Happy Memorial Day (to those in the US)! We hope you're having a great weekend. Episode 69 of Brave Ad World has been released, and we have a lot to cover.

This week’s headlines: Microsoft Launches So.Cl, Facebook Faces a Shareholder Lawsuit, Oracle Acquires Vitrue and Facebook Launches an Instagram Competitor (Say What?!).

The week’s news quick hits cover: TBS and Facebook Team-up, Groupon Launching In-Store Payment System, Facebook Tests a Close Friends Feature, Opera Rumored to be Purchased by Facebook and Yahoo Discontinues Livestand.

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Happy Holidays! Hopefully, you're enjoying the holidays with family and friends as you read this. Episode 52 of Brave Ad World is ready for your enjoyment. Check it out because we have a lot to talk about!

This week’s headlines: Quora Follows the Lead of Pinterest with “Boards,” Google+ Makes Big Improvements for Brands, Facebook Sponsored Stories Moving to the News Feed and Digg Taps Facebook’s Open Graph for Easy Sharing.

The week’s news quick hits cover: Facebook’s Timeline Makes Its Way to the iPhone, Microsoft Launches So.cl for Student Collaboration, Facebook Attempts to Explain the Why of Advertising to Users, “Suggested Events” Use Facebook Check-ins to Identify Where You Should Go Next and Twitter Fixes Bugs on TweetDeck.

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Happy holidays! Thank you for listening and sticking with us in 2011. We can't wait to see what 2012 brings.

Brave Ad World - Episode 69

Brave Ad World - Episode 52