The Developer Show — TL;DR 040
Highlights: Android 7.0 Nougat, Direct Boot, Launchpad Accelerator, AdWords, Chrome 56, Google Cloud Platform, HTTPS
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Security enhancements in Nougat
Now that Nougat has begun to roll out, it’s a good time to review the many security enhancements included. Check out the post for info on Direct Boot and encryption, media stack and platform hardening, App security improvements, and more.
Google Developers Launchpad Accelerator
We’re now taking applications for the third class of the Launchpad Accelerator. If you’re a late-stage app startup from Brazil, India, Indonesia, or Mexico — check out this post. Applications are open until October 24th for the equity-free program that begins in January and includes two weeks of all-expense-paid training at the new Google Developers Launchpad Space in San Francisco.
Track your goals with campaign groups and performance targets
If you’re about to launch a new holiday campaign, you could, for example, use TrueView ads on YouTube along with banner ads on the Google Display Network to drive brand awareness and more holiday sales. To make it easier for you to track and forecast the performance of these campaigns against your advertising goals, we’re introducing campaign groups and performance targets. More info and a screenshot are on the post.
Moving Towards a More Secure Web
Beginning with Chrome 56 in January of 2017, we’ll mark HTTP sites that transmit passwords or credit cards as non-secure, as part of a long-term plan to mark all HTTP sites as non-secure. HTTPS is easier and cheaper than ever before. Check the post for details on our upcoming change as well as setup guides to help you get started with HTTPS.
Running Powershell on Google Cloud SDK
Cloud Tools for PowerShell is a collection of “command-lets” for accessing and manipulating GCP resources. It’s currently in beta and already allows access to Google Compute Engine, Google Cloud Storage, Google Cloud SQL and Google Cloud DNS — with more to come! For more info on how to get started, check out the post.
Web serving on Google Cloud Platform: an overview
If you’ve been considering moving your web serving infrastructure to the cloud, our recently published “Serving Websites Guide” is for you. It covers static websites, virtual machines, containers, and managed platforms. For each, the guide provides information about scalability, load balancing, DevOps, logging and monitoring, and more.