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, Oct 12, 2012 at 11:24 AM
Subject: Friday Google updates
To: ITS Staff <its-...@lists.macalester.edu>, Johan Oberg <job...@macalester.edu>, Lloyd Cledwyn <cle...@macalester.edu>, Patrick Leder <le...@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.

Major update to language tools in Gmail

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/10/communicate-more-easily-across.html

Docs export format change delayed until end of January for Scheduled release domains (we're on rapid)

http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.com/2012/10/docs-export-format-change-delayed-to.html

Troubleshooting tools for Google Apps users

http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.com/2012/10/troubleshooting-tools-for-google-apps.html

Enhanced email management by org units

http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.com/2012/10/enhanced-email-management-by.html

Google Mobile web revamp

http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/10/google-mobile-web-revamp-brings-hidden-sidebar/

Google Technology
News about other Google products and technology.

Over 60% of Android malware hides in fake versions of popular apps

http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/10/05/2055213/over-60-of-android-malware-hides-in-fake-versions-of-popular-apps

Google puts souped-up neural networks to work

http://search.slashdot.org/story/12/10/06/0527249/google-puts-souped-up-neural-networks-to-work

Improved results for natural language queries

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2012/10/google-improves-results-for-natural.html

YouTube advances cash for more original channels

http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/08/youtube-60-more-original-channels-US-Europe

Purchasing stuff reaches Google TV

http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/08/google-play-music-and-movies-purchasing-reaches-google-tv

Google Play in-app subscriptions get free trial option

http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/09/google-play-in-app-subscriptions-free-trial

Google to Android devs: make nicer tablet apps, please?

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/10/google-to-android-devs-make-nicer-tablet-apps-pretty-please

The Google Search Appliance is back

http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/10/introducing-google-search-appliance.html

Chrome hacker "Pinkie Pie" walks away with $60k bounty, Google releases fix in under 12 hours.

http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/10/google-chrome-exploit-fetches-pinkie-pie-60000-hacking-prize

G+ app updates

http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/10/google-plus-app-update-iphone-5-widget

"Biggest ever" Street View update doubles special collections, refreshes 250k miles of roads

http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/11/google-streetview-update

Google simplifies Zagat ratings, launches app

http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/11/google-zagat-ratings-new-android-app

Gmail for Android 4.2 leak

http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/12/android-gmail-4.2-leak

Google TV v3 demo

http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/12/google-tv-v3-demo-video

Google Play Store likely to include malware scanner soon

http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/12/google-play-store-update

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

Google and Apple spent more on patents than R&D last year

http://apple.slashdot.org/story/12/10/08/1728232/google-and-apple-spent-more-on-patents-than-rd-last-year

Can Google (legally) base ads on emails sent to Google accounts?

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/10/google-hit-with-lawsuit-for-using-non-gmail-e-mails-to-target-ads

How much to Google (and others) profit from your data? (Mostly about an interesting privacy app, but the app does tell me that Google makes about $153/year on me.)

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/10/how-much-do-google-and-facebook-profit-from-your-data

Google staffing US call center for Nexus devices?

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/10/google-looks-to-be-staffing-up-us-call-center-for-nexus-devices

Another Microsoft/Motorola/Google lawsuit, this one over maps

http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/11/microsoft-sues-motorola-in-germany-again-over-google-maps

Reading someone's Gmail doesn't violate federal statute

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/10/reading-someones-gmail-doesnt-violate-federal-statute-court-finds

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

Bringing history to life

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/10/bringing-history-to-life.html

More funny directions in Maps

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2012/10/more-funny-directions-in-google-maps.html

--Adam

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Adam Nave, CISSP
Linux/Unix Systems Administrator
Macalester College