Episode 142

This week’s headlines: Twitter Tests Local Feature Called Nearby, Facebook Launches ‘Donate’ Button and Facebook Launches Video Ads. 

The week’s news quick hits: Yammer Adds Tool for Non-Users, Promoted Accounts Go Mobile, Facebook Acquires Sports Stream, YouTube Unveils Roku App, Vine Offers Vanity URLs, Facebook Updates Page Insights with Real-Time Data and Foursquare Gets Another Round of Funding.

Episode 97

This week’s headlines: Foursquare Updates Privacy Policy, Avis Acquires Zipcar, Google Pushes Google+… Hard, Google+ Launches New Mobile App Features, Twitter and Nielsen Partner to Measure Social TV, Instagram Gets in Hot Water Over New Terms and Facebook Takes Another Stab at Location.

The week’s news quick hits cover: Pinterest Makes First Acquisition, Facebook Adds Voice Messages to Messenger, Courts Uphold Scathing Yelp Review, Microsoft Accuses Google of Restricting YouTube Access for Windows Phones, Social Reader Apps Getting Shut Down, YouTube Launches Video Shooting App, Video Ads Coming to Facebook, Are Foursquare and Apple Working Together?, Twitter Launches Downloadable Tweets, Facebook Pauses Mobile Ad Network, Path Introduces Search Function and Facebook Launches Snapchat Competitor.