Episode 247

August 01, 2016 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

This week’s headlines: Verizon Acquires Yahoo, Reddit Shares Plans to Go Mass and New Ad Offering, Twitter Disappoints in Q2 Earnings, Tumblr to Run Ads on all Blogs, Video Propels Facebook Into Dominant Q2 and Alphabet Reports Excellent Earnings Despite Facebook.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Testing Quick Updates, Attribution Powered by Foursquare Gets Real-Time Dashboard, Instagram Testing Tools for Celebrities to Combat Trolls, Pinterest Hires New Head of Measurement, LinkedIn Acquires PointDrive, Facebook Updates Custom Audiences for Time Spent on Site, Facebook Testing New Video Features, Facebook Launches Birthday Recap Videos and Twitter Stickers Available to All.

Episode 197

May 18, 2015 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

This week’s headlines: Facebook Testing Its Own Search Engine, Verizon Buys AOL, Instant Articles Launch on Facebook and Snapchat Launches 10-Second Ads.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Testing Feature to Enable Users to Search for Items for Sale Across Groups, Facebook Allows Developers to Advertise in Carousel Ad Units, Reddit Creating Original Video Content, Facebook Local Ads Get Call Now Button and Twitter Testing Related Videos Feature.