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Welcome to our weekly edition of what's hot in social media news.

To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention.
What's New This Week
Facebook Opens API to Desktop Apps, Drones and Cameras: The Facebook Live API allows "developers and publishers to join forces to build immersive and interactive live video experiences on Facebook." See an example of a Live show broadcast, here.

Facebook Challenges Freebooting with Rights Manager: Facebook launched Rights Manager, "a set of

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Welcome to our weekly edition of what's hot in social media news.

To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention.
What's New This Week
Facebook Live Rolls Out for Groups, Events, and More: Facebook announced several new features for Facebook Live that will "give you more ways to discover, share and interact with live video and more ways to personalize your live broadcasts."

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Welcome to our weekly edition of what's hot in social media news.

To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention.
What's New This Week
Snapchat Updates Chat Feature and Adds Auto-Advance Stories: With Snapchat's new Chat 2.0, "you can start by sending a few chats, and when your friend shows up, start talking or video chatting instantly with one tap." Snapchat is also introducing Auto-Advance Stories. "When you finish a Story, the next one begins automatically – simply swipe to skip

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Welcome to our weekly edition of what's hot in social media news.

To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention.
What's New This Week
Facebook Adds New Daily Video Breakdowns: Facebook added "new daily breakdowns for video metrics," which "gives Page owners a better understanding of when their audiences are watching their videos" and provides "a more detailed picture of performance that [Facebook hopes] will help publishers inform their video strategies."

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Welcome to our weekly edition of what's hot in social media news.

To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention.
What's New This Week
Instagram Introduces Feed Algorithm to Show Best Posts First: The new Instagram algorithm shifts the order of photos and videos in your feed "based on the likelihood you'll be interested in the content, your relationship with the person posting, and the timeliness of the post."

Splash Launches Social Sharing Platform for VR: Splash is a new a

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