Episode 301

This week’s headlines: Facebook Lets Brands Add Messenger to Websites, Snapchat Earnings Portend Redesign and Twitter’s 280-Character Limit is Officially Here.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Launches Polls, Instagram Works to Improve Disclosures, Apple Pay Cash Rolling Out in iOS Beta, Instagram Lets All Camera Roll Content Get Added to Stories, Twitter Launches Promote Mode for Small Businesses and Twitter Increases Display Name Character Limit.

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Episode 295

This week’s headlines: YouTube Launches New Tools for Ad Targeting and Creative, Pinterest Opens Up Taste Graph Targeting, Twitter Testing 280-Character Tweet Limit, Amazon Surprises Everyone with More Echo Products and Snapchat Adds New Sponsored World Lenses.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Aims to Determine How TV and Social Work Together for Brand Lift, Snapchat Adds Sky Filters, Instagram Sees Fastest Growth in Users Yet, Facebook Secures Rights for NFL Highlights, Instagram Gives Users More Control Over Who Can Comment on Posts, Vimeo Launches Live Streaming and Facebook Adds New Objective to Drive Users to Messenger.

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Episode 274

This week’s headlines: Facebook Launches New Ad Unit Called Collections, Facebook Clones Snapchat Stories in Core App, Twitter Adds Pre-Roll to Periscope and Pinterest Launches Small Business Program.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Considering Paid Subscription Offering, Google Launching Header Bidding Alternative, Facebook Messenger Unveils Live Locations, Facebook Testing Pages Interactions on Groups, Pinterest Visual Search Powers New Samsung Products and Twitter No Longer Counts Replies in Character Limit.

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Episode 250

This week’s headlines: Apple’s iMessage Store Launches, Twitter’s New Character Limit Update Arrives, Snap to Unlock Ads Make Debut and Facebook Admits to Inflated Video View Metrics.

The week’s news quick hits: Instagram Updates CTA Button, Google Launches New Travel App, Facebook Updates Ads for Retailers, Instagram Launches Comment Moderation Tools for Users, Presidential Debates to be Streamed on Facebook and Twitter, Yahoo Experiences Massive Data Breach and Facebook Encouraging Users to Pay Each Other Back on Messenger. 

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Episode 238

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 237

This week’s headlines: Twitter to Stop Counting Links and Photos in Character Limit, Google Launches Spaces App, Snapchat Algorithm May Be Coming Soon and Google Announces New Hardware at I/O.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Testing Dedicated Periscope Button on Android, Google to Include Ads in Image Search Results, Tumblr Integrates More GIF Functionality into iOS App, Twitter Beta Testing Ads in Third-Party Apps, Facebook Opens Audience Network for Video Ads, Facebook Testing News Feed Categories and Reddit Posts Can Now Be Embedded.

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