Episode 266

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This week’s headlines: Snapchat Gears Up for IPO, Snapchat Lets Advertisers Buy Ads Based on Nielsen Digital Rankings, Facebook Updating Trending Topics, Facebook Testing Prominent Ads on Messenger, Explore Tab Makes Debut on Twitter and Facebook Updates News Feed Algorithm to Emphasize Long Videos.

The week’s news quick hits: Google Voice Gets First Update in Five Years, Twitter Launches Vine Archive, Tumblr Adds Stickers and Filters, Instagram Live Stories Rolling Out Globally, Facebook Tests Its Version of Stories, Google Purges Fake News Publishers from Advertising Platform, Facebook Updates Privacy Basics Page, Facebook Supports Physical USB Keys for Authentication and Twitter Joins Instagram.

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Episode 265

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This week’s headlines: Pinterest Rolling Out Ad Groups, Twitter Sells Fabric to Google, Snapchat Launches Sequential Video, Twitter Shutting Down the Buy Button and Snapchat Launching Big Update and Updated Search Bar.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Not Renewing Live Agreements with Publishers, Facebook Launching Paris-Based Startup Incubator, Google+ Gets New Features, Twitter Makes Short Videos Loop, YouTube Testing Messaging Videos in Canada and LinkedIn Overhauls Desktop Experience.

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Episode 263

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This week’s headlines: Auto-Captioning for Facebook Videos Coming to All US Pages, Medium Moves Away from Ad-Driven Revenue Stream and Facebook Hires Head of News Partnerships.

The week’s news quick hits: Vine’s Date for Shutdown is Set and Twitter to Live Stream Golden Globes Red Carpet.

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Episode 262

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Announces New Data Inaccuracies, Instagram Launches Several New Features for the Holidays, Facebook Launches New Live Features for Verified Users, Snapchat Launches Filter Games, Snapchat Using Machine Learning for Ad Targeting and Twitter and Periscope Launch 360-Degree Live Video Streaming.

The week’s news quick hits: Vine’s Back as Camera App, Messenger Gets Group Video Chat, Twitter Search Now Sorted by Relevance, Snap Inc. Acquires Flite, Snapchat Partners with Disney-ABC for Original Series, Twitter Tests Breaking News Push Notifications, Facebook Launches Live Audio, Twitter Reports Ad Metric Error and Snap Inc. Acquires Augmented Reality Startup.

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Episode 255

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This week’s headlines: Instagram Lays Groundwork for Live Streaming, Facebook Unrolls Filters, and Twitter Reports Q3 Earnings and Shuts Down Vine.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Relaxes Content Policy, PayPal Becomes Payment Option on Messenger, Rewarded Video Becomes Available Across MoPub Marketplace, and Facebook Tests “Masks."

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This week’s headlines: Snapchat Launches Stories Playlists and Alters Discover’s Prominence, Pinterest Launches Retargeting Options, Facebook Updates Instant Article Advertising Options and Periscope Launches Periscope Producer.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Workplace Launches, Flipboard Launches Storyboard Ad Unit, LinkedIn Gives Users More Control Over Their Feeds, Facebook Testing Ads in Groups, Vine Adds Soundboard Feature and Pinterest Reaches 150 Million Users.

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Episode 233

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This week’s headlines: F8 Shows Facebook’s Vision for Its Future, Facebook Launching Live-Video In-Stream Ads, Instagram Launches Personalized Video Feed, YouTube Launches 360-Degree Live Video Streaming and Pinterest Updates Mobile App for Speed.

The week’s news quick hits: Drawing on Streams Coming to Periscope, Trending Searches Tested in Google Search Bar, Facebook Messenger Testing Sponsored Messages, Vine Launches ‘Watch’ Feature, Twitter Introduces Ad Groups, Shazam Launches Shazam for Brands, Facebook Makes Video Ad Buys More Like Television, Facebook Messenger Rolls Out Group Calling and Facebook Algorithm Cuts Back on Link Bait.

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Episode 192

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Launches Scrapbooks to Help Parents Share Photos, Twitter Plans to Put Ads on User Profiles, Facebook Launches New App Called Riff, YouTube Launches More Interactive TrueView Ads, Facebook Messenger Comes to Desktop and LinkedIn Acquires Lynda.com.

The week’s news quick hits: YouTube Testing 4K Resolution, Facebook Launching Test for Internet-Disseminating Drones this Summer, Vine Improves Video Resolution, Twitter Releases Curator Tool for Media Companies, Facebook Breaching EU Tracking Laws, Facebook Introduces Event Subscribe Button, Instagram Adds New Editing Features, Complaint Filed with FTC Regarding YouTube Kids, YouTube Preps for Subscription Service and Twitter Removes Discover Tab.

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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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This week’s headlines: Facebook Updates Graph Search and Brings It to Mobile, Twitter Allows Ad Targeting for App Installs, Facebook Rolls Out New Tools for Brands and Publishers and Instagram Reaches 300 Million Users.

The week’s news quick hits: YouTube Warns Users of Copywritten Material, Tumblr Launches Discovery Dashboard, Google Updates Hangouts App, YouTube Offers Contracts for Content, LinkedIn Updates Its Homepage and Vine Adds Double-Tap to Like.

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