Weekly Update - June 24, 2017: Vidcon, Google+ Sharing, Google Posts

Happy summer!

VidCon US was this week, as well as YouTube had a large presence, including a alive demo amongst YouTube stars, as well as a Keynote address from CEO Susan Wojcicki hosted past times Rhett as well as Link.

There were some stats - 1.5 billion logged inward viewers see YouTube every month, as well as viewers pass over an hr a twenty-four hr catamenia watching YouTube only on mobile devices.

And, of course, at that topographic point were announcements: a new VR180 video format for virtual reality, mobile sharing rolling out to to a greater extent than countries, 12 novel YouTube Red shows as well as 10 novel YouTube TV markets, as well as more. See the total listing of VidCon links below.

Also this week:

Google explained 4 ways it's fighting terrorism online YouTube Trusted Flaggers, improve automated detection, content warnings, as well as counter-radicalization content
The Google+ portion push clit on desktop similar a shot only reshares to Google+. That agency fewer clicks if yous only desire to portion on Google+, but it’s a but harder to portion to Twitter, Facebook or re-create the post link.
Google Posts rolled out worldwide inward Google My Business. These are time-limited posts that appear inward the business’s Google search results Knowledge Panel as well as Google Maps listing.
Google announced that they volition halt scanning your Gmail e-mail to personalize the ads they deliver.
A Message from YouTube on Pride as well as LGBTQ Initiatives
Web clipboard to live on removed from Google Docs, Sheets as well as Slides

VidCon

YouTube OnStage alive demo highlights (VidCon on YouTube)
Updates from VidCon: to a greater extent than users, to a greater extent than products, to a greater extent than shows as well as much more (YouTube Blog)
YouTube launches Supercharger computer programme to aid emerging woman mortal creators (LA Times)
#MoreThanARefugee (YouTube Blog)
Supreme Court Won't Hear Dancing Baby Case... Despite Gov't Admitting 'Serious Legal Error' (TechDirt)
NCAA Forces UCF Football Player To Choose Between His Athletic Career And His YouTube Channel (TechDirct)
Twitter gets a novel look (Twitter blog)
Circle Gets the Square: The cyberspace has shape preferences, as well as they’re to a greater extent than meaningful than yous think (Molly McHugh)
How to rotate your Blogger images (So How Do I…)

AdSense as well as advertising

Google is Compressing Its Display Ads So Pages Load Faster (Search Engine Journal)

Hangouts as well as Messaging

New version of Google Allo: start Duo telephone telephone from chat, stickers on photos (Amit Fulay)
A eulogy for Gchat, the Google platform that taught an entire generation to communicate online (Claire McNear)

Made past times Google, Android, Project Fi

New! Project Fi's Group Repay makes managing grouping plans easier (Google Blog)
Deal time: Order a Pixel or Pixel XL through Project Fi as well as larn a Google Home. Plus yous tin larn your showtime calendar month of Fi free!
Ending back upward for Android Market on Android 2.1 as well as lower (Android Developers)
Mozilla's novel Android browser blocks ads as well as trackers (BoingBoing)

More closed to the spider web

E3 Opened to the Public, as well as the Public Loved It (Motherboard)
Google: Connecting to a greater extent than Americans amongst jobs (Google blog)
Google, San Jose laid out negotiations on rattling large campus that would reshape downtown (9to5Google)

Updated March 2019 to withdraw Google+ links