Episode 158

This week’s headlines: Pinterest Launches First Promoted Pins Campaigns, Twitter Rolls Out Mute Button, Yelp Launches Reservation Tool and Foursquare Launches Swarm.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Removes Poke and Camera from App Store, Facebook Considering New Sales Office in China, Facebook Tests Context Cards, Google Glass Gets Foursquare and Pinterest Valued at $5 Billion.

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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.