2016 wrapped up with a lot of news, and the first episode of the Brave Ad World Podcast for 2017 digs into those final weeks.

This week’s headlines: Facebook Announces New Data Inaccuracies, Instagram Launches Several New Features for the Holidays, Facebook Launches New Live Features for Verified Users, Snapchat Launches Filter Games, Snapchat Using Machine Learning for Ad Targeting and Twitter and Periscope Launch 360-Degree Live Video Streaming.

The week’s news quick hits: Vine’s Back as Camera App, Messenger Gets Group Video Chat, Twitter Search Now Sorted by Relevance, Snap Inc. Acquires Flite, Snapchat Partners with Disney-ABC for Original Series, Twitter Tests Breaking News Push Notifications, Facebook Launches Live Audio, Twitter Reports Ad Metric Error and Snap Inc. Acquires Augmented Reality Startup.

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Happy New Year!

It was a nice holiday break, but it's time to get back to it with another episode of the Brave Ad World Podcast.

This week’s headlines: Google+ Rolls Out Redesign, Instagram Testing Multi-Account Support, LinkedIn Updates Mobile App, Snapchat Introduces Deep Linking and Facebook Testing Live Video for All Users.

The week’s news quick hits: Snapchat Sells Lenses, Facebook Allows Google to Index its App, Facebook Testing New Donate Button, Facebook Allows Targeting of Holiday Shoppers, Facebook Messenger Gets Website Plug-in, Google Testing Ads to Stream Apps and Facebook Testing Selling Concert Tickets on Event Pages.

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