Episode 126

This week’s headlines: Twitter Clamps Down on Abusive Tweets, Pinterest Introduces User Tracking, Facebook Video Ads Around the Corner and Foursquare Makes Data Available through Ad Targeting Firm.

The week’s news quick hits: Reuters Twitter Account Hacked, Washington Law Banning Employer Requests for Social Media Passwords Goes into Effect, Facebook Launches Publishing Effort, Facebook Launches Embeddable Posts, Twitter Releases Government Request Report, LinkedIn Upgrades Page Analytics, YouTube Announces Top Fans Manager, Facebook Cover Feed No Longer Requires Home and LinkedIn has Strong Q2.

Episode 123

This week’s headlines: Facebook Rolls Out Graph Search, Twitter Introduces Ad Retargeting, Yelp Diversifies with Booking Services, Instagram Allows Embedding of Content, LinkedIn Overhauls Mobile Search and Vine Releases Major Update.

The week’s news quick hits: Google Reader Closes Down, Facebook Hashtags Get Additional Features, Former Xbox Lead Takes Helm at Zynga, Yahoo Acquires Qwiki, Instagram Adds Landscape Mode, Facebook Adds Folders to Home, Twitter Adds Direct Message Syncing, Tumblr Updates Mobile Apps for Content Discovery, Foursquare Now Available for One of World’s Most Popular Phones and Zynga Announces Real-Money Gambling Games for the UK.