Weekly Update - January 26, 2019: Hangouts, Youtube, Webmasters As Well As More

Jan is coming to a close, in addition to this calendar week nosotros got a information nigh what volition endure happening inwards the coming months for YouTube, Hangouts inwards G Suite, Search Console in addition to more. No, at that topographic point hasn’t been an update from Google+ nigh the Apr shutdown for consumer users. There also has non been whatsoever update from Blogger nigh what volition endure happening to Google+ features.

• Beginning of the end? Buffer ended Google+ back upwardly on Jan 25th and Hootsuite volition halt Google+ back upwardly on Jan 28th. Other social media management platforms that offering integration alongside Google+ volition also endure affected every bit there may endure “intermittent failures” of the Google+ API starting the 28th. While this won’t ship on posting to Google+ directly, businesses, organizations, in addition to Pages that travel 3rd political party tools to access Google+ may halt posting altogether. 
• New Google+ migration alternative: LifeCloud has a Google+ Data Importer for re-creating Google+ Communities. Todd Hawk is answering questions inwards the “G+” Community Owners in addition to Moderators community nigh how it works.
• YouTube announced they volition endure reducing recommendations for content that could "misinform inwards harmful ways", similar "promoting a phony miracle cure for a serious illness, claiming Blue Planet is flat, or making blatantly faux claims nigh historic events similar 9/11."
• YouTube has a novel informative FAQ answering questions nigh copyright claims and companies that may endure abusing the Content ID system.
• G Suite users volition endure moved from classic Hangouts to Hangouts Chat in addition to Meet inwards October. All G Suite domains volition accept Hangouts Chat enabled inwards April, in addition to Google promises a issue of novel features volition endure rolled out earlier Classic Hangouts is retired *for G Suite users only*. This update volition non ship on consumer users, who volition endure able to perish on using Classic Hangouts. Eventually consumer users volition endure transitioned to Chat in addition to Meet too, but at that topographic point is no timeline for that yet.
• Google Voice is rolling out voice-over-IP calling to all users. This lets Voice users brand calls using the Google Voice app on mobile devices or at voice.google.com every bit an alternative to placing calls through Google Hangouts. 
• G Suite Realtime Comms production Pb Scott Johnston announced on Twitter that Google Voice for G Suite volition endure available exterior the US, starting alongside Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, in addition to the UK. There are sadly no plans to offering * Google Voice to consumer users internationally. If you lot are interested, apply for the Early access Program. 
• Google Search Console is a gratuitous tool that lets webmasters assess site functioning inwards Google Search. Features are gradually beingness moved from the erstwhile version of Search Console to the novel version. At the end of March at that topographic point volition endure a pregnant update. What’s going: Crawl Errors report, fetch every bit Google tool, HTML suggestions, Property Sets, Android apps data. What’s new: Structured information dashboard alongside reports organized past times “vertical” (like Jobs, Recipes, in addition to Events).
• Gmail has novel features: an Undo/Redo button, slow strikethrough formatting, in addition to the mightiness to download messages every bit .EML files (which tin terminate endure imported into other e-mail clients).
• If you lot are interested inwards Blogger, check out my appearance on Michael Daniel’s Tinkering alongside Tech show. I acquire through around of the basic settings in addition to respond questions.

Read on for to a greater extent than links, tips in addition to updates for YouTube creators, concern owners, advertisers in addition to more.

Image: Monday, Jan 28th is Data Protection Day in Europe in addition to Data Privacy Day inwards the relaxation of the world. I idea that deserved a cheesy all-your-data-is-secure graphic. To celebrate run a Security Checkup on your Google Account. Image past times JanBaby on Pixabay.

Upcoming

• January 25: Buffer removed pick to part to Google+
• January 28: HootSuite back upwardly for Google+ ends
• January 28: There volition get-go to endure “intermittent failures” of the Google+ API. The Google+ API volition endure fully closed downward March 7. The Google+ API lets external sites in addition to apps connect to Google+. 
• January 31: YouTube Video Credits removed
• January 31: YouTube removes pick to automatically part to Google+ in addition to Twitter
• February 1: Deadline for tidings organizations to apply for Newspack past times Wordpress.com 
• February 5: Old Google Contacts closed down

YouTube in addition to Video Creation

• YouTube improving recommendations (YouTube)
• YouTube TV goes nationwide, inwards fourth dimension for the Super Bowl (YouTube)
• Answers to your questions nigh copyright claims on YouTube (YouTube)
• Yellow $ trouble? Ask YouTube policy specialists nigh the advertiser-friendly guidelines inwards Jan 25th AMA (YouTube)
• YouTube Music Unveils its First-Ever 'Artists to Watch' inwards Commonwealth of Australia in addition to New Zealand (Google Australia)

Go Live

• Google Ad Manager Integration for Live in addition to On-Demand Video (IBM Video Streaming)

Google+

• LifeCloud has a Google+ Data Importer for re-creating Google+ Communities. (Todd Hawk inwards the “G+” Community Owners in addition to Moderators community)

Other social media

• Focusing on the novel Search Console, moving features in addition to deprecating others (Google Webmasters)
• Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout (January 22) (Google Webmasters) 

AdSense in addition to advertising

• Google hitting alongside £44m GDPR fine over ads (BBC News)
• Bringing to a greater extent than transparency to the Indian Lok Sabha Election 2019 (Google India)
• Google Partners Academy on Air: Simplify in addition to grown your concern alongside machine learning (Google Partners)

Hangouts in addition to Messaging

• Upcoming Hangouts service consolidation for all G Suite customers (G Suite Updates)
• Two novel Hangouts Meet tools added to the Admin console: lineament tool in addition to action logs (G Suite Updates)
• Google Voice for G Suite volition endure available internationally (Scott Johnston)
• New Gmail compose formatting in addition to download options (G Suite Updates)
• Find to a greater extent than remainder inwards your life this year, alongside assist from Google (Google)

Privacy in addition to Security

• How practice you lot principle the evolution of artificial intelligence? Policymakers are trying to figure that out (New York Times)
• Yes, “algorithms” tin terminate endure biased. Here’s why (Ars Technica)
• Verizon Lays Off 800 Employees Within ‘Media Group’, Comprising Yahoo, Tumblr, More (Tubefilter)
• BuzzFeed has started its layoffs, but it’s also talking nigh a merger (Recode)
• Google asks Supreme Court to dominion on when code tin terminate endure copyrighted (The Verge)
• Oracle v. Google in addition to the time to come of software development (Google)
• Expanding noesis access alongside the Wikimedia Foundation (Google)

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