule at a bus stop or guides at a museum. Why shut it down? Google noticed “a significant increase in locally irrelevant and spammy notifications that were leading to a poor user experience.”
- There are new .new domains that are shortcuts to creating a new Google Doc, Sheet, Form, Slides or Site. Try doc.new, form.new, slide.new, deck.new, or site.new - or one of the alternatives.
- Google Lens is now available in Google’s Image Search. Lens uses artificial intelligence to search for information related to a selected portion of the image. You could use it to find a shirt for sale that matches what a movie star is wearing, or learn more about landmarks, animals, plants or other objects in a photo. Google points out that this is another way for website owners for their content to appear in search, so make sure that you are following their image publishing guidelines. Lens in Images is live on the mobile web for people in the U.S. searching in English and will be available in more places and languages soon.
- At TwitchCon Twitch announced a bunch of new features that will be available over the coming months, including “Twitch Sings” live karaoke, "Squad Stream" that lets 4 creators stream in a single view, new extensions, plus new moderation and community tools.
- Reddit has announced a partnership with Patreon, that lets creators promote their Reddit Communities on their Patreon page, and promote their Patreon in their Reddit Communities. Patrons will be rewarded with special Reddit flair.
- Google+ has posted a brief FAQ about the sunsetting of Google+ in the Google+ Help Community. There still aren’t many details, but there is a promise of more information to come.
Image: “Halloween” by Jamal Fanaian on Flickr. Shared under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
Upcoming
- October 26-28: Twitch Creator Camp, live from TwitchCon
- October 30: Google+ Mass Migration Community: AMA with Jayson “jaywink” Robinson of Socialhome
- October 30: Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout
- October 31: AdSense on Air: Getting ready for the holiday season with AdSense
- October: Google Takeout YouTube update: starting in October, original videos older than 6 months may replaced by a high quality compressed version
- November 1: NYC TV Week
YouTube and Video Creation
- A Final Update on YouTube Priorities for 2018 (Susan Wojcicki)
- YouTube Premieres are now available to all Creators
- YouTube Learning: Investing in educational creators, resources, and tools for EduTubers (YouTube blog)
- How and why to use hashtags on YouTube (Robert Wallis)
Go Live
- TwitchCon 2018 Keynote: Everything You Need to Know (Twitch Blog)
- New Extension Experiences Launching at TwitchCon (Twitch Blog)
Google+
- Google+ will no longer support Internet Explorer 10 in October 2018 (G Suite Updates)
- Convert Google+ Followers into YouTube Subscribers (blog post)
- Lights Out Google+ is a community for those who will stay to the bitter end (Eli Fennell)
- Google+ Mass Migration Forum AMA: Eugen Rochko, the creator of the Mastodon microblogging platform
Other social media
- Facebook will let you pin song clips to your profile (TechCrunch)
- More Ways to Share and Connect With Music on Facebook (Facebook Newsroom)
- Facebook: Taking Down Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior from Iran (Facebook Newsroom)
- Microsoft completes its acquisition of GitHub, promises it will continue to operate independently (GitHub blog)
- Announcing: Reddit’s Partnership with Patreon (Reddit Blog)
- Did I Make a Mistake Selling Del.icio.us to Yahoo? (Joshua Schachter)
- Mail bombing suspect repeatedly threatened Democrats on Twitter (Ars Technica)
- Saudi Arabia reportedly groomed Twitter employee to spy on user accounts (The Verge)
Google Photos and Mobile Photography
- Google Photos photo books come to the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, and Romania (Android Police)
- Learn and do more with Lens in Google Images (Google Blog)
- Google promises to fix camera bug resulting in unsaved photos (Android Police)
- Google Photos Live Albums are limited to 10,000 photos, won’t add more after that (Android Police)
- Why Kodak Died and Fujifilm Thrived: A Tale of Two Film Companies (PetaPixel)
- iPhone Photography: Capturing Bucolic Landscapes with Mariko Klug (Flickr Blog)
Google for businesses
- Follow your favorite businesses in Google Maps for news, offers and updates (Google Blog)
- Google Maps “Follow Posts” – a Revolution or Just More “S%!t” Thrown at the Wall? (Mike Blumenthal)
- Google killing location-based Nearby Notifications on Android due to spam (9to5Google)
- Google for Startups: bringing the best of Google to startups everywhere (Google Blog)
- A look at Google's Travel Guide and what it would take to appear in it... (Tim Capper)
- Preparing Images for the (Coming?) Google Mobile Local Carousel (Mike Blumenthal)
- Google My Business New Features: ‘Add Product Collection’ & ‘Branded Search Insights’ – The Bigger Picture (Mike Blumenthal)
- Fake Reviews, Review Management, and the Review Site of the Future (interview with Jason Brown at blog.grade.us)
- Building a more accessible map thanks to Local Guides from around the world (Google Blog)
- Google My Business Insights adds branded search reporting (SearchEngineLand)
- Opening up opportunities in the UK (Google Blog)
AdSense and advertising
- Apps installed on millions of Android phones tracked user behavior to execute a multimillion-dollar ad fraud scheme (Buzzfeed)
- Google tackles new ad fraud scheme (Google Security blog)
- Four tips from AdSense to prepare your website for the holiday season (AdSense on YouTube)
- Google Partners Discover: Audience Strategies for the Holiday Season (Google Partners)
Hangouts and Messaging
- Android Messages desktop client is now a Progressive Web App (Android Police)
- Facebook is rolling out a redesigned Messenger focused on simplicity (The Verge)
- Say Hello to the New Messenger: Introducing Messenger 4 (Facebook Newsroom)
- Don’t Skype Me: How Microsoft Turned Consumers Against a Beloved Brand (Bloomberg)
Made by Google, Android, Project Fi
- Android is 10! Take a walk down memory lane (Google Blog)
- Google mandates two years of security updates for popular phones in new Android contract (The Verge)
- Expanding Emergency Location Service in Android to the U.S. (Google Blog)
Productivity
- New time-saving links to instantly create Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Sites or Forms (Google Docs)
- More 4K, more fun with Google Play Movies & TV (Google Blog)
- Chrome Stable Channel Update for Desktop: Chrome 70 (Chrome Releases)
- Firefox 63 adds support for Picture-in-Picture and notification channels (Android Police)
- Firefox 63 blocks tracking cookies, offers a VPN when you need one (Ars Technica)
Privacy and Security
More around the web
- How Google Protected Andy Rubin, the ‘Father of Android’ The internet giant paid Mr. Rubin $90 million and praised him, while keeping silent about a misconduct claim. (New York Times)
- Google workers fume over executives’ payouts after sexual misconduct claims (New York Times)
- Matt Cutts gets the official nod for top spot at USDS (Fedscoop)
- How many of these sites that shaped the internet have you visited? (Gizmodo)
- The Myth of Whiteness in Classical Sculpture (the New Yorker)
- Apple CEO Tim Cook is calling for Bloomberg to retract its Chinese spy chip story (BuzzFeed)
Updated March 2019 to replace Google+ links
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