Episode 267

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Testing for Launch of Promoted Animated Masks, Pinterest Rolls Out New Search Product, Snapchat Makes Ad Buying Easier, Facebook Launching Video App, Instagram Testing Multi-Photo Albums and Snap Inc. Files for IPO.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitch Breaks E-Sports Record, Walmart Offers Free Two-Day Shipping to Compete with Amazon, Apple Breaks iPhone Sales Record, Twitter Testing Video View Counts, Measurement Companies Partner with Facebook, Google Launches Fast-Loading Ads with Cloudflare, Lego Launches Social Network for Kids, Snapcodes Can Be Created for Any Website, Facebook Algorithm Takes Additional Steps to Bury Fake News and Snapchat Lenses May Expand to Work on Landscapes. 

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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 264

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Rolling Out Mid-Roll Video Ads, Instagram Testing Ads Within Stories, Snapchat Introduces New Ad Products, Facebook Extends Dynamic Ads to User Web Activity and Facebook Launches Journalism Project.

The week’s news quick hits: Atlassian Acquires Trello, Twitter Shutting Down Dashboard, Facebook Adds New Live Features, Facebook Audience Network Delivers Ads to 1 Billion People Per Month, Pinterest Applying Deep Learning to Related Pins, YouTube Launches Super Chat to Pay Creators and Snapchat Launches Major Redesign.

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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 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 260

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Working on Snapchat Discover Competitive Feature, Amazon Launches Amazon Go, Instagram Changes Up Comments Features and Facebook Continues to Copy Snapchat Features.

The week’s news quick hits: Snapchat Spectacles Get Prescription Lenses, Twitter Acquires Yes, Snap Looks to Be Making Gaming Hires, Periscope Allows for Saving Videos in HD, LinkedIn Offering Conversation Starters in Messaging, Pinterest Shows Proven Pins, Slack and Google Launch Strategic Partnership and Microsoft Closes LinkedIn Acquisition. 

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Episode 259

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Testing Ads to Drive to Live, Instagram Launches New Features to Go Live and Be Ephemeral, Pinterest Updates Business Profiles and Amazon Getting into Header Bidding.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Testing WiFi-Finding Feature, AT&T Launches DirecTV Now, Instagram Launches Correspondents Program for Colleges, Facebook Launches Instant Games, Facebook’s Creative Hub Launches, Netflix Allows for Offline Viewing, Tumblr Enables SSL by Default on All Blogs, YouTube Launches 4K Support for Live Video, Twitter Users Can Create Moments on Mobile and Twitter Brings Reply Rankings to Mobile. 

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Acquires CrowdTangle, Snapchat and Foursquare Ink Deal, Pinterest Launches Autoplay Video and Explore Hub, Twitter Implements Moderation Controls and Facebook Updating Measurement.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook and Google Restrict Fake News Sites, Facebook Launches Unified Messages App, Facebook Testing Objective-Based Status Update Feature,  WhatsApp Launches Video Calling, Twitter Monetizes NBA Live Shows, Snap Secretly Files for IPO, Twitter Launches QR Codes for Accounts, Facebook Adds New Custom Audience Targeting Parameters, Atlas Discontinues Serving Ads, Facebook Rolls Out Bot Analytics and Airbnb Launches More Robust Travel Services.

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