Episode 290

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Host: Taylor Wiegert (www.twitter.com/twiegert)

This week’s headlines: Instagram Testing Live Video Collaboration, Pinterest Adds Third Party Verification to Video, Facebook Launches Video Tab and Snapchat’s Quarterly Earnings Not Encouraging.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Aims to Minimize Accidental Clicks, YouTube Introduces Video Sharing, Disney Sets Sights on Live Video Streaming, Google Notifies Publishers that they Need to Remove Certain Ads and Foursquare Emphasizes Personal Logging in Latest Update.

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Episode 281

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This week’s headlines: Sponsored World Lenses are Here, Instagram Adds Selfie Filters and Google I/O Doesn’t Skimp on Announcements.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Curbing Live Videos that Aren’t Live, Bing Highlighting Bots in Search Results, Biz Stone is Back with Twitter, Promoted Pins Tie into Pinterest Lens, Facebook Comes Forward with Measurement Error, You Won’t Believe What Facebook’s Doing with Click-Bait Posts, Facebook Integrates App Notifications and Twitter Adds Your Data Section.

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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 265

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This week’s headlines: Pinterest Rolling Out Ad Groups, Twitter Sells Fabric to Google, Snapchat Launches Sequential Video, Twitter Shutting Down the Buy Button and Snapchat Launching Big Update and Updated Search Bar.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Not Renewing Live Agreements with Publishers, Facebook Launching Paris-Based Startup Incubator, Google+ Gets New Features, Twitter Makes Short Videos Loop, YouTube Testing Messaging Videos in Canada and LinkedIn Overhauls Desktop Experience.

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Episode 262

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Announces New Data Inaccuracies, Instagram Launches Several New Features for the Holidays, Facebook Launches New Live Features for Verified Users, Snapchat Launches Filter Games, Snapchat Using Machine Learning for Ad Targeting and Twitter and Periscope Launch 360-Degree Live Video Streaming.

The week’s news quick hits: Vine’s Back as Camera App, Messenger Gets Group Video Chat, Twitter Search Now Sorted by Relevance, Snap Inc. Acquires Flite, Snapchat Partners with Disney-ABC for Original Series, Twitter Tests Breaking News Push Notifications, Facebook Launches Live Audio, Twitter Reports Ad Metric Error and Snap Inc. Acquires Augmented Reality Startup.

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Episode 261

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Reports More Measurement Discrepancies, Instagram Live Becomes Available to All Users, Snapchat Adds Four New Features, Twitter Adds Periscope Streaming to Core App, Facebook Launching Massive Update to Messenger’s Camera and Facebook Launches Effort to Fight Fake News.

The week’s news quick hits: A Slimmed Down Moments App Comes to Desktop, Facebook Launches Live 360 Videos, Snapchat Inks Slew of New Discover Deals, Flipboard Launches Promoted Roundup Editorial Ad Unit, Facebook Events App Available for Android, Instagram Launches Post Saving Feature, Instagram Reaches 600 Million Users, Facebook Testing Suggestions for M Virtual Assistant, Facebook Notifying Pages to Remove Snapcodes as Page Profile Pictures, Twitch Launches IRL Content Category, Yahoo Hit by Second Security Breach Affecting 1 Billion Users and Amazon Unbundles Prime Video.

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This week’s headlines: Instagram Lays Groundwork for Live Streaming, Facebook Unrolls Filters, and Twitter Reports Q3 Earnings and Shuts Down Vine.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Relaxes Content Policy, PayPal Becomes Payment Option on Messenger, Rewarded Video Becomes Available Across MoPub Marketplace, and Facebook Tests “Masks."

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This week’s headlines: Google Tests +Post Ads, Twitter Developing ‘Log Out’ Version for Developing Markets, Twitter Allows Users to Send Pics in DMs and Instagram Launches Instagram Direct.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Tests ‘Sympathize’ Button, Facebook Unrolls Auto-Play for Natively Uploaded Videos, Twitter Allows Advertisers to Schedule Tweets One Year in Advance, Facebook Hires AI Expert, Twitter Forms Partnership to Improve Location in Tweets, Facebook Delays News Feed Redesign, Updated Facebook Buttons Now Available for All Pages, Twitter Expands Keyword Targeting, Facebook Joining S&P 500 and Live YouTube Streaming Available to All Users.