Episode 296

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This week’s headlines: Tech Firms Work to Appease Publishers, Amazon Launching Its Own Delivery Service and Instagram Stories Can Be Cross-Posted to Facebook.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Takes Steps to Monitor Advertising, Yahoo Reports All Accounts Compromised in 2013 Cyberattack, Instagram Adds New Stickers Functionality Including Polls for Stories, Facebook Testing Additional Information Button for Articles, Google Announces New Hardware and AIM Shutting Down in December.

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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 250

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This week’s headlines: Apple’s iMessage Store Launches, Twitter’s New Character Limit Update Arrives, Snap to Unlock Ads Make Debut and Facebook Admits to Inflated Video View Metrics.

The week’s news quick hits: Instagram Updates CTA Button, Google Launches New Travel App, Facebook Updates Ads for Retailers, Instagram Launches Comment Moderation Tools for Users, Presidential Debates to be Streamed on Facebook and Twitter, Yahoo Experiences Massive Data Breach and Facebook Encouraging Users to Pay Each Other Back on Messenger. 

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Episode 247

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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.

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Episode 226

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Expanding Instant Articles to All Publishers, Even More GIFs are Coming to Twitter and Ads May Be Coming to Messenger.

The week’s news quick hits: Instagram Adds Two-Factor Authentication, Yahoo Phasing Out Seven Digital Magazines, Facebook Updates Video Metrics and Twitter Adds Customer Service Tools to Direct Messages.

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Episode 221

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This week’s headlines: Snapchat Building Ads API, Twitter Launches Conversational Ads, Twitter Laying Groundwork for Longer Tweets and Instagram Expanding Spotlight.

The week’s news quick hits: Yahoo Shuts Down Yahoo Screen, Snapchat Closing Lens Store, Facebook Shutting Down LiveRail, Jelly is Coming Back, Facebook Messenger Hits 800 Million Users and Yahoo Planning Layoffs.

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Episode 204

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This week’s headlines: Instagram Brings Search to Desktop, Facebook Gives Brands More Video Tools and Twitter Allows Advertisers to Buy Around Events Ahead of Time.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Experiments with Related Videos, Google+ Photos Shutting Down, Twitter Removes Custom Backgrounds, Yahoo Advertising Showing Rebound, Twitter Launches Safety Center and Pinterest Adds Save for Later Feature.

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Episode 193

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This week’s headlines: LinkedIn Launches Employee Advocacy Platform Called Elevate, Foursquare Launches Pinpoint and Twitter Launches New Homepage.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter to Cut Off Firehose Access for Third-Parties, Instagram Allows Advertisers to Link to Product Pages, Snapchat Stops Selling Brand Stories, Indian Companies Discontinue Internet.org Involvement, Spotify to Allow for Ad Targeting by Mood and Activity, Microsoft and Yahoo form New Search Deal and Tumblr Launches Sponsored Day Ad Product.

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Episode 176

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This week’s headlines: Snapchat Debuts its First Ad, Foursquare Unveils First Ad Campaign, Tumblr Ad Performance Revealed in Yahoo Earnings Report, Twitter Pitches Fabric to Developers and Facebook Launches New App Called Rooms.

The week’s news quick hits: Flickr Launches Its First iPad App, Twitter Plans 2015 Rollout for Buy Button, Foursquare Launches Video Ad to Promote Messenger, Tsu Promises to Share Revenue with Content Creators, Groupon Unveils Pages, Google Launches Inbox and Ello Becomes a Public Benefit Corporation.

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This week’s headlines: Student Discovers Facebook Messenger-Based Payment System, Facebook Expands Mobile Audience Network, Snapchat Confirms Ad Rollout and Private Social Networks Called Into Question.

The week’s news quick hits: Yahoo Prepping for $10 Million Investment in Snapchat, Pinterest Launches Pin Picks Co-Marketing Effort with Media Companies, Facebook Working on Anonymous Sharing App, Facebook Introduces Local Awareness Ad Objective, Facebook Closes on WhatsApp Acquisition, Twitter Files Lawsuit to Publish Transparency Report, Google+ Gets Polls, French Bank Allows Money Transfers Using Tweets, Facebook Supports Stickers in Comments, Twitter Launches Audio Cards and Twitpic Shuts Down After All.

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