Episode 199

This week’s headlines: GIFs Come to Facebook, Pew Research Finds Facebook is Primary Political News Source for Millennials, Instagram Adding CTA Buttons to Ads and Pinterest Launching Buyable Pins.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Sets Up Encryption for Notification Emails, Foursquare Users Soon Able to Order Rides from Uber, Facebook Working on Tool to Help Community Managers Respond, SoundHound Launches Hound Personal Assistant App, Ello Launches ‘Love’ Button, Swarm Allows Users to Message Friends of Friends and Facebook Launches Facebook Lite.

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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 174

This week’s headlines: Attention Focuses on Ello, Facebook Introduces Atlas at Advertising Week, Twitter Working on New Platform for Developers and Facebook Introduces New Research Guidelines.

The week’s news quick hits: Google Introduces New Mobile Ad Units, Hong Kong Protesters Turn to FireChat, Reddit Gets New Round of Funding and Plans to Give Back to Community, LinkedIn Updates Pulse, Facebook Making Changes to Real-Name Policy Following Controversy and LinkedIn Launches Slideshare App.

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