Episode 269

Hosts: Taylor Wiegert (www.twitter.com/twiegert) and Kevin Dugan (www.twitter.com/prblog)

This week’s headlines: Twitter Cutting Back on Products Offered, Facebook Working to Secure Music Deals and Facebook Moves Deeper into Video.

The week’s news quick hits: Musical.ly Makers Launching Messaging App, Google Maps Gets Sharable Destination Lists, Facebook Secures Soccer Streaming Deal with Univision, Twitter Tests Top Videos for You and Twitter Tests Putting Abusive Users in Timeout.

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Episode 251

This week’s headlines: Snapchat Changes Name to Snap and Sets Vision for the Future, Facebook Updates Canvas, Facebook at Work is Coming, Twitter Moments Can Be Created by All and YouTube Hires Music Executive.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Messenger Now Optional Destination in Facebook Ads, YouTube Launches Heroes Program, Snapchat Announces New User Numbers, Facebook Has 4 Million Advertisers, Twitter Launches Website Conversion Metric, Houseparty Closes in on One Million Users, Periscope Launches VIP Program and Facebook Testing Product Tagging in Page Posts.

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Episode 179

This week’s headlines: Twitter and WAM! Partner to Combat Online Harassment, Facebook Gives Users More Control Over the News Feed, Facebook Messenger Garners 500 Million Users and Twitter Hosts Analysts Day.

The week’s news quick hits: Instagram Lets Users Edit Captions, YouTube Strikes Deal to Pave Way for Music Service, Facebook Creates Tool to Create Video Thank You Cards, Facebook Clears Up Data Policy Language and Facebook Deemphasizes Promotional Posts in News Feeds.

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Episode 163

This week’s headlines: Tumblr Ads Coming to Yahoo, Facebook Officially Launches Slingshot, Snapchat Tests Group-Sharing for Events, Amazon Introduces Its Fire Phone and Twitter Acquires Snappy TV.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Updates iPad App to Showcase Games, Facebook Paper Gets Trending Section, YouTube Pushes Bands into Paid Music Platform, Twitter Offers GIF Support and LinkedIn Launches Job Search App.

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Episode 147

This week’s headlines: Facebook Tests Mobile Graph Search, Twitter Gives User Data to Music Industry, Microsoft Invests in Foursquare, Twitter Reports First Post-IPO Earnings, Pinterest Updates Acceptable Use Policy, LinkedIn Reports Q4 2013 Earnings and Klout Redesigns to Help Users Improve Influence.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Unrolls Web Redesign to Users, Tumblr Enables SSL Encryption, Facebook Turns 10, Twitter Shows Tweet Engagement in Mobile Timelines, YouTube Plans to Audit Videos for Fraudulent Views and Twitter Launches Data Grants.

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