This Week in Social (Week of November 4)

 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: IBM Files Patent Dispute with Twitter, Google Launches Helpouts, Google+ Gets Restricted Communities, i.TV Acquires GetGlue and Twitter Goes Public.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Raises Share Price Ahead of IPO, Microsoft Renews Searchable Tweets Deal with Twitter, Google+ Photos to Display from Callers on Android Devices, Instagram CEO Touts Ad Rollout, Facebook Updates ‘Like’ and ‘Share’ Buttons, Google+ Comments Come to YouTube, Groupon Acquires Ticket Monster and Facebook Tests Star Ratings on Brand Pages.

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