Episode 265

This week’s headlines: Pinterest Rolling Out Ad Groups, Twitter Sells Fabric to Google, Snapchat Launches Sequential Video, Twitter Shutting Down the Buy Button and Snapchat Launching Big Update and Updated Search Bar.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Not Renewing Live Agreements with Publishers, Facebook Launching Paris-Based Startup Incubator, Google+ Gets New Features, Twitter Makes Short Videos Loop, YouTube Testing Messaging Videos in Canada and LinkedIn Overhauls Desktop Experience.

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Episode 212

Hosts: Taylor Wiegert (www.twitter.com/twiegert) and Kevin Dugan (www.twitter.com/prblog)

This week’s headlines: Google to Allow Brands to Target their Customer Databases, Facebook Lets Advertisers Buy Video Like TV, Facebook’s New Notes are Here, Twitter Expands Buy Button and Facebook Updates How Profile Updates Display.

The week’s news quick hits: LinkedIn Launches Employee Advocacy Platform Called Elevate, YouTube Launches Shopping Ads and Twitter Considering Removal of 140-Character Limit in Tweets.

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Episode 210

This week’s headlines: Google and Twitter Introduce their Own Version of Instant Articles, Twitter Steps Up Its Commerce Game, Pinterest Hits 100 Million Users and Works to Attract Advertisers and Facebook Working on Alternatives to the Like Button.

The week’s news quick hits: Snapchat Users Can Now Pay for Replays, Facebook Testing Read Receipts on Event Invites, Facebook to Offer Option to Pay Only if 100% of it is Viewed On-Screen, Facebook Launches Curation Tool for Journalists and NFL Partners with Snapchat.

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Episode 206

This week’s headlines: Facebook Launches Event Live Streams, Facebook Giving Page Managers More Options to Message Fans, Video Streaming Comes to Facebook and Instagram Launches Ads API Partner Program.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Testing Buy and Sell Button, Facebook Tweaks News Feed for Serial Hiders, Reddit Makes Updates to Content Policy and Twitter Expanding Launch of Buy Buttons.

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Episode 198

This week’s headlines: Google Now Displaying Tweets in Search Results, Twitter Launches Objective-Based Campaigns for All, YouTube Adds Buy Button to Videos and Instagram Looks to Engage Users with Highlight Emails.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Wants Games on Messenger, Reddit Unveils Harassment Policy, YouTube Kids App Serving Questionable Content, LinkedIn Provides Deeper Content Analytics, Spotify Launches New Multimedia Features, Facebook Acquires Tugboat Yards, Facebook Messenger Reminds You Who Senders Are, Periscope Comes to Android, Twitter Makes Amplify Easier for Advertisers and Google Holds Developer Conference.

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Episode 188

This week’s headlines: Facebook Offers Tools for Group Selling, Twitter Acquires Influencer Network, Facebook Adding Relevance Scores to Ads and Pinterest Removes Affiliate Links.

The week’s news quick hits: Google Acquires Odysee, Yelp Acquires Eat24, Facebook Launches Legacy Contact Feature, Pinterest May Be Launching ‘Buy’ Button this Year, Pinterest Introduces App Pins, Facebook Relaunches Preferred Marketing Developer Program with New Name, Reddit Lets Community Choose Charity to Receive more than $800,000 and Facebook Lets Users Add Stickers to Photos.

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Episode 176

This week’s headlines: Snapchat Debuts its First Ad, Foursquare Unveils First Ad Campaign, Tumblr Ad Performance Revealed in Yahoo Earnings Report, Twitter Pitches Fabric to Developers and Facebook Launches New App Called Rooms.

The week’s news quick hits: Flickr Launches Its First iPad App, Twitter Plans 2015 Rollout for Buy Button, Foursquare Launches Video Ad to Promote Messenger, Tsu Promises to Share Revenue with Content Creators, Groupon Unveils Pages, Google Launches Inbox and Ello Becomes a Public Benefit Corporation.

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Episode 170

This week’s headlines: Twitter Buy Button Coming This Year, Amazon Acquires Twitch, Facebook Cracks Down on Clickbait Content with Algorithm Update, Pinterest Rolls Out Deeper Analytics for Brands and Faceboook Brings Post Search to Mobile.

The week’s news quick hits: Yahoo Rolls Out Content Recommendation Box, Secret Works to Improve User Behavior, Snapchat Reaches $10 Billion Valuation, Facebook Ads Can Now Be Targeted Based on Cell PHone Signal, Twitter Opens Access to Analytics Dashboard to All Users, Google Removes Authorship from Search Results, Quora Launches Its First iPad App and Facebook Updates Event Ads and Pages.

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Episode 166

This week’s headlines: Twitter Upgrades Analytics Dashboard, LinkedIn Acquires Newsle, Google+ Removes Real Name Requirement, Snapchat Introduces Geofilters, Facebook Tests Buy Button and Twitter Acquires Payments Platform.

The week’s news quick hits: Secret Launches Collections and Facebook Friend Integration, Line Files for IPO, Facebook Launches Out-App Purchase Ads, Facebook Ads Manager Goes Mobile and Pinterest Allows Users to Follow their Interests.

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