Fwd: Friday Google updates (Monday edition)

[Lloyd Cledwyn]

Lloyd Cledwyn
Director of  Advancement  I.T.| 651.696.6594 | cle...@macalester.edu

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From: Adam Nave <na...@macalester.edu>
Date: Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 9:30 AM
Subject: Friday Google updates (Monday edition)
To: ITS Staff <its-...@lists.macalester.edu>, Johan Oberg <job...@macalester.edu>, Lloyd Cledwyn <cle...@macalester.edu>, Patrick Leder <le...@macalester.edu>


Sorry about the late update, prep for the maintenance day this weekend took more of my time than I expected.

Google Apps
Updates to core Google Apps, Admin Control Panel and the major services like Google+. Also major updates that may affect our user community.

Google Documents, Spreadsheets and Presentations renamed to Docs, Sheets and Slides

http://googledrive.blogspot.com/2012/10/one-click-to-docs-sheets-and-slides.html


Google Technology
News about other Google products and technology.

Google Knowledge Graph explains related content

http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/20/google-knowledge-graph-adds-explanations-for-related-content

How Google cools 1 million servers

http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/10/20/1730217/how-google-cools-its-1-million-servers

Android apps vulnerable to exploitation due to poor SSL implementation

http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/10/android-apps-expose-passwords-e-mail-and-more

Vulnerability in Google Drive desktop app implementation 

http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Google-Drive-opens-backdoor-to-Google-accounts-1735069.html

Survey of the 7-inch tablet scene

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/10/apple-joins-the-fray-a-survey-of-the-7-inch-tablet-scene

Get the YouTube redesign early with a cookie change

http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/23/get-youtube-redesign-early-change-browser-cookie

Google search app for Win8

http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/23/google-delivers-search-app-for-windows-8

Get your Google back video for Win8 users

http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/26/get-your-google-back-search-chrome-video-windows-8

More on Google's Finland data center

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/10/google-finland-data-center-2/

Android will surpass Windows by 2016, say Garnter stats

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/10/25/1850241/android-will-surpass-windows-by-2016-say-gartner-stats

Android on 41% of tablets

http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/25/strategy-analytics-claims-android-reached-41-percent-of-tablets

Google Maps uses natural terrain as default

http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/26/google-maps-adds-natural-terrain-outside-of-satellite-views

NYT: Google trialing same-day delivery from retail

http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/26/nyt-google-actively-trialing-same-day-delivery-from-retail

About Google's App Engine outage on Oct 26
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/10/about-todays-app-engine-outage.html

Google's Android event in NY postponed due to hurricane

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/10/monday-liveblog-madness-no-more-google-cancels-android-event-due-to-hurricane-sandy

Rumor round-up from Android event

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/10/android-4-2-new-nexus-4-phone-rumored-for-todays-google-event

Cool tool: View all of your Google contacts on a map

http://lifehacker.com/5955532/view-all-of-your-google-contacts-on-a-map

Google Business
Google Business news, including policies, user privacy, politics and legal issues.

Brazillian press demands Google News pay fees 

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/10/brazilian-press-to-google-news-pay-up-or-leave-our-content-alone

What an anti-Google antitrust case by the FTC may look like

http://search.slashdot.org/story/12/10/25/2145225/what-an-anti-google-antitrust-case-by-the-ftc-may-look-like

Nexus 4 prototype lost in a bar

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/10/28/0528242/google-nexus-4-prototype-lost-in-a-bar


Google Extra
Other Google side projects, including art, science and fun stuff.

YouTube Campaigns gives visibility to nonprofits

http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/20/youtube-campaigns-lets-nonprofits-draw-our-interest

Watch the Haii from the Grand Mosque of Mecca

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/10/watch-hajj-from-grand-mosque-of-mecca.html

Trekking the Grand Canyon for Google Maps

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/10/trekking-grand-canyon-for-google-maps.html

Hurricane Sandy Google Crisis Map

http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/28/google-puts-hurricane-sandy-on-its-crisis-map-hopes-to-help-you

--Adam

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Adam Nave, CISSP
Linux/Unix Systems Administrator
Macalester College