Episode 266

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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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Episode 159

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Developing Snapchat Competitor, Twitter Backs Out of SoundCloud Acquisition, Pinterest Opens Up Business Platform to Developers, Facebook Launches Update to Mobile Apps that Listens to Surroundings and YouTube Working on Deal to Acquire Twitch.

The week’s news quick hits: Google Releases Hangouts Extension for Outlook, Facebook Introduces 'Ask' Button for Relationship Statuses, Facebook Expands Video Ads Outside the United States, LinkedIn Launches "How You Rank" Feature, Facebook Helps Users with Privacy Settings and Restaurants Can Now Add Menus to Facebook Pages.

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Episode 135

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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.

Episode 111

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Addresses Privacy Concerns for Home, Foursquare Launches Version 6.0, Facebook Expands Ad Targeting Capabilities and LinkedIn Acquires Pulse.

The week’s news quick hits cover: Evernote Launches New Productivity Features, Vine Introduces Trends, GM Comes Back to Facebook with Ad Campaign, Tumblr  Shuts Down Storyboard, LinkedIn Upgrades Recruiter Platform, Google Places Dashboard is Upgraded, Twitter Confirms We Are Hunted Acquisition and Facebook Adds Emoticons.

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This week’s headlines: Twitter Acquires BlueFin Labs, Facebook Launching Location-Sharing App, Facebook to Make Ads More Transparent for Users, Instagram Brings Content to the Web and LinkedIn Launching Sponsored Posts.

The week’s news quick hits cover: Pinterest Updates iOS App, Super Bowl Breaks Social Interactions Record, Zynga’s Future Still Holds [Some] Promise, Pinterest Eyes $2.5 Billion Valuation, Tumblr Rolls Out Real-Time Notifications, Twitter Streamlines Discover Tab on Mobile App, Google+ Updates Hangouts for Low-Bandwidth Users, Twitter Search Reveals Older Tweets and Facebook Deletes Facial Recognition Data in Europe.

Episode 97

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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.

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This week’s headlines: Twitter Launches Photo Filters, Pinterest Gets Cozy with Twitter, Flickr Launches Photo Filters and Facebook Changes Privacy Controls.

The week’s news quick hits cover: Bing Expands Snapshot Feature, Facebook Gifts for All, Facebook VP Confirms Instagram Will Be Monetized, Foursquare Updates Venue Pages for Android, Twitter Allows Advertisers to Further Leverage Trending Topics and Twitter Introduces New Keyword Targeting Tools.

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Evolves Privacy Policy, Facebook Plants Seeds for External Ad Network, Tumblr Hits List of Top 10 U.S. Networks, Google+ Integerates with Google Play Store Reviews and PeopleBrowsr Sues Twitter Over Firehose Access.

The week’s news quick hits cover: Facebook Stocks Jump More than 8%, Google+ VP Calls Out Facebook, Twitter CEO Maintains Promise of Downloadable Tweets and Zynga and Facebook Distance Themselves from Each Other.