Episode 284

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Gets Hollywood Involved in Long-Form Content, Facebook Ads Get Slew of New Updates In Time for Holiday Planning, Snapchat Makes Geofilters Easier to Make and Facebook Messenger Elevates Bots in Discover Tab.

The week’s news quick hits: Tech Companies Partner to Fight Violent Extremism, Messenger Adds Filters to Video Chats, Posts on Google Expands to Local Businesses, YouTube Measurement Program Goes Live, Uber Allows Users to Order Rides for Others, Facebook Hits 2 Billion User Milestone, Google Tests VR Ad Format, Pinterest Rolls Out Security Protections, Pandora Focuses on US Market, Instagram Tests Nested Comments, YouTube’s Uptime Removes Invite-Only Limitation, Instagram Launches Comment Filters, Twitch Allows Live Streaming from Mobile Devices and AMC Launches Commercial-Free Platform.

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Episode 272

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Potentially Launching “Spotlight Module,” Facebook Updates How Messenger Bots Work, Facebook Provides Advertisers Cross-Platform Stats in New Dashboard, Twitter Allowing Advertisers to Buy Video Like TV and Facebook Launches Messenger Day.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Rolls Out Fake News Callouts on Posts, Facebook Testing Reactions in Messenger, Twitch Launches Content Feed Called Pulse, Instagram Launches Geostickers, Microsoft Shuts Down Socl, Twitter Adds Analytics to Moments, Pinterest Acquires Jelly and Facebook Launches 360 App.

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Episode 258

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Acquires CrowdTangle, Snapchat and Foursquare Ink Deal, Pinterest Launches Autoplay Video and Explore Hub, Twitter Implements Moderation Controls and Facebook Updating Measurement.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook and Google Restrict Fake News Sites, Facebook Launches Unified Messages App, Facebook Testing Objective-Based Status Update Feature,  WhatsApp Launches Video Calling, Twitter Monetizes NBA Live Shows, Snap Secretly Files for IPO, Twitter Launches QR Codes for Accounts, Facebook Adds New Custom Audience Targeting Parameters, Atlas Discontinues Serving Ads, Facebook Rolls Out Bot Analytics and Airbnb Launches More Robust Travel Services.

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Episode 243

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Events are Getting Human Curation, Twitter Launches Stickers, LinkedIn Launches Programmatic Buying, Pinterest Adds New Shopping Bag Feature for Online Transactions and Facebook’s News Feed Algorithm Gets Another Update.

The week’s news quick hits: Foursquare Location Data Integrating into Twitter, Facebook Testing New Page Layout, Facebook Launches New Slideshow Feature, Facebook Launches New Share and Save Chrome Buttons, Twitter Launches Dashboard App for Small Businesses, Twitter Hires VR Director, Facebook Audience Network Advertisers Can Now Block Ads from Running on Certain Sites, Facebook Rolls Out Fundraising Button for Users and Facebook Gives More Updates on Chatbots. 

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Episode 234

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This week’s headlines: Facebook May Soon Be Launching Camera App, YouTube Launches Six-Second Ads, Twitter Reports Disappointing Q1 Earnings but Shows Bright Spots, Facebook Continues to be on a Roll in Q1 Earnings and Twitter Moves to News Section of iTunes.

The week’s news quick hits: Snapchat Launches Update to Face Swap, Twitter Allows Users to Report Multiple Tweets in One Report, YouTube Improves Mobile Recommendation Engine, Snapchat Users Watch 10 Billion Videos Per Day, LinkedIn Reports Q1 Earnings and Biz Stone Relaunches Jelly.

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Episode 233

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This week’s headlines: F8 Shows Facebook’s Vision for Its Future, Facebook Launching Live-Video In-Stream Ads, Instagram Launches Personalized Video Feed, YouTube Launches 360-Degree Live Video Streaming and Pinterest Updates Mobile App for Speed.

The week’s news quick hits: Drawing on Streams Coming to Periscope, Trending Searches Tested in Google Search Bar, Facebook Messenger Testing Sponsored Messages, Vine Launches ‘Watch’ Feature, Twitter Introduces Ad Groups, Shazam Launches Shazam for Brands, Facebook Makes Video Ad Buys More Like Television, Facebook Messenger Rolls Out Group Calling and Facebook Algorithm Cuts Back on Link Bait.

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