Episode 259

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Testing Ads to Drive to Live, Instagram Launches New Features to Go Live and Be Ephemeral, Pinterest Updates Business Profiles and Amazon Getting into Header Bidding.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Testing WiFi-Finding Feature, AT&T Launches DirecTV Now, Instagram Launches Correspondents Program for Colleges, Facebook Launches Instant Games, Facebook’s Creative Hub Launches, Netflix Allows for Offline Viewing, Tumblr Enables SSL by Default on All Blogs, YouTube Launches 4K Support for Live Video, Twitter Users Can Create Moments on Mobile and Twitter Brings Reply Rankings to Mobile. 

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Episode 239

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This week’s headlines: Instagram Business Profiles are Official, Periscope Adds Comment Moderation, Instagram’s Algorithm is Here, Pinterest Changes Pin Button to Save and Twitter Brings User Tweets into Ad Carousels.

The week’s news quick hits: MSQRD Launches Filters for Copa America, Instagram Considering Revenue Sharing Deal with Content Creators, Facebook Adds 100 New Emojis to Messenger, Facebook Messenger May Soon Get End-to-End Encryption, Snapchat has 150 Million Daily Users, Facebook Testing New Font, LinkedIn Gives Premium Insights to Users, LinkedIn Launches ProFinder, 72 New Emojis Announced and Facebook Shutting Down Notify. 

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Episode 238

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Releases Continuous Video API and Other Updates for Live, Google Expands Mobile Ads to Maps, Twitter Launches Major Updates to Tweets, Facebook Shutting Down FBX and Expanding Audience Network and Facebook Continues Testing of News Feed Redesign.

The week’s news quick hits: Snapchat Updating Discover Design, Facebook Updates Approach to Trending Topics, Instagram Code Reveals More Information on Business Profiles, Lyft Testing Ride Scheduling, Google Introduces Responsive Format Ads for Display Network, Event Pages Come to YouTube Gaming, Foursquare Launches Restaurant Recommending Chatbot, Snapchat Releases New Stickers to Users, Spotify Allowing Sponsorship of Its Own Playlists and Twitter Cards Now Support Spotify Song Previews.

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Episode 235

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This week’s headlines: Instagram Carousel Ad Units Get Video, Pinterest Works to Prove Business Value with Research Partner, Instagram Testing Business Profiles, Twitter Launches Connect Tab and YouTube Launches Breakout Videos.

The week’s news quick hits: Periscope Testing Feature to Save Streams, Facebook Introduces New Reaction, Snapchat’s Ad Rates Go Up and Twitter Working to Improve Search.

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