Weekly Update - January 27, 2018: Youtube, Adsense, Bulletin

This calendar week there’s intelligence for YouTube creators, AdSense publishers, in addition to folks interested inwards recording local stories:

• YouTube announced Official Artist Channels every bit a unmarried halt for fans of music artists. If an creative soul has multiple official channels - for illustration a personal channel in addition to a channel created past times their tape label - the content volition endure combined on the Artist Channel, in addition to subscribers to the private channel volition endure subscribed to that combined channel instead. 
• YouTube too announced that the official Creator Community volition endure closing. The Community becomes read-only on Jan xxx in addition to volition nigh downwardly completely on Feb 28. They didn’t denote whatsoever straight replacement, but suggested people bring together the YouTube Product Forum, in addition to follow YouTube Creators in addition to Team YouTube on Twitter, in addition to YouTube Creator Academy, YouTube Help, in addition to Creator Insider on YouTube.
• Facebook is taking on Twitch in addition to YouTube Gaming amongst the watch the spoken language alive in addition to larn commentary inwards English linguistic communication or Spanish on 1 of the many intelligence channels alive streaming on YouTube.
• Google Top Contributor Program posted the official 2017 Regional Top Contributor Summits recap video. There may endure some familiar faces at that topographic point (although I appear to accept avoided the photographer). 

Plus at that topographic point are tips in addition to updates for webmasters, trouble concern owners, audiobook listeners, emailers in addition to much more.

Image: Cats on a ruby cloth, past times Franz Marc ( 1910) Public Domain

Upcoming:

• 28 January: Google+ post of the calendar week deadline. Topic: how produce you lot pass your gratis time?
• 30 January: YouTube Creator Community becomes read-only
• 31 January: AdSense on Air: Introduction to AMP
• 1 February: Google Webmaster Central usage hours hangout
• 6 February: AdSense on Air: Understand the Better Ads Standards
• 8 February: AdWords Academy on Air: Automation: Smart Bidding

YouTube in addition to Video Creation

• YouTube introduces official music Artist Channels: combining all channels into a unmarried subscription (YouTube blog)
• YouTube Creator Community closing Feb 28th (YouTube Creator Community)
• YouTube increasing investment inwards Creators for Change (YouTube blog)
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Go Live

• Elton John announced his concluding tour inwards a YouTube VR180 alive current (YouTube blog)
• Chrome for Android Update: Chrome 64 (Chrome Releases blog)

Privacy in addition to Security

• Reddit forthwith offers two-factor authentication to all (The Verge)

More some the web

• Bulletin, from Google, lets you lot endure the vocalisation of your community (starting amongst Oakland in addition to Nashville) (Corrie Davidson)
• These cute monkey clones powerfulness endure the fundamental to ameliorate human medicine (Ars Technica)
• 70 houses amongst Christmas lights animated to the same vocal (xLights on YouTube)
• Here’s why you lot can’t purchase a high-end graphics bill of fare at Best Buy (Ars Technica)
• Why Airports Rename Runways When the Magnetic Poles Move (Wired)
• The Trump Administration’s War on Science Agencies Threatens the Nation’s Health in addition to Safety (Andrew Rosenberg, Kathleen Rest @ Scientific American)
• Google X is launching a cybersecurity companionship called Chronicle (The Verge)

Updated March 2019 to take away Google+ links