Episode 131

This week’s headlines: Facebook Tests LinkedIn Like Professional Skills Section, Instagram Surpasses 150 Million Monthly Users and Teases Ad Plans, Facebook Launches New APIs for News Organizations, Twitter Acquires MoPub and Twitter Files for IPO.

The week’s news quick hits: Yahoo Announces Plans to Release Transparency Report, Google+ Adds Embeddable Posts and More Search Integration, Livefyre Acquires Storify, Apple Introduces New iPhones, Facebook Standardizes Ad Image Sizes, Facebook Launches Video Ad Test and Google+ Adds Photo Editing Tools.

 

Episode 126

This week’s headlines: Twitter Clamps Down on Abusive Tweets, Pinterest Introduces User Tracking, Facebook Video Ads Around the Corner and Foursquare Makes Data Available through Ad Targeting Firm.

The week’s news quick hits: Reuters Twitter Account Hacked, Washington Law Banning Employer Requests for Social Media Passwords Goes into Effect, Facebook Launches Publishing Effort, Facebook Launches Embeddable Posts, Twitter Releases Government Request Report, LinkedIn Upgrades Page Analytics, YouTube Announces Top Fans Manager, Facebook Cover Feed No Longer Requires Home and LinkedIn has Strong Q2.