Episode 285

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Restricting Reach of Link Over-Sharers, Snapchat Launches New Features Including Links and Facebook Testing Group Video Chat.

The week’s news quick hits: Apple News Relaxing Ad Tech Restrictions, Facebook Testing Descriptions in Page Cover Images, Facebook’s Find WiFi Feature Expands Globally, Facebook Announces Two New Shows, Instagram Stories Get Photo and Video Replies, Venmo Testing Physical Payment Card and Google Launches Native Ads for AdSense Publishers.

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Episode 278

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This week’s headlines: Google Gets Into Programmatic TV, Snapchat Continues to Make Ad Buying Easier with Geofilters, Facebook and Google Continue Push Against Fake News and Twitter Shows It Can Grow Its Users.

The week’s news quick hits: Pinterest Like Button Being Phased Out, LinkedIn Launches Matched Audiences Ad Retargeting Capabilities, LinkedIn Hits Half a Billion Users, Twitch Gives Creators More Ways to Monetize Content, Twitter Planning to Go Live 24/7 in the Future, Facebook Improves Pixel Tracking and Alphabet Reports Strong Earnings.

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Episode 277

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This week’s headlines: Snapchat Launching Self-Serve Snap Ads, Facebook F8 is All About the Camera, AR and VR, Facebook Sets Sights Beyond Its Core and Snapchat Launches World Lenses.

The week’s news quick hits: Instagram Launches Collections, Steve Balmer Re-Emerges with New Organization Focused on Government Spending, Tumblr Launches Cabana, F8 Includes Updates to Facebook Analytics, Twitter Launches In-Stream Video Ads and Google Developing Browser with Ad Blocking Built In.

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Episode 276

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Steps Up Push Against Fake News by Paying Fact Checkers, YouTube Restricts Paid Creators to Those with 10,000 or More Views, Instagram Direct Gets Snapchat-Inspired Upgrade and Snapchat Launches Snap to Store.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Tests Groups Feature on Pages, Google Displays Fact-Checking Tags on Search Results, Facebook Puts CTA Units on Instant Articles, Periscope Lets Brands Create Custom Hearts, Messenger Hits Another User Milestone and Instagram Stories Hits 200 Million Users.

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Episode 275

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This week’s headlines: Snapchat Launches Search for Stories, Amazon Inks Deal to Stream Thursday Night NFL Games While Twitter Focuses on Its TV Future, Facebook Rolls out More Features for Digital Assistant M, Facebook Updated Delivery Insights Dashboard and Snapchat Makes Moves to Court Advertisers.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Removes Default Egg Profile Pic, Google Partners with Ad Verification Companies to Protect Brands, YouTube Updates “Sensitive Subject Exclusions” List, Amazon Launches Amazon Cash, Twitch Selling Games in Streams, Twitter Allows Customer Service Teams to Get Customer Locations, Reddit Updates Self-Serve Ad Platform, Facebook Works to Curb Revenge Porn, YouTube TV Goes Live, Twitter Launches Twitter Lite, Facebook Launches Freemium Version of Workplace and Pinterest Hits Another User Milestone.

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Episode 274

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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 273

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This week’s headlines: YouTube Takes Steps to Protect Advertisers from Offensive Placements, YouTube Simplifies Ad Metrics, Reddit Launches Profiles, Instagram Expands Shopping Tags to More Businesses and Live Streaming Gets More Competitive.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Launches New Troll-Prevention Tools, Google Launches Hangouts Business Products, Facebook Strikes Deal with MLS to Stream Games, Twitter Updates Gnip Firehose to Provide Like Data, Facebook Explicitly Prohibits Use of Data for Surveillance, YouTube Annotations Editor Shutting Down, Instagram Lets Users Save Live Videos, Instagram Reaches 1 Million Advertisers Milestone, Apple Launches Clips, Facebook Audience Network Can Now Be Leveraged with Header Bidding, Google Maps Users Can Share Their Locations with Others, LinkedIn Rolls Out Trending Storylines, Instagram Testing Offline Mode and Foursquare Analytics Opens Up to More Brands.

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Episode 272

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Potentially Launching “Spotlight Module,” Facebook Updates How Messenger Bots Work, Facebook Provides Advertisers Cross-Platform Stats in New Dashboard, Twitter Allowing Advertisers to Buy Video Like TV and Facebook Launches Messenger Day.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Rolls Out Fake News Callouts on Posts, Facebook Testing Reactions in Messenger, Twitch Launches Content Feed Called Pulse, Instagram Launches Geostickers, Microsoft Shuts Down Socl, Twitter Adds Analytics to Moments, Pinterest Acquires Jelly and Facebook Launches 360 App.

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Episode 271

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This week’s headlines: Google Removing 30-Second Unskippable Ads, Pinterest Launches Labs, YouTube is Launching TV Streaming Service and Instagram Launches Sponsored Stories.

The week’s news quick hits: YouTube Users Watch 1 Billion Hours of Content Per Day, Twitter Launches Top Comments for Live Streams, Snap Looking Into Launching a Drone, Periscope Launches Closed Groups, Line Launching Voice Assistant for the Home, Medium Launches Series, Facebook Adds Suicide Prevention Tools to Live, Foursquare Launches Location SDK, Twitter Adds New Safety Filters and Snap Inc. Closes Its First Day of Trading.

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Episode 270

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This week’s headlines: WhatsApp Launches Disappearing Photos and Videos, Instagram Launches Albums and Facebook Introducing Commercial Breaks Into Video Content.

The week’s news quick hits: Snap Inc. Selling Spectacles Online, Amazon Lowers Free Shipping Minimum, YouTube Introduces Advertising Audits, Twitter Lets Brands Personalize Customer Service, Facebook Rolls Out Updated Emojis, Users Can Add Flags to Facebook Profile Photos and Google Allo is Getting a Desktop App.

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