This Week in Social (Week of April 8)

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: Facebook Addresses Privacy Concerns for Home, Foursquare Launches Version 6.0, Facebook Expands Ad Targeting Capabilities and LinkedIn Acquires Pulse.

The week’s news quick hits cover: Evernote Launches New Productivity Features, Vine Introduces Trends, GM Comes Back to Facebook with Ad Campaign, Tumblr  Shuts Down Storyboard, LinkedIn Upgrades Recruiter Platform, Google Places Dashboard is Upgraded, Twitter Confirms We Are Hunted Acquisition and Facebook Adds Emoticons.

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Brave Ad World - Episode 106

The latest episode of the Brave Ad World Podcast is here.​

This week’s headlines: Facebook Launches Revamped News Feed, Facebook Defends Its Newsfeed Algorithm… Again, Twitter and Nielsen Launch Survey Tool, Tumblr Launching Mobile Ads, Google+ Gets Design Overhaul and Path Adds Monetization Features.

The week’s news quick hits cover: Twitter Announces Tweetdeck’s Demise, YouTube May be Planning Music Service, 15 Million Businesses have Facebook Pages, Highlight Updates to Add Photos and Events, Twitter iOS Update Removes Video Services, Twitter Updates Mobile Search and Quora Now Includes Reviews.

You can find the latest episode in the podcast section or subscribe via iTunes. However you choose to listen, lease leave a review, contact us on Twitter or send us an email to braveadworld [at] gmail [dot] com.

This Week in Social (Week of March 4)

This week’s headlines: Facebook Launches Revamped News Feed, Facebook Defends Its Newsfeed Algorithm… Again, Twitter and Nielsen Launch Survey Tool, Tumblr Launching Mobile Ads, Google+ Gets Design Overhaul and Path Adds Monetization Features.

The week’s news quick hits cover: Twitter Announces Tweetdeck’s Demise, YouTube May be Planning Music Service, 15 Million Businesses have Facebook Pages, Highlight Updates to Add Photos and Events, Twitter iOS Update Removes Video Services, Twitter Updates Mobile Search and Quora Now Includes Reviews.

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Brave Ad World - Episode 81

Episode 81 of the Brave Ad World Podcast is ready for your listening pleasure.

This week’s headlines: LinkedIn Updates User Profiles, Facebook for iOS Gets Much-Needed Upgrade, Tumblr Loses Twitter Friend-Finding and Facebook Launches Search Ads.

The week’s news quick hits cover: Facebook Becomes Second Most-Popular Video Site, Quora Adds the Ability to Embed Quotes, Amazon to Hold Press Conference on September 6, Facebook Tests Email Look and Feel for Messages and The FTC Wraps Up Facebook and Instagram Deal Investigation.

Check it out on iTunes, or visit the podcast section to copy the URL and subscribe through your preferred podcast player. Do you love the podcast? Maybe you hate it? Leave a review, contact us on Twitter or send us an email to braveadworld [at] gmail [dot] com.

Brave Ad World - Episode 71

Wow... This week was pretty nuts with big stories from E3, security breaches, network launches and tons more.

This week’s headlines: Nintendo Launches Miiverse at E3, Facebook Explores Allowing Kids, Sean Parker Launches Airtime, LinkedIn Has the Worst Day Ever, Foursquare Gets a Major Update and Facebook’s App Center Comes to Mobile Devices.

The week’s news quick hits cover: Instapaper Comes to Android Devices, Twitter Tests Age Verification for Alcohol Brands, Facebook Brings Mobile Ads to Its Self-Serve Tool, Twitter Gets a New Logo, Twitter Better Integrates with Facebook, Bitly Makes Link-Shortening Easy Again and Facebook Rolls Out Mobile Payments System.

Get ready for a news onslaught! Subscribe on iTunes, or visit the podcast section to subscribe through your preferred podcast player. However you choose to listen, let us know what you think!

Leave a review, contact us on Twitter or send us an email to braveadworld [at] gmail [dot] com.