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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 13, 2012 at 9:44 AM
Subject: Friday Google updates
To: ITS Staff <its-...@lists.macalester.edu>, Johan Oberg <job...@macalester.edu>, Lloyd Cledwyn <cle...@macalester.edu>


Sorry I missed last week, fortunately there haven't been too many big updates since Google I/O, just a lot of little stuff and follow-ups.

Google Apps Updates

Search Gmail logs in the Admin control panel (now admins can look directly for messages that "weren't delivered".)

Google Apps Directory Sync 3.1.3

(some repeats from Google I/O)

Apps Script in Docs List

Events in G+

Offline Docs editing

Native Drive app for iOS

Restrict external sharing of secondary calendars

Google remakes online empire with Colossus

G+ for iPad app available now
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/07/google-app-for-ipad-available-now-in.html 

Other Google Updates

Experiment shows searching Google more effective than using Siri

Google Sound Search
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2012/06/google-sound-search.html 

Gmail takes Largest Webmail Service crown

US soldiers to leverage portable battlefield network and smartphones

Android controlled robots go to war

"Wearable computing will be the norm" says Glass team

Google trying new strategy to fix Android fragmentation

5 best Android keyboards

Google Shaman explains mysteries of Compute Engine

Google launches Mobile App Analytics

Is the Nexus Q worth buying?

Nexus 7 "start to finish in 4 months"

Google Places for iOS becomes Google+ Local

Android 4 on 10% of Android devices

Spring cleaning: Google Mini, Google Talk Chatback, Google Video, iGoogle and Symbian Search app all getting the axe

Google Now interrogation

Chrome web store does app recommendation from G+ friends

Android 4.1 review

Best Google features you're probably not using

Use your GoogleTV as a wireless bridge

Nexus Q review

YouTube Android Player API

Lifehacker Pack for Android: best apps

Google open sources Collide, an online IDE

Frustrated by Android fragmentation? Just by the Nexus

New Chrome beta natively supports webcams (no flash required)

Android 4.1 source code available (fastest turnaround yet)

Chrome drops support for Leopard (OS X 10.5)

Google indoor maps for museums

Google Search As You Type for retailers

Nexus 7 has Smart Cover-like magnetic sensor

Chrome OS hits version 20, CR-48s get the new Aura UI

Maps adds walking directions for 44 African countries

Google's interactive unit conversion OneBox

Google Policy/Privacy/Politics

Google says web boosted American economy by $500 billion

Google offers to settle with EU over antitrust gripes
http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/02/google-offers-to-settle-with-eu-over-antitrust-gripes 

Google's unique approach to research

Google volunteering

Nokia says Nexus 7 infringes on patents

Google patent filing for IDing faces in videos

Google proposes fighting piracy by blocking ad money

Celebrate freedom, support a free and open internet

Big Tent Sendai (crisis info sharing)

Google tracks wildfire season in the US

YouTube-MP3 ripper creator takes on Google

Galaxy Nexus pulled from Play store due to injunction

Where is Google building servers?

Google bills Oracle $4 million for lawsuit

Apple forces Google to degrade Android features

Google launches international campaign for recognition of same-sex marriages

Is Google selling the Nexus 7 at a loss?

Two vendors pay MS for right to sell cheap Android tablets

Google may pay $22.5 million penalty for ignoring Safari Do Not Track

An Android tablet victory may be problematic for free software

Nielsen has Android near 52% of US smartphone share

--Adam

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Adam Nave, CISSP
Linux/Unix Systems Administrator
Macalester College



Lloyd Cledwyn

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From: Adam Nave <na...@macalester.edu>
Date: Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 7:59 AM
Subject: Friday Google updates
To: ITS Staff <its-...@lists.macalester.edu>, Johan Oberg <job...@macalester.edu>, Lloyd Cledwyn <cle...@macalester.edu>



Google Apps Updates

Review of Docs/Drive updates in June
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2012/07/offline-updates-and-quick-look-back-at.html 

Google Takeout lets you transfer Google+ Circles to another account

Google tweaks Drive offline experience

Tip: preview folders and documents in Docs

Customize Blogger permalinks
Find public Google Docs

10 Google features for slow internet connections

Android 4.1 changelog up

Android TV's triple threat

Georgie app for blind smartphone users

Upgrade your Android 4 keyboard to Android 4.1's predictive text keyboard

Android 4.1 "harder to hack"

Most popular Android Browser: Chrome

YouTube adds face blur

Facebook looses users, satisfaction higher at G+

Google adds weather feature to Search for tablets

Gmail SMS service launched in Africa

More detailed Maps in parts of Europe, Africa and Asia

Chrome 21 (beta) makes non-Web Store Chrome extensions harder to install

Android 4.1 SDK released

Google Policy/Privacy/Politics


Street View in 5 California National Parks

Google open sources Turing Machine doodle

Maker Camp on G+

Oracle rejected in bid to resuscitate trial

Marissa Mayer (well known Google VP) becomes Yahoo CEO

Google Ideas: joining the fight against drug cartels

Antarctic panoramic imagery

How Google is becoming an extension of your mind

Google patents Project Glass motion-based theft detection

Import ban on Motorola's Android products takes effect

Google hires designers from Cuban Council to work on G+

Google Fiber coming to Kansas City July 26th

Can Google Fiber save network neutrality?

Google opens Web Lab at London's Science Museum

"This Exquisite Forest"

French Supreme Court orders Google to censor piracy related terms in Instant Search and Autocomplete

Google hits $12.21 billion in revenue for Q2 2012

YouTube restores Obama videos, refuses to explain takedown policies
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