Episode 180

This week’s headlines: Facebook Planning Enterprise Platform, Snapchat Launches Snapcash, Facebook Launches Groups App, Twitter Launches Offers, Twitter Adds Photo Editing Features and Facebook Relaunches Slingshot.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Makes Every Tweet Searchable, Twitter Allows Users to Privately Share Tweets, Snapchat Rolls Out Sponsored “Our Story” Feeds, Tumblr Rolls Out App Install Ads, Google+ Introduces Pinned Posts Feature and Facebook Launches Mobile Autoplay Video Ads to Promote Apps.

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Episode 179

This week’s headlines: Twitter and WAM! Partner to Combat Online Harassment, Facebook Gives Users More Control Over the News Feed, Facebook Messenger Garners 500 Million Users and Twitter Hosts Analysts Day.

The week’s news quick hits: Instagram Lets Users Edit Captions, YouTube Strikes Deal to Pave Way for Music Service, Facebook Creates Tool to Create Video Thank You Cards, Facebook Clears Up Data Policy Language and Facebook Deemphasizes Promotional Posts in News Feeds.

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Episode 178

This week’s headlines: Snapchat Goes After Social TV and Live Events and Snapchat Works to Establish Content Partnerships.

The week’s news quick hits: Evernote Adds Work Chat and Facebook Allows Access Using Tor Network.

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Episode 177

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

This week’s headlines: Twitter Reports Q3 EarningsTumblr Launches Auto-play Video AdsFacebook Reports Q3 Earnings, Reddit Launches Crowdfunding Platform and LinkedIn Sponsored Content Drives Q3 Earnings.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Updates Business Website, Twitpic Gets Acquired, Facebook Adds Features to Mobile Photo Uploads, Instagram Launches Video Ads and Pinterest Updates User Profiles.

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Episode 176

This week’s headlines: Snapchat Debuts its First Ad, Foursquare Unveils First Ad Campaign, Tumblr Ad Performance Revealed in Yahoo Earnings Report, Twitter Pitches Fabric to Developers and Facebook Launches New App Called Rooms.

The week’s news quick hits: Flickr Launches Its First iPad App, Twitter Plans 2015 Rollout for Buy Button, Foursquare Launches Video Ad to Promote Messenger, Tsu Promises to Share Revenue with Content Creators, Groupon Unveils Pages, Google Launches Inbox and Ello Becomes a Public Benefit Corporation.

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Episode 175

This week’s headlines: Student Discovers Facebook Messenger-Based Payment System, Facebook Expands Mobile Audience Network, Snapchat Confirms Ad Rollout and Private Social Networks Called Into Question.

The week’s news quick hits: Yahoo Prepping for $10 Million Investment in Snapchat, Pinterest Launches Pin Picks Co-Marketing Effort with Media Companies, Facebook Working on Anonymous Sharing App, Facebook Introduces Local Awareness Ad Objective, Facebook Closes on WhatsApp Acquisition, Twitter Files Lawsuit to Publish Transparency Report, Google+ Gets Polls, French Bank Allows Money Transfers Using Tweets, Facebook Supports Stickers in Comments, Twitter Launches Audio Cards and Twitpic Shuts Down After All.

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Episode 174

This week’s headlines: Attention Focuses on Ello, Facebook Introduces Atlas at Advertising Week, Twitter Working on New Platform for Developers and Facebook Introduces New Research Guidelines.

The week’s news quick hits: Google Introduces New Mobile Ad Units, Hong Kong Protesters Turn to FireChat, Reddit Gets New Round of Funding and Plans to Give Back to Community, LinkedIn Updates Pulse, Facebook Making Changes to Real-Name Policy Following Controversy and LinkedIn Launches Slideshare App.

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Episode 173

This week’s headlines: YouTube Plans to Pay Creators, Twitter Overhauls iOS Mobile Profiles, Facebook Emphasizes Fresh Content in Latest Algorithm Update, Pinterest Announces New Ad Targeting Features and Facebook Prepares for Atlas Rollout.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Adds New Personalization Features to App Settings Page, Flipboard Tests Video Ads, Twitter Upgrades Tailored Audiences, Facebook Adds New Tools for Developers, Facebook Launches Media Resource, Facebook Tests Better Targeting for Boosted Posts, MoPub and Juice Mobile Announce Partnership, Twitter Testing Poll Cards, Users Can Add Items to Amazon Wish Lists via Hashtag and Hyperlapse Supports Front-Facing Cameras.

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Episode 172

This week’s headlines: Zuckerberg Says More Effort to be Put Behind Internet.org, Facebook Brings Changes to Videos and Opens Up Video Ads, Twitter Launches Buy Button, Apple Introduces New Hardware and Facebook Cuts Down on Ads Users Don't Like.

The week’s news quick hits: Spotify Video Ads Coming in Q4, Slingshot Removes Reply-to-Unlock Option, Yelp Lawsuit Dismissed, Leaderboards Come to Swarm, Snapchat Settles Lawsuit with Co-Founder and Facebook Tests Scheduled Post Deletion. 

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