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Lloyd Cledwyn
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From: Adam Nave <na...@macalester.edu>
Date: Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 10:19 AM
Subject: Friday Google updates
To: kkol...@macalester.edu, ITS Staff <its-...@lists.macalester.edu>, Johan Oberg <job...@macalester.edu>, Lloyd Cledwyn <cle...@macalester.edu>



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.

Simplified SSO login screen for Google Apps Sync for Outlook
G+ expands custom URLs to more profiles

3 Gmail labs graduate

A programmatic way to manage licenses for Google Drive

More services from Postini are being merged into the regular Admin console:
Enforce TLS for inbound/outbound email

Delivery Manager (custom email routing)

Default routing for inbound messages

Google Technology
News about other Google products and technology.

Google employees find 60 security holes in Adobe Reader

Motorola launches official Bootloader Unocking Tool for (one) android phones

Four clicks to a less annoying YouTube

500k Chinese Android users infected with Malware

Chrome OS update, includes "save to Google Drive"

Google adds saved search settings (tied to accounts, not browsers)

Google Octane - new JavaScript benchmarking tool

YouTube adds in-stream ads

Chrome for iOS improvements

Google Play Music app updated for Google TV, streaming to Chromebooks

Review: Google Compute Engine
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/08/24/0036208/review-google-compute-engine 

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

Google, Oracle deny direct payments to media (lots of links to related info)

Judge: Google didn't follow "show your shills" order

Why Amazon is Google's real competition

3 days after suing Apple, Google says patent wars hurt consumers

German govt wants Google to pay for the right to link to news sites

Google Play gift cards announced

Android piracy sites seized by US Govt

Google building privacy Red Team

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

Google gets glove-based input patent

Google-sponsored free WiFi coming to US malls

Mapping the Motor City with Google Map Maker

The Worst Job at Google

The US election, live on YouTube

Google Maps heads north

Google reforms "I'm feeling lucky" button
http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/24/google-feeling-lucky-button 

--Adam

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Adam Nave, CISSP
Linux/Unix Systems Administrator
Macalester College



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