Episode 210

This week’s headlines: Google and Twitter Introduce their Own Version of Instant Articles, Twitter Steps Up Its Commerce Game, Pinterest Hits 100 Million Users and Works to Attract Advertisers and Facebook Working on Alternatives to the Like Button.

The week’s news quick hits: Snapchat Users Can Now Pay for Replays, Facebook Testing Read Receipts on Event Invites, Facebook to Offer Option to Pay Only if 100% of it is Viewed On-Screen, Facebook Launches Curation Tool for Journalists and NFL Partners with Snapchat.

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Episode 168

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

This week’s headlines: The New Foursquare App Launches, Twitter Introduces Objective-Based Campaigns, Facebook Bans Like-Gating, Twitter Launches Promoted Videos Beta and Facebook Launches Conversion Tracking Tool for Ads.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Starts Initial Flock to Unlock Campaign, YouTube Acquires Directr, Gmail Makes Unsubscribing Easier, Pinterest Launches Messaging Feature, Square Launches Appointments, Flipboard Launching Video Ads and Yahoo Launching Self-Serve Ad Buying Platform.

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Episode 122

This week’s headlines: Facebook Working on Reader News Service, Google Testing Mine to Track Belongings and Square Launches Online Store.

The week’s news quick hits: FTC to Investigate Google Acquisition of Waze, Foursquare Lets Users Check-in their Friends, Potluck Launches, Google Reader Shuts Down and LinkedIn Adds More User Data Features.