Episode 306

This week’s headlines: Facebook Shutting Down M, Facebook Launching Home Speaker, Data Leak from Snapchat Shows Less Engaged User Base and Facebook Releases News Feed Update to the Detriment of Publishers.

The week’s news quick hits: Google Assistant Coming to Vehicles, Hulu Releases Subscriber Numbers and Fox Sports Going Live on Twitter for World Cup.

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Episode 275

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 261

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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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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