Episode 299

This week’s headlines: Facebook Testing Separate Tab for Publisher Content, Twitter Moves Toward MRC Accreditation, Snapchat Allows for Link Sharing from iOS Share Sheet and Instagram Lets Two People Go Live at Once.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Testing Pinterest-Like Sharing Option Called Sets, Twitter Releases Calendar of Safety Policy Changes, Messenger Gets PayPal Payments, Amazon Accepting Takeout Orders, LinkedIn Launches Smart Replies to Help Users Clear Their Inboxes, Gmail Adds New Productivity Tools, Twitter Misreports User Numbers and Amazon Key Launches.

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Episode 294

This week’s headlines: Instagram Revisits Approach to Auto-Play Videos with Sound, Pandora Rewards Users for Viewing Ads, Facebook Gives Ad Targeting More Human Oversight and Facebook Allows Targeting for Store Visits.

The week’s news quick hits: Airbnb Lets Users Book Tables, Pinterest Makes Pin Collective Self Serve, Spotify Launches Ad Studio, Twitter Launches Popular Articles and Instagram Adds Stickers to Live Broadcasts.

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Episode 266

This week’s headlines: Snapchat Gears Up for IPO, Snapchat Lets Advertisers Buy Ads Based on Nielsen Digital Rankings, Facebook Updating Trending Topics, Facebook Testing Prominent Ads on Messenger, Explore Tab Makes Debut on Twitter and Facebook Updates News Feed Algorithm to Emphasize Long Videos.

The week’s news quick hits: Google Voice Gets First Update in Five Years, Twitter Launches Vine Archive, Tumblr Adds Stickers and Filters, Instagram Live Stories Rolling Out Globally, Facebook Tests Its Version of Stories, Google Purges Fake News Publishers from Advertising Platform, Facebook Updates Privacy Basics Page, Facebook Supports Physical USB Keys for Authentication and Twitter Joins Instagram.

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