This Week in Social is a weekly digest of some of the biggest stories in social media marketing news. These stories are the show notes for the Brave Ad World Podcast. Each story is discussed at a deeper level on the podcast.

This week’s headlines: Twitter Upgrades Analytics Dashboard, LinkedIn Acquires Newsle, Google+ Removes Real Name Requirement, Snapchat Introduces Geofilters, Facebook Tests Buy Button and Twitter Acquires Payments Platform.

The week’s news quick hits: Secret Launches Collections and Facebook Friend Integration, Line Files for IPO, Facebook Launches Out-App Purchase Ads, Facebook Ads Manager Goes Mobile and Pinterest Allows Users to Follow their Interests.