Episode 242

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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Episode 190

As always, there's a lot going on in the world of digital and social media marketing, and we have it covered on Episode 190 of the Brave Ad World Podcast.

This week’s headlines: Google Breaks Up Google+ Features, Twitter Allows for Embeddable Videos, Pinterest Rolling Out New Pins and Targeting, Instagram Rolls Out Carousel Ad Unit and Facebook Opening Ad Exchange.

The week’s news quick hits: Google to Offer Wireless Service, Google Updates Contacts App, Etsy Files for IPO, Slingshot Launches Explore Feature, Facebook Pages Purging Deactivated Account Likes, Twitter Launches Partner Audience Targeting and Imgur Releases Its First iOS App.

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Episode 186

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

This week’s headlines: Twitter Rolls Out ‘While You Were Away’ Feature, Facebook Rolls Out Facebook Lite to More Countries, Twitter Launches Video and Messaging Features, Facebook Reports Q4 Earnings and Facebook Launches Place Tips.

The week’s news quick hits: Snapchat Rolls Out Discover, YouTube Player Defaults to HTML5, Pinterest Updates Search Algorithm to Appeal to More Men, Facebook Measures Lift for When Users See an Ad and Vine Introduces Vine Kids.

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