Episode 204

This week’s headlines: Instagram Brings Search to Desktop, Facebook Gives Brands More Video Tools and Twitter Allows Advertisers to Buy Around Events Ahead of Time.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Experiments with Related Videos, Google+ Photos Shutting Down, Twitter Removes Custom Backgrounds, Yahoo Advertising Showing Rebound, Twitter Launches Safety Center and Pinterest Adds Save for Later Feature.

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Episode 192

This week’s headlines: Facebook Launches Scrapbooks to Help Parents Share Photos, Twitter Plans to Put Ads on User Profiles, Facebook Launches New App Called Riff, YouTube Launches More Interactive TrueView Ads, Facebook Messenger Comes to Desktop and LinkedIn Acquires Lynda.com.

The week’s news quick hits: YouTube Testing 4K Resolution, Facebook Launching Test for Internet-Disseminating Drones this Summer, Vine Improves Video Resolution, Twitter Releases Curator Tool for Media Companies, Facebook Breaching EU Tracking Laws, Facebook Introduces Event Subscribe Button, Instagram Adds New Editing Features, Complaint Filed with FTC Regarding YouTube Kids, YouTube Preps for Subscription Service and Twitter Removes Discover Tab.

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Episode 187

This week’s headlines: Twitter Tests Instant Timeline, Twitter Selling Ads on Flipboard and Yahoo Japan, Google to Display Tweets in Search Results Again, LinkedIn Wraps Up Big Quarter and Twitter’s Q4 Earnings Don’t Impress Wall Street.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Uses Real People to Optimize News Feeds, WhatsApp Launches Voice Calls in India, YouTube Testing Videos with Multiple Angles, Twitter Opens R&D Center in India and Instagram Adds Looping Videos.

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Episode 157

This week’s headlines: Amazon Launches #AmazonCart, Facebook Announces Video Metrics, Twitter Shares Slide as Lockup Ends, Twitter Introduces Language Targeting for Ad Products and Tumblr Launches Mobile Customization Features.

The week’s news quick hits: John McAfee Releases Secure Messaging App, LinkedIn Introduces Different Ads for Language Preferences, Twitter Makes Deal with Exclusive South Africa Ad Partner, App.net Reports Revenue Viability, LinkedIn Announces CardMunch Shutdown and Twitter Expands One-Click Video Ads to More Advertisers.

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