Get great insight and learn valuable lessons from experts like Ben Fisher, Kristoffer Howes, Shannon Hernandez and Matthew Rappaport.

• Google News Publishing Center
• HTTPS is now "Out of the Closet"
• Google Acquisitions
• Pinterest Adds Discussion
• Facebook Messenger wants to Take Over Your Life!
• Google+ Spam Algorithm Issues
• Facebook Likes No Longer Gamed by 3rd Party Apps!

This is the audio version of the podcast, see the video at http://smhangout.com/s01e20

Acquisitions and App Additions

Get great insight and learn valuable lessons from experts +Ben Fisher, +Andrij Harasewych, +Kristoffer Howes, +Dustin W. Stout, and +Eric Enge.

Admittedly, some of us may have been a bit cynical and negative about some of the upcoming changes and tools, but seriously, that Twitter timeline test, putting people's posts in your stream, when you have no personal connection to them, does bother us.

Some great gems of wisdom about the importance of social media, as well as the importance of disconnecting every so often to experience life first-hand. Then you can come back with the lessons and memories and teach others.

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Andrew Harasewych