Friday, April 29, 2016

There is a new threat to phones that "tricks" users into installing malicious software.

There is a new threat to phones that "tricks" users into installing malicious software.  Be careful out there! Only update your device firmware from your service providers website. (Go there manually not through a link.)
http://www.zdnet.com/article/irremovable-bank-detail-stealing-android-malware-poses-as-google-chrome-update/?tag=nl.e539&s_cid=e539&ttag=e539&ftag=TRE17cfd61
http://www.zdnet.com/article/irremovable-bank-detail-stealing-android-malware-poses-as-google-chrome-update/?tag=nl.e539&s_cid=e539&ttag=e539&ftag=TRE17cfd61

Greetings folks!

Greetings folks! I've been using #HangoutsOnAir  for professional development in education for a couple of years and I'm hoping to learn more - and hopefully be able to assist others on occasion as well. Any input to this doc is more than welcome:
http://bit.ly/HappyHangouts 
http://bit.ly/HappyHangouts

*Welcome Niilo Alhovaara! Newest members of the User2User-LIVE! Community.


*Welcome Niilo Alhovaara! Newest members of the User2User-LIVE! Community.

FRIDAY 29 Apr 2016 - Join Us Today!


FRIDAY 29 Apr 2016 -  Join Us Today!
Morning: Immediately after Business-Hangouts Office Hours
Evening Session 7:30-8:00 PM Central
Link: https://bit.ly/U2U_QandA

If you need to practice or need help with something but lack the time for a LIVE session, simply post a message here in the community.

NOTE: If I don't open the above within 5 minutes of the starting time please use the following link to start a video call anyone can join:
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Just a reminder... Business-Hangouts Office Hours


Just a reminder... Business-Hangouts Office Hours
Today - 29 April 2016 - 9am PDT/ 12 Noon EDT

http://business-hangouts.com/office-hours/

Thursday, April 28, 2016

THURSDAY 28 Apr 2016 - Join Us Today!

THURSDAY 28 Apr 2016 -  Join Us Today!
Morning Session 10:30-11:00 AM Central
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Monday, April 25, 2016

Evening Q&A closed early

Evening Q&A closed early
Have to pick up nephew-car trouble
See you Wednesday!

My sister has informed me that we shall be out and about tomorrow celebrating the following major events of April...


My sister has informed me that we shall  be out and about tomorrow celebrating the following major events of April 26, 1943

1. The Robe by Lloyd C Douglas tops New York Times Best Seller List.

2. Seems to me, I've heard that song before by Harry James and his orchestra is number 1 on BillBoardMagazine.

3. Birth of Andrew G. Hatchett III tops Birth List at St. Thomas Hospital.

Therefore, Tuesday's Morning Q&A Session is being cancelled.

LIVE 4-29-16 on our website. * Positive Dog Training Ain't Just Treats*


LIVE 4-29-16 on our website. * Positive Dog Training Ain't Just Treats*
http://www.petiquettedog.com/dog-behavior-tv/positive-training-aint-treats/

Dog got You trained to fork over a treat every time he does something you ask?
Then he's a better trainer than you are!
Positive dog training is NOT about constantly giving treats to your dog.
It's about having a relationship of mutual respect and teaching your dog how to live in a human world. #dogtraining #dogbehavior

Android Play Store headed to Chromebooks

Android Play Store headed to Chromebooks
Just in case you missed it
http://www.engadget.com/2016/04/25/google-play-store-chrome-os-android-apps/

MONDAY 25 Apr 2016 - Join Us Today!


MONDAY 25 Apr 2016 -  Join Us Today!
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Evening Session 7:30-8:00 PM Central
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Friday, April 22, 2016

Yet More G+ Web Preview Update April 22


Yet More G+ Web Preview Update April 22

Originally shared by Luke Wroblewski

G+ Web Preview Update April 22
Happy Friday all... today we're rolling out another update to our Google+ Web preview with lots of bug fixes and a highly requested (thanks for all the feedback!) feature:

* 152 bug fixes
* 18 accessibility issues addressed
* Hover over user images for more info about people ability to follow them

As always, please keep sending us your ideas/issues using the Send Feedback menu item.
Thanks~

FRIDAY 22 Apr 2016 - Join Us Today!


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Just a reminder... Business-Hangouts Office Hours

Just a reminder... Business-Hangouts Office Hours
Today - 9am PDT/ 12 Noon EDT
http://business-hangouts.com/office-hours/

Thursday, April 21, 2016

What's new in Google Keep

What's new in Google Keep
Just in case you missed it

THURSDAY 21 Apr 2016 - Join Us Today!


THURSDAY 21 Apr 2016 -  Join Us Today! 
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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

G+ Android Update 7.7.0


G+ Android Update 7.7.0
Just in case you missed it

Originally shared by Luke Wroblewski

G+ Android Update 7.7.0
We're beginning to roll out our eighth Android app update of the year. In addition to bug fixes, we've made updates to Home, Profile, and Collections features plus continued to improve Web page loading times:

* 19 bugs fixed
* 7 accessibility issues addressed
* Updated "new posts" notification
* Chrome tab pre-connect to further speed up Web pages
* Changed info icon to ABOUT text on profile
* Updated create and edit Collection features

As always, additional Android updates are on the way, so please keep the ideas & issues coming by using our Send Feedback menu item. Thanks~

Not sure if this is even correct place to post.

Not sure if this is even correct place to post. But here goes: I use Amazon S3 for storage. One of my buckets contains files that go with a paid product. I set it up on S3 so I have a log of when those files are accessed.

I'm unclear of exactly how to read those log files and I need help to figure it out.

The reason is that a client has taken the download page and shared it with I don't know how many people. NOW, the links were "protected" by a program I have and the links are only good for 2 minutes. BUT, when I go to the logs I keep seeing all these "files modified" on Amazon S3 bucket. CONFUSED!

Saturday, April 16, 2016

Anyone else having issues the with ToolBox App

Anyone else having issues the with ToolBox App ? Our last 2 live events we could not get our lower third to come up. Last night when we even tried to
OPEN the toolbox the app started shivering and radiating colors. NO, I was not drinking ;-)

Friday, April 15, 2016

G+ Search Update

G+ Search Update
Just Released

https://plus.google.com/u/0/+LukeWroblewski/posts/QbANyAW1BQW

User2User-Friday is now starting!: https://bit.ly/U2U_QandA

User2User-Friday is now starting!: https://bit.ly/U2U_QandA
https://bit.ly/U2U_QandA
how do I join the business hangout?  I just get the homepage for business hangouts.. no link?\

Join Us Today - Friday 15 Apr 2016


Join Us Today - Friday 15 Apr 2016
Morning Session:
Immediately after Business-Hangouts Office Hours
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Just a reminder...

Just a reminder...
TODAY - 9AM Pacific / 12 Noon Eastern

business-hangouts.com/office-hours/

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Chrome Stable Channel Updated...Just in case you missed it...

Chrome Stable Channel Updated...Just in case you missed it...
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/04/stable-channel-update_13.html

UGH!

UGH!!!  help pls.  For one of our LIve Streaming shows we are trying to get 2 ladies on as guests to talk about "how to pick a good doggie day camp"   One lady refuses to get a gmail.  She says she uses everything through her ICloud including hangouts using Webinar Jam as her wrapper.  I keep telling her she has to have some type of google account to come in.  Am I missing something?

Here is what she says:  all of my google accounts (google voice, google analytics, google hangouts, etc) I use my iCloud email.

Join Us Today - Wednesday 13 April 2016


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Morning Session: 10:30-11:00 AM Central
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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

If you are a Community Owner/Moderator or post to communities, you'll find this post and comments of interest.

If you are a Community Owner/Moderator or post to communities, you'll find this post and comments of interest. It concerns the new spam filters. Well worth a read.

Originally shared by Ed S

An FYI post. Just had two posts land in moderation - both are false positives. Usually we don't even see one per week in moderation, so maybe something changed. Both posts had a half-dozen (legit) links.

Post 1:
Photo post (google-hosted image)
Links in body: one to wikipedia, five to png files hosted at googleapis, one to ieee.
Not a frequent poster, not a problematic poster.

Post 2:
Featured link to github.
Links in body: one to youtube, four others to three sites.
Poster is a frequent poster to his stream, not a frequent poster to communities, not a problematic poster

In the best case, the algorithm for spam detection has gone a bit wrong. In the worst case, we have malicious flagging of acceptable posts. I don't think that's too likely, but I know of no tools to illuminate that.

As ever, I expect these posts to get very little attention even though they have now been approved - I believe Gplus taints such posts and doesn't show them to many people. As one is a photo post, we have the "number of views" statistic available so we can check.

Great News for Community Owners and Moderators!


Great News for Community Owners and Moderators!

Originally shared by Frank Rodriguez

Keep connecting with other people in Google+ -- and keep more spam out with our new content controls setting.

Our Communities are great places to share and discuss the things you love. Unfortunately, spammers are also aware of how communities bring lots of people together, and they target all manner of spam or racy and inappropriate content to many of our most active communities.

So today we’ve added more protection to our communities with stronger content filters & controls. Now we can be more aggressive in identifying inappropriate posts in a Community. When this setting is on, Google+'s content filter is more likely to flag posts that are questionable, so fewer of them will show up in your Community. Check your moderator queue to see these blocked posts.

Stronger content filtering will be on by default when you create a community and will be gradually enabled for many existing communities, so we can keep your communities great!

Learn more: https://support.google.com/plus/answer/6320413

Live Stream on our website 4-15-16 7:00pm CST


Live Stream on our website 4-15-16 7:00pm CST
http://www.petiquettedog.com/dog-behavior-tv/why-does-my-dog-do-that-open-qa/

Dog Behavior Open Q&A. Find out why your dog does what he does! Ya'll come as they say here in Texas ;-)

Monday, April 11, 2016

I am quite pleased to share...tomorrow I will be getting messy in my art journal.


I am quite pleased to share...tomorrow I will be getting messy in my art journal.
Here is a sneak peek of what I will be working on.

Join us at Noon Mountain Time at https://kraaftshaak.com/live

The Samson C01UPRO will be a great mike...once I learn how to use it

The Samson C01UPRO will be a great mike...once I learn how to use it
;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgC40ZWUyNQ

MONDAY 11 April 2016 - Join Us Today!


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Just in case you missed it...

Just in case you missed it...
http://news.softpedia.com/news/google-hangouts-client-for-windows-show-google-apps-can-exist-on-windows-phones-502629.shtml

Sunday, April 10, 2016

IMHO This should be required reading - yearly- for everyone on Google!


IMHO This should be required reading - yearly- for everyone on Google!

Originally shared by John Skeats

Dealing with Undesirable Behavior on Google+

There are lots of great people on Google+, but a service as wonderful as Google+ also inevitably has individuals who behave in undesirable ways, as well. This post discusses how to deal with the latter. There is also a section about how to avoid undesirable content and behavior.

The first question you should ask yourself when you see something you dislike or are uncomfortable with is whether it violates the rules in Google’s User Content and Conduct Policy (http://www.google.com/+/policy/content.html). It is important to be familiar with that policy both to avoid getting into trouble yourself and to determine the best course of action when you encounter undesirable behavior.

Dealing with behavior that violates Google's rules
The best course of action when you see something that you believe violates Google’s User Content and Conduct Policy is to do all of the following:

* Do not interact with the profile or page in any way. People who act in abusive ways thrive on getting negative reactions from people. Don't feed that need by responding to their posts or comments.

* Report the posts or comments that you believe violate Google's policies. The following Help Center article describes how to report violations: https://support.google.com/plus/answer/6320425?hl=en. When you follow those instructions, your reports will be sent directly to the Google+ Abuse Team for them to verify whether a violation took place and determine the appropriate action. This is the only way to bring the right people's attention to violations. 

* Report the profile if you believe the profile itself (not just posts and comments made by the profile or page) violates the policies. The instructions for doing this are included in the Help Center article referenced above. Again, this is the only way to bring the right people's attention to violations. 

* If you see something you believe to be illegal, report it to the appropriate legal authorities.

* Do not reshare the offending content or links to the content. Doing so -- even if you are trying to get action taken against the content -- can violate Google policies and possibly be illegal. Encouraging others to report violators can also be considered to be a form of harassment even if the violations are real. 

* Block the profile or page -- and leave it blocked. Blocking a profile or page has the following effects:
-- It removes you from the circles of the profile or page you block. 
-- It removes the profile or page from your circles.  
-- It prevents the profile or page from seeing your posts and comments again.
-- It prevents the profile or page from interacting with your posts again. 
-- It demonstrates to the Google+ Abuse Team that you are really serious about the report you are submitting. 

You can find instructions for blocking someone in the following Help Center article: 
https://support.google.com/plus/answer/6320399?hl=en

Dealing with behavior you dislike or are uncomfortable with
If you dislike or are uncomfortable with someone's behavior but the behavior does not violate Google’s User Content and Conduct Policy, that is really between you and the other person -- but there are actions you can take if you find their behavior completely unacceptable. It is up to you to determine when they have crossed that line. If you decide they have, do the following:

* Stop interacting with the profile or page entirely. As mentioned above, people who act in abusive ways thrive on getting negative reactions from people. Don't feed that need by responding to their posts or comments.

* Do not report the posts, comments, or profiles. Reporting is for violations of Google's rules not for things you don't like. Save reporting for situations where there are actual violations involved. 

* Block the profile or page -- and leave it blocked. Blocking a profile or page has the following effects:
-- It removes you from the circles of the profile or page you block. 
-- It removes the profile or page from your circles.  
-- It prevents the profile or page from seeing your posts and comments again.
-- It prevents the profile or page from interacting with your posts again. 

You can find instructions for blocking someone in the following Help Center article: https://support.google.com/plus/answer/6320399?hl=en

Avoiding undesirable content and behavior
We run into undesirable content and behavior on Google+ (as well as in life in general) in two ways: Sometimes it is simply presented to us seemingly randomly, and sometimes it is a result of people intentionally pursuing us. 

In Google+ terms, having undesirable content seem to be randomly presented to you usually means that the content is appearing in your Home stream for reasons which you don't understand. The fact is that nothing appears in your Home stream randomly. Google presents everything you see there to you for a reason. The following post discusses how to prevent undesirable content from appearing in your Home stream: https://plus.google.com/+JohnSkeats/posts/JBwMWmwiad4 

People who appear to be intentionally pursuing you might, of course, actually be doing that, but they might also simply be unintentionally overly aggressive in their efforts to interact with you. If you believe there is a possibility that the behavior might be unintentional, it is best to gently let the person you know that you don't appreciate it. Doing that removes any doubts about whether such behavior from that point on is intentional. Behavior that is clearly intentional and ongoing constitutes harassment and is a violation of Google’s User Content and Conduct Policy, so following the instructions for dealing with violations above is appropriate.

Just a check of room lighting at night to see what. if any, changes need to be made.

Just a check of room lighting at night to see what. if any, changes need to be made.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORfDTuLEM4k

Friday, April 8, 2016

It ain't only teachers who can make use of these!

It ain't only teachers who can make use of these!

Originally shared by Paul Gaffney

4 New Google Drive Updates Teachers Should Know About !!!
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2016/04/4-new-google-drive-updates-teachers.html

Join Us Today - Friday 8 Apr 2016


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Just a reminder...


Just a reminder...
9AM Pacific / 12 Noon Eastern

business-hangouts.com/office-hours/

Thursday, April 7, 2016

IMPORTANT LINKS

IMPORTANT LINKS

TO JOIN THE USER2USER-LIVE! COMMUNITY:
[Submit form then click the 'Ask to Join' button]:
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TO SUBMIT YOUR ONLINE EVENT FOR THE DAILY EVENT SUMMARY:
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THURSDAY 7 April 2016 - Join Us Today!


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Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Progress Report...


Progress Report...
_Hopefully I'll have this thing set up and functional by Monday!
[ then comes the HARD part - Learning Windows 10! ]

Hi U2U members!

Hi U2U members!

I do not normally post things here about my own show as I know there really are not a ton of people who love to get messy and create in here...BUT...this one is special!

My friend, KiKi, decided to do the promo for me. I could not resist sharing it EVERYWHERE!!!!

Enjoy and if you are so inclined, register. This is for the April 19, 2016 episode.
https://youtu.be/FzB-EPsUxTk
Andrew, I have setup another computer, and installed the plugin. I will try to join you tonight. Thanks, David

WEDNESDAY 6 April 2016 - Join Us Today!

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Tuesday, April 5, 2016

TUESDAY 5 April 2016 - Join Us Today!


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Monday, April 4, 2016

Just in case you missed it...


Just in case you missed it...

Originally shared by Peggy K

YouTube Gaming update: more countries, improved live chat moderation and more

* Launched the YouTube Gaming mobile app in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and more to come soon

* Desktop live chat moderation improvements:

---- Retraction: The author of a message can now delete their own messages.
---- Actually deleting messages: If the streamer, a moderator, or the author removes a chat message, the message will be removed from viewers without them reloading the page.
---- Deleted messages: The streamer and moderators will be able to click to see the contents of a deleted message.
---- Timed-out & blocked users: If a user is timed-out or blocked, all of their previous chat messages will be deleted.
---- Moderator actions: If a streamer or moderator takes a moderation action, a system message will be sent to the streamer and all mods describing that action.
---- Name blacklisting: Usernames are now passed through a channel’s blacklist (https://www.youtube.com/comment_management). If a match occurs, all messages from that user name will be silently removed.
---- UI update: The moderation menu has been updated to correctly reflect the state of a user.

* Launched end-to-end live streaming latency monitoring in Stats for Nerds — just right-click in the player and select “Stats for Nerds”

* Watch cards on youtube.com when you search for the name of a game, featuring a link to the game page in YouTube Gaming and highlighting top live streams (example: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+division)

Read and discuss the YouTube Gaming Changelog for April at r/youtubegaming on reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/youtubegaming/comments/4ddi3j/youtube_gaming_changelog_april_2016/

Success Circle April 5th

Originally shared by LowellAnn Fuglsang

Success Circle April 5th
Visitor Experience in Hangouts

Just click below to register.
https://goo.gl/cOiAaE
How do I take a screenshot in a Hangout please?

Friday, April 1, 2016

How can some friend of mine and myself have a private chat in HOA Because I notice in the new version hangout the...

How can some friend of mine and myself have a private chat in HOA Because I notice in the new version hangout the chat box is gone and we really need it.

Apologies- Due to last minute family dinner at my brother's house, I won't be on tonight.


Apologies- Due to last minute family dinner at my brother's house, I won't be on tonight.

Revised Stats for March 2016


Revised Stats for March 2016
It seems the Community Meter went crazy!

Community Stats for March 2016


Community Stats for March 2016

Just a reminder...

Just a reminder...
9:00AM PDT / 12 Noon EDT
http://business-hangouts.com/office-hours/

Join Us Today - Friday 1 Apr 2016


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