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This week’s headlines: Snapchat Launches Ads API, Microsoft Acquires LinkedIn, Apple Announces New Operating System Features at WWDC, Facebook Launches Updates for Local Awareness Ads, YouTube Gives New Tools for Businesses to Make Videos, Facebook Launches Creative Hub and Snapchat and Oracle Partner in Measurement Deal.

The week’s news quick hits: Instagram Introduces Direct Response CTAs, Android Users Can Now Send SMS Using Facebook Messenger, Pinterest Introduces Ad Retargeting, Twitter Allows for Targeting by Emoji, Twitter Gets Dedicated Periscope Button, Twitter Invests in SoundCloud, Facebook Expands Suicide-Prevention Tools, Meerkat Launches New App, Imgur Allows for Video Advertising, Snapchat Launching Its Own Online Magazine and Facebook Messenger Gets Reorganized. 

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

This week’s headlines: Facebook Ups Ad Frequency Caps, Snapchat Launching Content Service, Vine Allows Users to Upload from Camera Roll, Uber Opens Up Software Platform and Instagram Launches Analytics Tools.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Tests Displaying Tweets Favorited by Others in Timelines, Facebook Testing Stickers in Comments, Twitter Says It Will Remove Images of Deceased, Slideshare Makes Premium Features Free and SoundCloud Launches Advertising.

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Developing Snapchat Competitor, Twitter Backs Out of SoundCloud Acquisition, Pinterest Opens Up Business Platform to Developers, Facebook Launches Update to Mobile Apps that Listens to Surroundings and YouTube Working on Deal to Acquire Twitch.

The week’s news quick hits: Google Releases Hangouts Extension for Outlook, Facebook Introduces 'Ask' Button for Relationship Statuses, Facebook Expands Video Ads Outside the United States, LinkedIn Launches "How You Rank" Feature, Facebook Helps Users with Privacy Settings and Restaurants Can Now Add Menus to Facebook Pages.

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This week’s headlines: Crowley Opens Up on Foursquare, Pinterest Launches Measurement Tool, LinkedIn Brings Slides to Ads, FTC Lays Out Mobile and Social Disclosure Guidelines, Facebook Rolls Out New Timeline and Hashtags Coming to Facebook.

The week’s news quick hits cover: YouTube Co-Founder Teases New Video Product, Facebook Acquires Storylane, SoundCloud Adds Slideshow Feature, Tumblr Integrates Photosets with iOS App, Google Closes Down Reader, Netflix Adds Facebook Integration, Vimeo Launches Vimeo On Demand and Twitter May Be Launching Music Service.