Episode 272

This week’s headlines: Facebook Potentially Launching “Spotlight Module,” Facebook Updates How Messenger Bots Work, Facebook Provides Advertisers Cross-Platform Stats in New Dashboard, Twitter Allowing Advertisers to Buy Video Like TV and Facebook Launches Messenger Day.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Rolls Out Fake News Callouts on Posts, Facebook Testing Reactions in Messenger, Twitch Launches Content Feed Called Pulse, Instagram Launches Geostickers, Microsoft Shuts Down Socl, Twitter Adds Analytics to Moments, Pinterest Acquires Jelly and Facebook Launches 360 App.

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Episode 242

This week’s headlines: Facebook Instant Articles Get More Brand Friendly, Facebook Expands Canvas to Organic Posts, Twitter Giving Users More Seconds of Video, Tumblr Gets Live Streaming Video, Facebook Brings MSQRD Integration to Facebook Live and YouTube App Gets Live Streaming Capabilities.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Acquires Magic Pony, Instagram Has Half a Billion Users, Twitter Launches Analytics App for Power Users, Twitch Launches Friends Feature, Instagram to Offer Automatic Translations, Pinterest Acquires Shopping App Tote, Facebook Brings Reactions to VR, Uber Expands Upfront Pricing and WhatsApp Delivers 100 Million Calls Per Day. 

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Episode 235

This week’s headlines: Instagram Carousel Ad Units Get Video, Pinterest Works to Prove Business Value with Research Partner, Instagram Testing Business Profiles, Twitter Launches Connect Tab and YouTube Launches Breakout Videos.

The week’s news quick hits: Periscope Testing Feature to Save Streams, Facebook Introduces New Reaction, Snapchat’s Ad Rates Go Up and Twitter Working to Improve Search.

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Episode 227

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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Episode 223

This week’s headlines: Twitter Now Has Longer and Skippable Pre-Roll Ads, Facebook’s Mobile Ad Network is Expanding, Facebook on the Verge of Launching Like Button Replacement, Facebook Continues Making Money in 2015 Q4 Earnings and Facebook Launches Live Video.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Undergoes Big Executive Shakeup, Spotify Video Support is Here and UberRUSH Doing Same Day Delivery for Retailers.

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Episode 213

This week’s headlines: Pinterest Expands Buyable Pins, Twitter Launches Moments, Google Launches Accelerated Mobile Pages, Facebook Tests Reactions, Facebook Testing New Shopping Section and Facebook Launches Videos Tab.

The week’s news quick hits: Jack Dorsey Named CEO of Twitter, Facebook Releasing Advertiser Outcome Scores, Reddit Launches Upvoted, Facebook Lead Ads Become Available to All Advertisers, Periscope Launches Embeddable On-Air Buttons, Pinterest Customizes Search by Location, Snapchat Shutting Down Its Own Original Content Channel, Pinterest Updating Place Pins and Facebook Updates On This Day Feature to Give Users More Control.

 

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