Peggy K's Creator News

  I hope you are staying warm out there! I’ll admit, here in the Bay Area it’s Fool’s Spring , with sun and warmth, but probably another bout of winter weather (which means rain, so maybe only winterish). This week Facebook and Twitch are limiting video storage, Twitch updated Community Guidelines enforcement, Meta is opening up their Community Notes program waitlist, and more. 📨 Subscribe to get Creator Weekly by email.. Top news and updates this week Facebook will only store live stream archives for 30 days. Twitch is limiting storage of Highlights to 100 hours. Twitch Community Guidelines violations will now expire, but there are escalating consequences for repeat violations. Are creators entering the “core fan” era? Patreon thinks so. YouTube is now a bit more magenta. Did you notice? You can now more easily promote YouTube Shorts . YouTube is expanding its test of voice replies to comments. Yahoo is expanding their ad revenue sharing Stories from Creators prog...

To celebrate 10 years of Creator Weekly, I’m sharing tech highlights from 2015 that still resonate 10 years later. This update was for the  week ending February 15, 2015 . Starting February 16, 2015 Google stopped supporting the Google Talk app for Windows, and replaced it with the Hangouts Chrome app . It was fully shut down by February 23. Hangouts was one messaging app to rule them all (for a few years) In early 2015 the Hangouts desktop experience included Gmail, Google+ and a Chrome app available "across computers." The replacement of Google Talk with Hangouts was not a big surprise. Hangouts officially launched as a messaging platform independent of Google+ in May 2013 , with a big announcement at Google I/O. It had its own separate app and Gmail integration. By mid-2014 you didn't even need to have a Google+ Profile for group video calls or chatting. The Hangouts Android app replaced the Google Talk app in 2013 as well.  Google...

AdSense for YouTube must be connected to your YouTube channel to enable monetization and be paid. In most countries, you are required to verify both your identity and your mailing address in your AdSense account.  Make sure your  Payee name and address  are correct in your AdSense account before you start the verification process. You will not be able to change the account Payee name after identity verification is completed. If you fail to complete verification by the deadline (45 days for identity verification and 4 months for address verification with a PIN ), monetization will be disabled and your AdSense account may be suspended. Note that if you use both AdSense for YouTube and AdSense for Content (ads on your own website), you only need to go through verification once. This is an overview of the AdSense Identity Verification process.  Watch a short video overview , or read on for details.  ...

Dear readers, I ❤ you all. Happy Valentine’s Weekend! This week YouTube says it’s the new television, there are new text-to-video AI models to try, TikTok’s back in the US app stores, there’s a new open source platform for online safety tools, you can register a domain for 100 years, Google Chat and Docs have new features and more. 📨 Subscribe to get Creator Weekly by email.. Top news and updates this week Celebrate Valentine’s day by giving Gifts to YouTube live streamers or sharing your Twitch clips. YouTube declared it’s the new television. They are the epicenter of culture and are creating businesses in Hollywood. Turn on the Enhanced Safe Browsing mode in Chrome to protect your YouTube channel and Google Account. The TikTok App once again can be installed from the Google Play Store or Apple App Store in the US. Adobe Released their Firefly AI Video model with advanced text-to-video tools, plus translation and dubbing, all trained on “properly licensed content.” The YouTube Sh...

To celebrate 10 years of Creator Weekly, I’m sharing tech highlights from 2015 that still resonate 10 years later. This update was for the  week ending February 8, 2015 . On February 8, 2015  Google Maps turned 10 . That means, of course, that Google Maps turned 20 this week.  It's amazing to think an entire generation has had the ability to easily access maps and real-time navigation from a device you can carry in your pocket. It has literally been life changing.  Google Maps launched in February 2005  on desktop and was available on mobile phones by April.  Some of the big updates leading up to Maps 10th anniversary:  Google Earth launched in May 2005 Street View launched in May 2007 Google bought Panoramio, with photos with exact geographical locations,  in May 2007 Google Map Maker  launched in June 2008 Goo...

This week’s creator updates are all about video, with updates on LinkedIn, YouTube on TV, and kick. There’s also events for the Super Bowl, highlighted Black Creators for Black History Month and news for Google Photos, AdSense, Bluesky, X, Threads, and more. My plans? As Super Bowl Sunday is an unofficial US holiday, I’m going to take the opportunity for afternoon beer and snacks. 📨 Subscribe to get Creator Weekly by email. Top news and updates this week Gear up for Super Bowl Sunday. Celebrate Black Creators for Black History Month. Video on LinkedIn is “booming”, with new features for video discovery, viewing and creator following. YouTube makes it easier to watch videos and Shorts and subscribe to channels on TVs. Repurpose.io lets you post your Instagram Reels and TikToks to YouTube Shorts. YouTube Shopping has a bug where FourthWall products are incorrectly rejected. Kick completely rewrote their Community Guide...