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

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From: Adam Nave <na...@macalester.edu>
Date: Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 8:32 AM
Subject: Friday Google updates
To: ITS Staff <its-...@lists.macalester.edu>, Johan Oberg <job...@macalester.edu>, Lloyd Cledwyn <cle...@macalester.edu>

I added a new category and redefined the old ones a bit. The last category was getting a little full.

Google Apps

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

Submit feedback in the administrator control panel

http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.com/2012/07/new-way-to-submit-feedback-about.html

Actively Discussed on Google+

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2012/07/actively-discussed-on-google-plus.html

Major Google Talk outage on Thursday (~5 hours)

http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/26/google-talk-down-for-majority-of-users

Why you shouldn't write off G+ just yet

http://search.slashdot.org/story/12/07/20/2223208/why-you-shouldnt-write-off-google-just-yet

Google Technology
News about other Google products and technology.

Intel porting Android 4.1 to Atom

http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/24/intel-bringing-jelly-bean-to-atom/

Google tests an expanded Knowledge Graph box

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2012/07/google-tests-expanded-knowledge-graph.html

New interface for Google Calculator

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2012/07/new-interface-for-google-calculator.html

Project Glass pre-orderers welcomed as "explorers", promised updates

http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/25/project-glass-explorers

YouTube's Carousel experiment

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2012/07/youtube-carousel-homepage-experiment.html

Google's 3D city view and Tour Guide arrive for Google Earth on iOS

http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/26/psa-google-3d-city-view

Google Fiber gets formal launch, adds TV

http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/26/google-fiber-gets-formal-launch-adds-google-fiber-tv

http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/07/google-fiber-launches-in-kansas-city

Google adds handwriting support for Mobile search

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/07/make-your-mark-on-google-with-handwrite.html

Google Business

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

Google buys Sparrow (iOS/Mac email client), adds team to Gmail

http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/07/google-acquires-sparrow-integrates-it-into-the-gmail-team

Google says some Apple inventions are so great they should be shared

http://apple.slashdot.org/story/12/07/21/0235205/google-says-some-apple-inventions-are-so-great-they-should-be-shared

Google wants you to use your real name on YouTube

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/07/23/1539252/google-wants-you-to-use-your-real-name-on-youtube

The decline of Google's (and everybody's) ad business

http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/07/24/1553214/the-decline-of-googles-and-everybodys-ad-business

Oracle fights Google's $4M Android legal bill

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/07/oracle-costs/

Some app dev: Android designed for piracy

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/07/24/205211/app-developer-android-designed-for-piracy

Google close to setting antitrust with EU

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/07/google-getting-close-to-an-antitrust-settlement-with-the-eu

Google filing reveals Motorola's worth: IP is nearly half of the company's value

http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/25/google-sec-motorola-value

Google Extra

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

Google Creator Space in London

http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/25/google-shows-off-creator-space-in-london-hopes-to-foster-more-p

Google opens code for building interactive experiences in physical spaces

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/07/google-opens-code-for-building-interactive-experiences-in-physical-spaces

40 years of Landsat with timelaps videos of Earth

http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/24/google-fetes-40-years-of-landsat-with-new-timelapse-videos-of-ea

Ramadan traditions via Google

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/07/ramadan-traditions-with-digital-twist.html

Winners of the 2012 Google Science Fair

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-winners-of-2012-google-science-fair.html

Google I/O highlight reel

http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/26/google-i-o-2012-video-highlights

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From: Adam Nave <na...@macalester.edu>
Date: Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 3:39 PM
Subject: Friday Google updates
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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 Video is going away before the end of the year, videos will be moved into Google Drive. (I got this as an email notification so no link is available.)

Hangouts video chats come to Gmail

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2012/07/video-chat-face-to-face-to-face-with.html

Color picker in Gcal

http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.com/2012/08/custom-color-picker-in-google-calendar.html

450+ new fonts in Google Presentations

http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2012/08/450-new-ways-to-make-your-google.html

Google Technology
News about other Google products and technology.

Researchers beat Google's Bouncer (in the Play apps store)

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/07/27/169223/researchers-beat-googles-bouncer

Google Earth, Maps get new high-res aerial and satellite imagery

http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/28/google-earth-maps-new-high-res-aerial-satellite-imagery

NYC subway alerts in Maps

http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/31/google-brings-nyc-subway-alerts-to-maps-makes-public-transit-a