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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 288

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Working on Listening Assistant, Twitter Users Decline in US with Daily Active Users Up, Six-Second Video Ads Coming to Facebook and Twitter Launching $99 Subscription.

The week’s news quick hits: Group M Considers Changes to Viewability Standards, YouTube Shuts Down On-Site Video Editing Tools, Nielsen to Measure Hulu and YouTube in Ratings, Facebook Acquires Content Recognition Company Source3, Google Reports Successful Q2 Earnings, Twitter Adds More Notifications to Notifications, Facebook Original Shows Coming Mid-August, Facebook Reports Q2 Earnings, LinkedIn Launches Website Demographics and Messenger Adds Five New CTA Buttons.

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This week’s headlines: Snapchat Gears Up for IPO, Snapchat Lets Advertisers Buy Ads Based on Nielsen Digital Rankings, Facebook Updating Trending Topics, Facebook Testing Prominent Ads on Messenger, Explore Tab Makes Debut on Twitter and Facebook Updates News Feed Algorithm to Emphasize Long Videos.

The week’s news quick hits: Google Voice Gets First Update in Five Years, Twitter Launches Vine Archive, Tumblr Adds Stickers and Filters, Instagram Live Stories Rolling Out Globally, Facebook Tests Its Version of Stories, Google Purges Fake News Publishers from Advertising Platform, Facebook Updates Privacy Basics Page, Facebook Supports Physical USB Keys for Authentication and Twitter Joins Instagram.

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This week’s headlines: App-Install Ads Coming to Snapchat, Snapchat Lets Users Create Their Own Geofilters, Google Removing Right Rail Ads for Desktop and Facebook Launches Reactions.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Announces VR Team, Facebook Launches Birthday Videos, Foursquare Launches Attribution Powered by Foursquare, Instagram has 200,000 Advertisers, Facebook Canvas Launches and Nielsen to Measure Snapchat Video Ads.

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This week’s headlines: Nielsen Introduces Twitter TV Ratings, Twitter Focuses on Mobile on Homepage, Facebook Streamlines Ad Creation Process, Facebook Rolls Out New Page Insights and Facebook Removes Timeline Lookup Privacy Setting.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Expands Social TV Reports to Overseas Broadcasters, Twitter Launches Update for Windows Phone, Flickr for iOS Gets Auto-Upload Feature, Twitter and Comcast Launch ‘See It’ Feature, Instagram Updates iOS and Android Apps and Foursquare Updates with Real-Time Recommendations.

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Launches Revamped News Feed, Facebook Defends Its Newsfeed Algorithm… Again, Twitter and Nielsen Launch Survey Tool, Tumblr Launching Mobile Ads, Google+ Gets Design Overhaul and Path Adds Monetization Features.

The week’s news quick hits cover: Twitter Announces Tweetdeck’s Demise, YouTube May be Planning Music Service, 15 Million Businesses have Facebook Pages, Highlight Updates to Add Photos and Events, Twitter iOS Update Removes Video Services, Twitter Updates Mobile Search and Quora Now Includes Reviews.

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This week’s headlines: LinkedIn Updates Job Search Feature, High-Profile Twitter Accounts are Hacked, Twitter Launches Advertising API and Nielsen Starts Tracking Cord Cutters.

The week’s news quick hits cover: Facebook Threatened with Hacker Attack, Posterous to Shut Down April 30, Bing Upgrades Facebook Photo Search Feature, Pinterest Receives Additional Funding and Facebook Syncs Advertising with Loyalty Programs.

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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.