Episode 263

This week’s headlines: Auto-Captioning for Facebook Videos Coming to All US Pages, Medium Moves Away from Ad-Driven Revenue Stream and Facebook Hires Head of News Partnerships.

The week’s news quick hits: Vine’s Date for Shutdown is Set and Twitter to Live Stream Golden Globes Red Carpet.

Read More

Episode 231

This week’s headlines: Video Ads Closer to Becoming a Reality on Pinterest, Instagram Updates Website with Notifications, Twitter Testing Stickers, Google Building Livestreaming App, Instagram Allows for 60-second Videos, Pinterest Launches How-To Pins and Snapchat Launches Chat 2.0.

The week’s news quick hits: Google Photos Gets Smart Albums, Facebook Alerting Users Being Mimicked, Snapchat Launches Video Captions, Snapchat Acquires Bitstrips, Twitter Adds Ability to Add Alternative Text to Images, Tumblr Brings Back Replies, Facebook Messenger Shows Signs of Offering In-Store Purchase Services, Snapchat Updates Privacy Policy, Chatbots Coming to Skype and Twitter Launches Universal Website Conversion Tagging.

Read More

Episode 225

This week’s headlines: Users Protest for Algorithmic Feed on Twitter, Twitter Launches First View Ads, Twitter Reports Disappointing Earnings, Facebook to Start Automatically Captioning Videos and Instagram to Start Reporting Video View Counts.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Suspends Suspected Extremist Accounts, Instagram Account Switching Rolls Out, Google Launches AMP, Viacom Makes Deal to Sell Snapchat Advertising, Vine Lets Users Edit Posts, Twitter Starts Trust & Safety Council and Facebook Messenger SMS and Multi-Account Support Comes to Android. 

Read More

Episode 179

This week’s headlines: Twitter and WAM! Partner to Combat Online Harassment, Facebook Gives Users More Control Over the News Feed, Facebook Messenger Garners 500 Million Users and Twitter Hosts Analysts Day.

The week’s news quick hits: Instagram Lets Users Edit Captions, YouTube Strikes Deal to Pave Way for Music Service, Facebook Creates Tool to Create Video Thank You Cards, Facebook Clears Up Data Policy Language and Facebook Deemphasizes Promotional Posts in News Feeds.

Read More