Fwd: Friday Google updates

[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: Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 8:51 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.

Protected ranges in Google spreadsheets (also a new stealth feature: find supports regex)

http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2012/08/lock-down-cells-with-protected-ranges.html 

http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.com/2012/08/named-protected-ranges-and-border.html 


Google Technology
News about other Google products and technology.

Create keyboard shortcuts for Chrome extensions

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2012/08/create-keyboard-shortcuts-for-chrome.html 

Giving you a better Google (by eliminating more services you don't use)

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/08/giving-you-better-google.html 

Google updates PageSpeed service

http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/05/google-updates-pagespeed-service/ 

YouTube app removed from iOS 6; Google working on standalone version

http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/06/youtube-app-removed-from-ios-6-ios-5-confirmation-official

Google patents eye-tracking unlock system

http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/07/google-patent-for-eye-tracking-based-unlock-system

Maps adds live traffic for over 130 cities

http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/07/google-maps-adds-live-traffic-for-over-130-cities 

Google Knowledge Graph comes to all English-speaking countries

http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/08/google-knowledge-graph-coming-to-all-english-speaking-nations-to 

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/08/building-search-engine-of-future-one.html

Google's revamped voice search coming to iOS

http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/08/googles-revamped-voice-search-coming-to-ios-tackles-siri-on-he 

Search Gmail from the Google Search (field trial, not for Apps yet)

http://lifehacker.com/5932984/gmail-emails-may-show-up-in-search-results++sign-up-for-the-field-trial 

Chrome for Windows gets Flash sandboxing, performance improvements

http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/08/google-chrome-windows-secure-flash-player 

Google Translate for Android now translates text from pictures

http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/09/google-translate-app-update-visual-translation 

Avoid getting redirected to country-specific versions of Google

http://lifehacker.com/5933248/avoid-getting-redirected-to-country+specific-versions-of-google 

Real-time previews, UI trim in YouTube editor

http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/09/youtube-video-editing-brings-in-real-time-previews 

Get Google Now now (with a rooted Android 4.0 system)

http://lifehacker.com/5933317/get-google-now-on-your-rooted-android-phone-no-jelly-bean-required 

Google improves mobile search with Now-style cards

http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/10/google-mobile-search-quick-answer 

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

Google Ventures blog

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-tree-versus-shadow.html 

Oracle fights for more scraps in battle over Android

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/08/oracle-and-rangecheck-code/ 

"Name your shills", judge orders Oracle, Google

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/08/name-your-shills-judge-orders-oracle-google/

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/08/with-anti-shill-order-googleoracle-judge-enters-uncharted-territory

The Google-fication of Yahoo!

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/08/07/1750220/the-google-fication-of-yahoo 

How YouTube lets content companies "claim" NASA Mars video

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/08/how-youtube-lets-content-companies-claim-nasa-mars-videos 

Google to pay biggest FTC fine ever for tracking Safari users

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/08/google-to-pay-biggest-ftc-fine-ever-for-tracking-safari-users 

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

Visualize the global arms trade

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-new-way-to-visualize-global-arms-trade.html

Olympic doodles get interactive

http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/07/google-olympic-doodle-hurdles/

http://www.google.com/doodles

The self-driving car logs 300k miles, no accidents.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-self-driving-car-logs-more-miles-on.html

Back to school with Google tools

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/08/conquer-back-to-school-blues-with.html

--Adam

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Adam Nave, CISSP
Linux/Unix Systems Administrator
Macalester College

[Lloyd Cledwyn]

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From: Adam Nave
Date: Friday, August 17, 2012
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.

Video chat with multiple people with Hangouts in Gmail http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.com/2012/08/video-chat-with-multiple-people-with.html 

New security settings for Google Apps mobile management

http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.com/2012/08/new-security-settings-for-google-apps.html 

Google's new favicon

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2012/08/googles-new-favicon.html 

Updated sign-in page for multiple accounts

http://lifehacker.com/5934290/googles-updated-sign+in-page-makes-using-multiple-accounts-a-lot-easier

Studio Mode for Hangouts on Air

http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/13/google-plus-studio-mode-hangouts/

G+ custom URLs for verified accounts

http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/13/google-plus-custom-url/

Google Technology
News about other Google products and technology.

Google Now can teach Siri a few tricks

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/08/review-androids-google-now-can-teach-siri-a-few-tricks 

How can I migrate my data from one Google account to another?

http://lifehacker.com/5934343/how-can-i-migrate-my-google-data-from-one-account-to-another

Google Patent search gets prior art, Euro patents

http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/15/google-patents-gets-prior-art-and-european-patent-search

Google Maps has schedules for over 1 million transit stops

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/08/google-maps-now-has-schedules-for-more.html

Google pledges $2 million in prizes for Chrome hackers

http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/08/google-pledges-million-in-hacking-prizes

Updated Google Play app includes gift card support

http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/16/google-play-wishlist-gift-card-leak

http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/16/google-play-gift-cards-show-up-for-real

Play enables delta updates

http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/16/google-play-store-delta-updates

Google's Dremel tool (big data analysis tool)

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/08/google-dremel-versus-hadoop/

Android 4.0 cheat sheet

http://lifehacker.com/5935359/the-android-40-cheat-sheet-shows-the-tasks-you-can-do-in-ice-cream-sandwich

Flash no longer available on Android

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/08/availability-of-adobes-flash-browser-plugin-discontinued-on-android

Voice search in 13 new languages

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/08/voice-search-arrives-in-13-new-languages.html

Google's free Power Searching course

http://lifehacker.com/5935679/boost-your-google-searching-skills-with-googles-power-searching-course

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

Google to downrank sites hit by many takedown notices

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/08/google-to-drop-search-rankings-of-sites-with-many-takedown-notices 

Google granted cloud OS patent

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/08/10/1916222/google-granted-cloud-os-patent 

Why Apple is suing every Android manufacturer in sight

http://apple.slashdot.org/story/12/08/12/1946207/why-apple-is-suing-every-android-manufacturer-in-sight 

Motorola cuts workforce by 20%, closes 1/3 of its offices

http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/13/motorola-to-cut-workforce-by-20-percent/ 

Google announces plans to acquire Frommer's

http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/13/google-set-to-acquire-frommers 

Google buys direct from Intel for their cloud infrastructure

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/08/intel-cloud/ 

Rivals Apple, Google, Samsung reportedly team up to buy Kodak patents

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/08/rivals-apple-google-samsung-reportedly-team-up-to-buy-kodak-patents

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

What happens to Google employees when they die?

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/08/12/1326226/what-happens-to-google-employees-when-they-die 

"I'm feeling lucky" easter egg

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-im-feeling-lucky-easter-egg.html

Street View: Queen Mary

http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/14/google-street-view-queen-mary-ship

Street View: New Orleans (updated)

http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/16/google-maps-updates-streetview-for-new-orleans

Street View: Brazil and prehispanic Mexican cities

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/08/tour-brazil-and-prehispanic-mexican.html

Searches on/during the London Olympics

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/08/london-calling-some-reflections-on.html

Google runs newspaper ad for Google Ads

http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/14/google-runs-newspaper-ad 

--Adam

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Adam Nave, CISSP
Linux/Unix Systems Administrator
Macalester College

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