Episode 291

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This week’s headlines: Snapchat Launches Crowd Surf, Facebook Allows for More Flexibility in Placing Videos, Facebook Lets Brands Promote Influencer Posts and Reddit Joins the Autoplay Video Game.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Updates News Feed Design, LinkedIn Launches Active Status on User Profiles, Instagram Gets Threaded Comments, Facebook Tests Targeting Based on Store Visits, Google Maps Gets Q&A for Businesses, Instagram Launches New Way to Reply with Photos, Pinterest Adds Pinch and Zoom to Pins and Amazon Spark Launches.

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Episode 275

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This week’s headlines: Snapchat Launches Search for Stories, Amazon Inks Deal to Stream Thursday Night NFL Games While Twitter Focuses on Its TV Future, Facebook Rolls out More Features for Digital Assistant M, Facebook Updated Delivery Insights Dashboard and Snapchat Makes Moves to Court Advertisers.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Removes Default Egg Profile Pic, Google Partners with Ad Verification Companies to Protect Brands, YouTube Updates “Sensitive Subject Exclusions” List, Amazon Launches Amazon Cash, Twitch Selling Games in Streams, Twitter Allows Customer Service Teams to Get Customer Locations, Reddit Updates Self-Serve Ad Platform, Facebook Works to Curb Revenge Porn, YouTube TV Goes Live, Twitter Launches Twitter Lite, Facebook Launches Freemium Version of Workplace and Pinterest Hits Another User Milestone.

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Episode 273

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This week’s headlines: YouTube Takes Steps to Protect Advertisers from Offensive Placements, YouTube Simplifies Ad Metrics, Reddit Launches Profiles, Instagram Expands Shopping Tags to More Businesses and Live Streaming Gets More Competitive.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Launches New Troll-Prevention Tools, Google Launches Hangouts Business Products, Facebook Strikes Deal with MLS to Stream Games, Twitter Updates Gnip Firehose to Provide Like Data, Facebook Explicitly Prohibits Use of Data for Surveillance, YouTube Annotations Editor Shutting Down, Instagram Lets Users Save Live Videos, Instagram Reaches 1 Million Advertisers Milestone, Apple Launches Clips, Facebook Audience Network Can Now Be Leveraged with Header Bidding, Google Maps Users Can Share Their Locations with Others, LinkedIn Rolls Out Trending Storylines, Instagram Testing Offline Mode and Foursquare Analytics Opens Up to More Brands.

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Episode 247

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This week’s headlines: Verizon Acquires Yahoo, Reddit Shares Plans to Go Mass and New Ad Offering, Twitter Disappoints in Q2 Earnings, Tumblr to Run Ads on all Blogs, Video Propels Facebook Into Dominant Q2 and Alphabet Reports Excellent Earnings Despite Facebook.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Testing Quick Updates, Attribution Powered by Foursquare Gets Real-Time Dashboard, Instagram Testing Tools for Celebrities to Combat Trolls, Pinterest Hires New Head of Measurement, LinkedIn Acquires PointDrive, Facebook Updates Custom Audiences for Time Spent on Site, Facebook Testing New Video Features, Facebook Launches Birthday Recap Videos and Twitter Stickers Available to All.

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Episode 237

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This week’s headlines: Twitter to Stop Counting Links and Photos in Character Limit, Google Launches Spaces App, Snapchat Algorithm May Be Coming Soon and Google Announces New Hardware at I/O.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Testing Dedicated Periscope Button on Android, Google to Include Ads in Image Search Results, Tumblr Integrates More GIF Functionality into iOS App, Twitter Beta Testing Ads in Third-Party Apps, Facebook Opens Audience Network for Video Ads, Facebook Testing News Feed Categories and Reddit Posts Can Now Be Embedded.

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Episode 232

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This week’s headlines: Twitter and NFL Partner to Live Stream Games, Facebook Live Available to All , Facebook Launches Update to Help Visually Impaired Picture Photos, Facebook Messenger Gets Major Update and Facebook Users Sharing Less.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitch Launches Channel Feed, Snapchat Increases Character Limit, Twitter Makes It Easier to Send Tweets Via Direct Message, WhatsApp Implements End-to-End Encryption, Reddit Updates User Blocking, Promoted Pins Expand Globally, Facebook Removes Brand Content Prohibition from Pages and Reddit Launches App. 

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Episode 213

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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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Episode 206

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Launches Event Live Streams, Facebook Giving Page Managers More Options to Message Fans, Video Streaming Comes to Facebook and Instagram Launches Ads API Partner Program.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Testing Buy and Sell Button, Facebook Tweaks News Feed for Serial Hiders, Reddit Makes Updates to Content Policy and Twitter Expanding Launch of Buy Buttons.

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Hosts: Taylor Wiegert (www.twitter.com/twiegert) and Kevin Dugan (www.twitter.com/prblog)

This week’s headlines: Facebook Working on Personal Assistant, Social Networks Gain Larger Share of News Consumption, Google Launches Its Beacon Technology, Reddit CEO Plans Changes and Facebook Testing Storefronts for Businesses.

The week’s news quick hits: Snapchat Gives Stories More Prominence in App, Reddit Working on New Onboarding Process for Users, Twitter Enabling Link Previews for Some Publishers and Google Launches Limited Rollout of Buy Button.

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Episode 198

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This week’s headlines: Google Now Displaying Tweets in Search Results, Twitter Launches Objective-Based Campaigns for All, YouTube Adds Buy Button to Videos and Instagram Looks to Engage Users with Highlight Emails.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Wants Games on Messenger, Reddit Unveils Harassment Policy, YouTube Kids App Serving Questionable Content, LinkedIn Provides Deeper Content Analytics, Spotify Launches New Multimedia Features, Facebook Acquires Tugboat Yards, Facebook Messenger Reminds You Who Senders Are, Periscope Comes to Android, Twitter Makes Amplify Easier for Advertisers and Google Holds Developer Conference.

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