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.

This week’s headlines: Facebook Testing New Smartphone Payment Option, YouTube Cleaning Up Comments Through Google+, Twitter Adding Push Notifications Features, Google Brings Updates to Search and Pinterest Launches Rich Pins for Publishers.

The week’s news quick hits: LinkedIn Fights Back Against Lawsuit, Facebook Brings iOS IDFAs to Custom Audiences, CBS Joins Twitter’s Amplify Program, Twitter Partners with NFL as Part of Amplify Program, Facebook Launches ‘Edit Post’ Feature and ‘Sponsored Jobs’ Move to LinkedIn’s Feed.