Episode 267

This week’s headlines: Facebook Testing for Launch of Promoted Animated Masks, Pinterest Rolls Out New Search Product, Snapchat Makes Ad Buying Easier, Facebook Launching Video App, Instagram Testing Multi-Photo Albums and Snap Inc. Files for IPO.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitch Breaks E-Sports Record, Walmart Offers Free Two-Day Shipping to Compete with Amazon, Apple Breaks iPhone Sales Record, Twitter Testing Video View Counts, Measurement Companies Partner with Facebook, Google Launches Fast-Loading Ads with Cloudflare, Lego Launches Social Network for Kids, Snapcodes Can Be Created for Any Website, Facebook Algorithm Takes Additional Steps to Bury Fake News and Snapchat Lenses May Expand to Work on Landscapes. 

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Episode 208

This week’s headlines: Facebook Tests GIFs on Select Brand Pages, Twitter Blocks Services that Save Deleted Political Tweets, Google Launches Twitch Competitor, Facebook’s Digital Assistant Gets Closer to Being Real and Instagram Allows for Portrait and Landscape Images.

The week’s news quick hits: Mashable and Vox to Join Snapchat Discover, Google Displays Tweets in Desktop Search Results, Facebook Adds Donate Now CTA to Non-Profit Pages and Facebook Cracks Down on Pirated Video Content. 

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