Episode 443

This week’s headlines: TikTok Ups Its Ecommerce Chops

The week’s news quick hits: Court Documents Reveal Google's Project Bernanke, Reddit Has Clubhouse-Like Feature in the Works, Twitter Simplifies Ad Inventory, Facebook Oversight Board to Review Remaining Content Cases, Instagram Tests Like Count Toggles, Roku Expands Measurement Partner Program and FLoC has a Browser Support Problem.

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Episode 442

This week’s headlines: TikTok Duets Gets Duplicated on Instagram and Snapchat, Facebook Opens Up News Feed Customization, Clubhouse Plans Monetization Options and Screenshop Coming to Snapchat.

The week’s news quick hits: Colorado Consumer Privacy Law Gets Closer to Approval, LinkedIn Launches Creator Mode, Spotify and LinkedIn Make Moves to Copy Clubhouse, Twitter Rolls Out Lighthearted Video Topics for Advertising, GIFs Come to Fleets, Facebook Analytics Ends June 30, Facebook Hack Reveals Information on Half a Billion Users, TikTok Adds Automatic Caption Support, Houseparty Gets Fortnite Integration, YouTube Launches Video Ad Experiments, Twitch Implements Off Platform Harassment Policy, Twitter Updates Commerce Offerings and Businesses Work for IDFA Tracking Workarounds.

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Episode 441

This week’s headlines: Discord in Talks for Acquisition and Tech CEOs Meet Congress Over Section 230.

The week’s news quick hits: NFL Inks Record Streaming Deals, Instagram Rolling Out Kids Version, Roku Launches Ad Studio, Facebook Adds New IP Protections, Slack Connect Gets Off to a Confusing Start and Google Delays FLoC Rollout in the EU.

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Episode 439

This week it’s just the quick hits.

The week’s news quick hits: Snap Announces Plans to Collect IDFA Data, Virginia Passes Data Privacy Law, Facebook Testing Reels on Facebook, Twitter Introduces Conversation Settings to Paid Tweets, TikTok Adds More Filters to Comments, Facebook Requests Dismissal of Antitrust Case and Twitter Spaces Fully Available in April.

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Episode 436

This week’s headlines: YouTube's Shorts Coming to the United States and Facebook and Google Test Different Paths to News.

The week’s news quick hits: Epic Games Goes After Apple in the EU, LinkedIn Creating Creator Ecosystem, Roku Investing in Original Programming and Facebook's Cameo Copy Goes Into Testing.

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Episode 435

This week’s headlines: Facebook Prompting Users to Permit Tracking, Instagram has Vertical Stories In the Works and Twitter's Earnings Point to Subscription Future.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Plans Newsletter Service, Google Shuts Down Stadia Game Production, Amazon, Google and Pinterest Ad Sales Show Recovering Ad Budgets, Facebook Introduces Topic Exclusion Tools, TikTok Warning Users of False Information, Snapchat's Spotlight Gets 100 Million Users, Reddit Doubles Valuation, Snapchat Invites Users to Clean Up Friends Lists, Facebook Cloning Clubhouse, TikTok Sale On Hold and Instagram Not Promoting TikTok Videos in Reels.

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Episode 434

This week’s headlines: Google Floats FLoC as Cookie Replacement, Twitter Crowdsourcing Fact Checks, Twitter Acquires Revue, Facebook Reports Strong Earnings but Foreshadows Challenges and Facebook Oversight Board Makes First Decisions.

The week’s news quick hits: Instagram and TikTok Roll Out Education Resources, Vimeo Gets Lead Gen Integrations, Instagram Gets Content Publishing API and HBO Max User Growth Surges.

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Episode 433

This week’s headlines: WhatsApp Delays New Privacy Policy to Address User Concerns, Potential Google and Facebook Collusion Revealed In Documents and Facebook Oversight Board to Determine Trump Account's Future.

The week’s news quick hits: YouTube Testing Product Tags in Creator Videos, Parler Partners with Russian Firm for Hosting, Apple Has Paywalled Podcast Platform in the Works, Netflix Grows Despite Competition, TikTok Ups Privacy for Young Users, Pinterest Launches Dynamic Pins, Google Agrees to Pay Publishers for News Preview Content and YouTube Launches Hashtag Pages.

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Episode 432

This week it’s just the quick hits.

The week’s news quick hits: Quibi Content Gets a Home on Roku, Facebook Creates New Civil Rights Position, Parler Sues Amazon After Losing Hosting Services, Snap Acquires StreetCred to Build Local Capabilities, YouTube Temporarily Suspends Trump's Channel, Most Americans Get News From and Don't Trust Social Media, Signal and Telegram Surge Following WhatsApp Data Sharing with Facebook, TikTok Dominates in Time Spent by US Consumers and Alphabet Closes Fitbit Acquisition Without Regulatory Approval.

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