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This week’s headlines: Verizon Acquires Yahoo, Reddit Shares Plans to Go Mass and New Ad Offering, Twitter Disappoints in Q2 Earnings, Tumblr to Run Ads on all Blogs, Video Propels Facebook Into Dominant Q2 and Alphabet Reports Excellent Earnings Despite Facebook.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Testing Quick Updates, Attribution Powered by Foursquare Gets Real-Time Dashboard, Instagram Testing Tools for Celebrities to Combat Trolls, Pinterest Hires New Head of Measurement, LinkedIn Acquires PointDrive, Facebook Updates Custom Audiences for Time Spent on Site, Facebook Testing New Video Features, Facebook Launches Birthday Recap Videos and Twitter Stickers Available to All.

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Episode 159

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Developing Snapchat Competitor, Twitter Backs Out of SoundCloud Acquisition, Pinterest Opens Up Business Platform to Developers, Facebook Launches Update to Mobile Apps that Listens to Surroundings and YouTube Working on Deal to Acquire Twitch.

The week’s news quick hits: Google Releases Hangouts Extension for Outlook, Facebook Introduces 'Ask' Button for Relationship Statuses, Facebook Expands Video Ads Outside the United States, LinkedIn Launches "How You Rank" Feature, Facebook Helps Users with Privacy Settings and Restaurants Can Now Add Menus to Facebook Pages.

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This week’s headlines: YouTube’s Google+ Comments Ignite Controversy, Twitter Launches Custom Timelines, Snapchat Turns Down Facebook Acquisition and Pinterest Launches Its First API. 

The week’s news quick hits: Quora Adds Analytics for Contributors, MySpace Announces Layoffs, Vine Comes to Windows Phone, LinkedIn Fully Integrates Pulse, Amazon Adds Facebook Integration, Spotify Makes Social TV Play with Bravo, Twitter Expands Self-Serve Advertising and Facebook Updates Scheduling Posts.

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This week’s headlines: Twitter Acquires BlueFin Labs, Facebook Launching Location-Sharing App, Facebook to Make Ads More Transparent for Users, Instagram Brings Content to the Web and LinkedIn Launching Sponsored Posts.

The week’s news quick hits cover: Pinterest Updates iOS App, Super Bowl Breaks Social Interactions Record, Zynga’s Future Still Holds [Some] Promise, Pinterest Eyes $2.5 Billion Valuation, Tumblr Rolls Out Real-Time Notifications, Twitter Streamlines Discover Tab on Mobile App, Google+ Updates Hangouts for Low-Bandwidth Users, Twitter Search Reveals Older Tweets and Facebook Deletes Facial Recognition Data in Europe.