Episode 353

March 04, 2019 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

This week’s headlines: TikTok Surpasses One Billion Downloads

The week’s news quick hits: Pinterest and YouTube Go After Anti-Vaccination Propaganda, Instagram May Soon Enable Public Collections, Foursquare Launches New Offline Attribution Offering, Snapchat Android App Coming in 2019, Time Warner Acquisition Gets Closer to Reality, Facebook’s Clear History Feature Confirmed for 2019, LinkedIn Adds Raise Insight to LinkedIn Jobs, Facebook Woos TV Ad Buyers to Watch with Showcase and YouTube Disables Comments on Videos with Minors.

Episode 307

January 22, 2018 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

This week’s headlines: YouTube Implements Tighter Requirements for Ads Program and Facebook Makes Plans to Simplify Messenger.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Hire Signals Additional Focus on AR, Roku Launches Ad Insights Platform, Instagram Testing New Features and Snapchat Makes Moves to Court Publishers in Wake of Facebook Updates.

Episode 291

August 21, 2017 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

This week’s headlines: Snapchat Launches Crowd Surf, Facebook Allows for More Flexibility in Placing Videos, Facebook Lets Brands Promote Influencer Posts and Reddit Joins the Autoplay Video Game.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Updates News Feed Design, LinkedIn Launches Active Status on User Profiles, Instagram Gets Threaded Comments, Facebook Tests Targeting Based on Store Visits, Google Maps Gets Q&A for Businesses, Instagram Launches New Way to Reply with Photos, Pinterest Adds Pinch and Zoom to Pins and Amazon Spark Launches.

Episode 273

March 27, 2017 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

This week’s headlines: YouTube Takes Steps to Protect Advertisers from Offensive Placements, YouTube Simplifies Ad Metrics, Reddit Launches Profiles, Instagram Expands Shopping Tags to More Businesses and Live Streaming Gets More Competitive.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Launches New Troll-Prevention Tools, Google Launches Hangouts Business Products, Facebook Strikes Deal with MLS to Stream Games, Twitter Updates Gnip Firehose to Provide Like Data, Facebook Explicitly Prohibits Use of Data for Surveillance, YouTube Annotations Editor Shutting Down, Instagram Lets Users Save Live Videos, Instagram Reaches 1 Million Advertisers Milestone, Apple Launches Clips, Facebook Audience Network Can Now Be Leveraged with Header Bidding, Google Maps Users Can Share Their Locations with Others, LinkedIn Rolls Out Trending Storylines, Instagram Testing Offline Mode and Foursquare Analytics Opens Up to More Brands.

Episode 270

February 27, 2017 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

This week’s headlines: WhatsApp Launches Disappearing Photos and Videos, Instagram Launches Albums and Facebook Introducing Commercial Breaks Into Video Content.

The week’s news quick hits: Snap Inc. Selling Spectacles Online, Amazon Lowers Free Shipping Minimum, YouTube Introduces Advertising Audits, Twitter Lets Brands Personalize Customer Service, Facebook Rolls Out Updated Emojis, Users Can Add Flags to Facebook Profile Photos and Google Allo is Getting a Desktop App.

Episode 269

February 20, 2017 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

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

This week’s headlines: Twitter Cutting Back on Products Offered, Facebook Working to Secure Music Deals and Facebook Moves Deeper into Video.

The week’s news quick hits: Musical.ly Makers Launching Messaging App, Google Maps Gets Sharable Destination Lists, Facebook Secures Soccer Streaming Deal with Univision, Twitter Tests Top Videos for You and Twitter Tests Putting Abusive Users in Timeout.

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Episode 257

November 14, 2016 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

This week’s headlines: Facebook Begins Monetizing Messenger, Snapchat Update Introduces World Lenses, Facebook Launches Snapchat Clone in Brazil and Instagram Adds New Features to Stories.

The week’s news quick hits: WhatsApp Adds GIF Support, Facebook Testing Jobs Tab for Pages, Pinterest Gives More Measurement Platforms API Access, Alphabet X Cuts Back on Project Wing, Pinterest Adds Checkmarks to Completed Projects and Periscope Adds New Engagement Features.

Episode 192

April 13, 2015 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

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.