Episode 295

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This week’s headlines: YouTube Launches New Tools for Ad Targeting and Creative, Pinterest Opens Up Taste Graph Targeting, Twitter Testing 280-Character Tweet Limit, Amazon Surprises Everyone with More Echo Products and Snapchat Adds New Sponsored World Lenses.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Aims to Determine How TV and Social Work Together for Brand Lift, Snapchat Adds Sky Filters, Instagram Sees Fastest Growth in Users Yet, Facebook Secures Rights for NFL Highlights, Instagram Gives Users More Control Over Who Can Comment on Posts, Vimeo Launches Live Streaming and Facebook Adds New Objective to Drive Users to Messenger.

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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 248

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This week’s headlines: Interstitials Come to Facebook Live, Google AMP Pages Get More Prominence in Search Results, Instagram Launches Stories to Combat Snapchat, Facebook Pages Get New Layout and Capabilities and Facebook Algorithm Cuts Back on Clickbait.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Ads Manger Getting New Features, LinkedIn Launches Videos for Influencers, Snapchat Rolls Out Geostickers, Snapchat and NFL Expand Discover Plans, Twitter Adds Tweet to Unlock to Conversational Ads and Native Video Player Coming to Pinterest.

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Episode 244

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This week’s headlines: Pinterest Focuses on Search, Twitter Dives Into Live Streaming with Wimbledon and Snapchat Launches Memories

The week’s news quick hits: Google Launches My Activity Page, Snapchat’s Users Grow Up, Twitter Adds Former Facebook CTO to Its Board and Messenger Gets Multiple Account Support.

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Episode 232

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This week’s headlines: Twitter and NFL Partner to Live Stream Games, Facebook Live Available to All , Facebook Launches Update to Help Visually Impaired Picture Photos, Facebook Messenger Gets Major Update and Facebook Users Sharing Less.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitch Launches Channel Feed, Snapchat Increases Character Limit, Twitter Makes It Easier to Send Tweets Via Direct Message, WhatsApp Implements End-to-End Encryption, Reddit Updates User Blocking, Promoted Pins Expand Globally, Facebook Removes Brand Content Prohibition from Pages and Reddit Launches App. 

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Episode 210

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This week’s headlines: Google and Twitter Introduce their Own Version of Instant Articles, Twitter Steps Up Its Commerce Game, Pinterest Hits 100 Million Users and Works to Attract Advertisers and Facebook Working on Alternatives to the Like Button.

The week’s news quick hits: Snapchat Users Can Now Pay for Replays, Facebook Testing Read Receipts on Event Invites, Facebook to Offer Option to Pay Only if 100% of it is Viewed On-Screen, Facebook Launches Curation Tool for Journalists and NFL Partners with Snapchat.

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Episode 207

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This week’s headlines: Google Introduces Parent Company Alphabet, Twitter Removes Character Limit from Direct Messages, Facebook Testing News App and Twitter Launches Twitter Audience Platform.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter and the NFL Extend Partnership, Facebook Brings More Features to Audience Network, Twitter Makes Full Archive Search API Available, Periscope Hits 10 Million User Mark, Facebook Providing Cover Photo Options for Events, Foursquare Reveals Updated User Numbers and LinkedIn Launches LookUp.

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Episode 133

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Testing New Smartphone Payment Option, YouTube Cleaning Up Comments Through Google+, Twitter Adding Push Notifications Features, Google Brings Updates to Search and Pinterest Launches Rich Pins for Publishers.

The week’s news quick hits: LinkedIn Fights Back Against Lawsuit, Facebook Brings iOS IDFAs to Custom Audiences, CBS Joins Twitter’s Amplify Program, Twitter Partners with NFL as Part of Amplify Program, Facebook Launches ‘Edit Post’ Feature and ‘Sponsored Jobs’ Move to LinkedIn’s Feed.