Episode 284

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Gets Hollywood Involved in Long-Form Content, Facebook Ads Get Slew of New Updates In Time for Holiday Planning, Snapchat Makes Geofilters Easier to Make and Facebook Messenger Elevates Bots in Discover Tab.

The week’s news quick hits: Tech Companies Partner to Fight Violent Extremism, Messenger Adds Filters to Video Chats, Posts on Google Expands to Local Businesses, YouTube Measurement Program Goes Live, Uber Allows Users to Order Rides for Others, Facebook Hits 2 Billion User Milestone, Google Tests VR Ad Format, Pinterest Rolls Out Security Protections, Pandora Focuses on US Market, Instagram Tests Nested Comments, YouTube’s Uptime Removes Invite-Only Limitation, Instagram Launches Comment Filters, Twitch Allows Live Streaming from Mobile Devices and AMC Launches Commercial-Free Platform.

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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 272

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Potentially Launching “Spotlight Module,” Facebook Updates How Messenger Bots Work, Facebook Provides Advertisers Cross-Platform Stats in New Dashboard, Twitter Allowing Advertisers to Buy Video Like TV and Facebook Launches Messenger Day.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Rolls Out Fake News Callouts on Posts, Facebook Testing Reactions in Messenger, Twitch Launches Content Feed Called Pulse, Instagram Launches Geostickers, Microsoft Shuts Down Socl, Twitter Adds Analytics to Moments, Pinterest Acquires Jelly and Facebook Launches 360 App.

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Episode 267

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Testing for Launch of Promoted Animated Masks, Pinterest Rolls Out New Search Product, Snapchat Makes Ad Buying Easier, Facebook Launching Video App, Instagram Testing Multi-Photo Albums and Snap Inc. Files for IPO.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitch Breaks E-Sports Record, Walmart Offers Free Two-Day Shipping to Compete with Amazon, Apple Breaks iPhone Sales Record, Twitter Testing Video View Counts, Measurement Companies Partner with Facebook, Google Launches Fast-Loading Ads with Cloudflare, Lego Launches Social Network for Kids, Snapcodes Can Be Created for Any Website, Facebook Algorithm Takes Additional Steps to Bury Fake News and Snapchat Lenses May Expand to Work on Landscapes. 

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Episode 261

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Reports More Measurement Discrepancies, Instagram Live Becomes Available to All Users, Snapchat Adds Four New Features, Twitter Adds Periscope Streaming to Core App, Facebook Launching Massive Update to Messenger’s Camera and Facebook Launches Effort to Fight Fake News.

The week’s news quick hits: A Slimmed Down Moments App Comes to Desktop, Facebook Launches Live 360 Videos, Snapchat Inks Slew of New Discover Deals, Flipboard Launches Promoted Roundup Editorial Ad Unit, Facebook Events App Available for Android, Instagram Launches Post Saving Feature, Instagram Reaches 600 Million Users, Facebook Testing Suggestions for M Virtual Assistant, Facebook Notifying Pages to Remove Snapcodes as Page Profile Pictures, Twitch Launches IRL Content Category, Yahoo Hit by Second Security Breach Affecting 1 Billion Users and Amazon Unbundles Prime Video.

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Episode 152 of the Brave Ad World Podcast is here! Check it out.

This week’s headlines: Facebook Testing Messenger Day to Compete with Snapchat Stories, Facebook Launches Marketplace, Search Ads Start in Apple’s App Store, Twitch Added to Amazon Prime and Snapchat Unrolls Ads API.

The week’s news quick hits: Messenger Lite Launches for Areas with Poor Internet Connections, Twitter Adds Periscope Links to Profiles, YouTube Allows Creators to Add Disclosure Callouts, WhatsApp Gets New Camera Features, Facebook Introduces VR Web Browser and Google Makes Big Push into Hardware.

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Episode 249

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Diminishes Ad Blocker Effectiveness While Giving Users More Advertising Control, Twitter Expands Moments, Facebook Upgrades 360-Degree Videos, Twitter Launches Promoted Stickers, Google’s Duo App Takes on Video Chat, Pinterest Launches Promoted Video and Twitter Expands Abuse Controls to All Users .

The week’s news quick hits: Hulu Ending Ad-Supported Free Service for Subscription Model, Instagram Testing Saved Drafts Feature, Facebook Highlights Most Informative Stories in Algorithm Update, Microsoft Acquires Beam, Pinterest Allows Brands to Bid on CPM Campaigns, Instagram Updates Stories with Zoom, Twitter Seeking Live Streaming Deal with Apple TV, Facebook Updates Messenger Bot Response Requirements, Snapchat Acquires Vurb, Instagram Launches Live Events Channel, Facebook Carousel Ads Can Now Include Ten Images and Facebook Launches New App Called Lifestage. 

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Instant Articles Get More Brand Friendly, Facebook Expands Canvas to Organic Posts, Twitter Giving Users More Seconds of Video, Tumblr Gets Live Streaming Video, Facebook Brings MSQRD Integration to Facebook Live and YouTube App Gets Live Streaming Capabilities.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Acquires Magic Pony, Instagram Has Half a Billion Users, Twitter Launches Analytics App for Power Users, Twitch Launches Friends Feature, Instagram to Offer Automatic Translations, Pinterest Acquires Shopping App Tote, Facebook Brings Reactions to VR, Uber Expands Upfront Pricing and WhatsApp Delivers 100 Million Calls Per Day. 

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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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This week’s headlines: Twitter Buy Button Coming This Year, Amazon Acquires Twitch, Facebook Cracks Down on Clickbait Content with Algorithm Update, Pinterest Rolls Out Deeper Analytics for Brands and Faceboook Brings Post Search to Mobile.

The week’s news quick hits: Yahoo Rolls Out Content Recommendation Box, Secret Works to Improve User Behavior, Snapchat Reaches $10 Billion Valuation, Facebook Ads Can Now Be Targeted Based on Cell PHone Signal, Twitter Opens Access to Analytics Dashboard to All Users, Google Removes Authorship from Search Results, Quora Launches Its First iPad App and Facebook Updates Event Ads and Pages.

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