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  • Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 238

    The Weekly Digital, Social Media, AI & Web3 News episode for Leaders and Media Teams of Churches, Ministries and Nonprofits.

    This week, we have news about: Pinterest, Snapchat, AI, Threads, Google, YouTube

    Week 1, Jul 2024:

    πŸ—žοΈ News 1: YouTube Makes Longer Videos Editable; Improves Bulk Comment Moderation

    πŸ—žοΈ News 2: Threads will be the First Meta app to be Compatible with 'Fediverse'

    πŸ—žοΈ News 3: Google Launches New Gemini AI Tools in Google Workspace for Education

    πŸ—žοΈ News 4: Pinterest Brings Improvements to 'Social Media Board Sharing' Feature

    πŸ—žοΈ News 5: Snapchat Adds an In-App Warning for Unsafe New Connection Requests

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  • Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 237

    The Weekly Digital, Social Media, AI & Web3 News episode for Leaders and Media Teams of Churches, Ministries and Nonprofits.

    This week, we have news about: Anthropic, Claude AI, TikTok, WhatsApp, Meta, Google

    Week 4, Jun 2024:

    πŸ—žοΈ News 1: Anthropic Launches Claude 3.5 Sonnet; Outperforms GPT-4o & Gemini

    πŸ—žοΈ News 2: TikTok Releases 'Symphony' Suite of Ad Tools Powered by Generative AI

    πŸ—žοΈ News 3: YouTube Now Allows People to Add 'Notes' to Videos, As An Experiment

    πŸ—žοΈ News 4: WhatsApp Adds New Audio & Video Call Features Including Screen Sharing

    πŸ—žοΈ News 5: Meta's Cannes Lions 2024 Announcements: AI Chatbots, Messaging & More

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  • Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 236

    The Weekly Digital, Social Media, AI & Web3 News episode for Leaders and Media Teams of Churches, Ministries and Nonprofits.

    This week, we have news about: Apple, AI, WhatsApp, YouTube, LinkedIn, Google

    Week 3, Jun 2024:

    πŸ—žοΈ News 1: New 'Apple Intelligence' AI: Top 3 Useful Takeaways for Media Ministry

    πŸ—žοΈ News 2: YouTube Tests New Features: Thumbnail Testing, QR Codes, @ Mentions

    πŸ—žοΈ News 3: Google Launches 'Google TV Network' for Targeted Advertising on CTV

    πŸ—žοΈ News 4: LinkedIn Introduces 'The Wire' Program, In-Stream Video Ad Placement

    πŸ—žοΈ News 5: WhatsApp Releases AI, Meta Verified & In-Chat Calling for Businesses

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  • Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 235

    The Weekly Digital, Social Media & Web3 News episode for Leaders and Media Teams of Churches, Ministries and Nonprofits.

    This week, we have news about: ChatGPT, Google, Snapchat,. X, Threads

    Week 4, May 2024:

    πŸ—žοΈ News 1: Google adds AI into Search, Android, Workspace & releases AI Agents

    πŸ—žοΈ News 2: X Announces New 'Community' Features, Updates and Admin Tools

    πŸ—žοΈ News 3: ChatGPT Gets Improved 'Data Analysis' Capabilities & Integrations

    πŸ—žοΈ News 4: Threads Starts Testing a New 'Column' Layout UI Similar to Tweetdeck

    πŸ—žοΈ News 5: Snapchat Releases A new Measurement Methodology to Track Ad Campaigns

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  • Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 234

    The Weekly Digital, Social Media & Web3 News episode for Leaders and Media Teams of Churches, Ministries and Nonprofits.

    This week, we have news about: OpenAI, Google, YouTube, X, Meta, VR

    Week 3, May 2024:

    πŸ—žοΈ News 1: OpenAI Releases macOS Desktop App & GPT-4o, Multimodal Language Model

    πŸ—žοΈ News 2: YouTube CEO says Creators should be considered for TV Awards like Emmys

    πŸ—žοΈ News 3: Meta Adds 'Travel Mode' Entertainment Feature to Quest VR Headsets

    πŸ—žοΈ News 4: Google Partners with HP & moves 'Starline' Project out of the Labs

    πŸ—žοΈ News 5: X Introduces 'AI Audiences' To Help Advertisers Define Target Audience

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  • Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 233

    The Weekly Digital, Social Media & Web3 News episode for Leaders and Media Teams of Churches, Ministries and Nonprofits.

    This week, we have news about: Claude AI, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Snapchat, Pinterest

    Week 2, May 2024:

    πŸ—žοΈ News 1: Anthropic AI Announces Release of an iOS App for Claude & New Team Plan

    πŸ—žοΈ News 2: WhatsApp's Communities Feature Gets New Tools including Group 'Events'

    πŸ—žοΈ News 3: Snapchat Releases New Gen-AI Tools & DM Edit Feature in the App

    πŸ—žοΈ News 4: LinkedIn Launches New In-stream 'Thinking-Oriented' Social Games

    πŸ—žοΈ News 5: Pinterest says Gen-Z are Behind Increased Engagement in 'Collage-Pins'

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  • Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 232

    The Weekly Digital, Social Media & Web3 News episode for Leaders and Media Teams of Churches, Ministries and Nonprofits.

    This week, we have news about: European AI Law, Meta, ChatGPT, X, Google

    Week 3, Mar 2024:

    πŸ—žοΈ News 1: The European Parliament Approves the World's 1st Comprehensive AI Act

    πŸ—žοΈ News 2: Meta Releases New AI-Powered eCommerce Ads & Optimization Tools

    πŸ—žοΈ News 3: Inflection AI Launches 2.5 Model with More Capability & Less Computing

    πŸ—žοΈ News 4: Google Business Listings will Now Display Your Social Media Posts

    πŸ—žοΈ News 5: X Launches 'Articles', the Long-Form Blog Content Option for Premium+

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  • Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 231

    The Weekly Digital, Social Media & Web3 News episode for Leaders and Media Teams of Churches, Ministries and Nonprofits.

    This week, we have news about: Claude AI, TikTok, Instagram, Threads, Meta

    Week 2, Mar 2024:

    πŸ—žοΈ News 1: Anthropic Launches Claude-3; Beats ChatGPT-4, Gemini Benchmarks

    πŸ—žοΈ News 2: Instagram Announces Multiple DM Features Including an Edit Option

    πŸ—žοΈ News 3: TikTok Expands β€˜Subscription', Moves 'Creator Rewards' out of Beta

    πŸ—žοΈ News 4: Threads Starts Testing its β€˜API' for Posting via Third Party Tools

    πŸ—žοΈ News 5: Meta Quest Team Predicts the Top 3 Technology Shifts of the Future

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  • Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 230

    The Weekly Digital, Social Media & Web3 News episode for Leaders and Media Teams of Churches, Ministries and Nonprofits.

    This week, we have news about: Mistral AI, YouTube, Adobe, Android, LinkedIn

    Week 1, Mar 2024:

    πŸ—žοΈ News 1: Microsoft Teams Up with Mistral AI to Unveil 'Mistral Large' Model

    πŸ—žοΈ News 2: Android Releases New Features in Maps, Docs, Auto, Images, Health

    πŸ—žοΈ News 3: LinkedIn Releases New AI-Powered Features for its Recruiter HR Platform

    πŸ—žοΈ News 4: YouTube Expands Access of β€˜Create’ Video Editing App to New Regions

    πŸ—žοΈ News 5: Adobe Announces Project 'GenAI Control’ for Music Generation & Editing

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  • Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 229

    The Weekly Digital, Social Media & Web3 News episode for Leaders and Media Teams of Churches, Ministries and Nonprofits.

    This week, we have news about: Gemini AI, WhatsApp, Nvidia, Instagram, X

    Week 4, Feb 2024:

    πŸ—žοΈ News 1: Google Launches 'Gemini Business'; Brings AI into Performance Max

    πŸ—žοΈ News 2: Instagram Expands 'Creator Marketplace' to Eight New Countries

    πŸ—žοΈ News 3: Nvidia Launches 'Chat with RTX' AI Chatbot That Runs Locally on a PC

    πŸ—žοΈ News 4: X Starts Rolling Out Audio, Video Calls Feature for Non-Premium Users

    πŸ—žοΈ News 5: WhatsApp Brings New 'Text Formatting' Including Lists, Block Quotes

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  • Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 228

    The Weekly Digital, Social Media & Web3 News episode for Leaders and Media Teams of Churches, Ministries and Nonprofits.

    This week, we have news about: OpenAI, ChatGPT, Google Gemini, AI, YouTube, X

    Week 3, Feb 2024:

    πŸ—žοΈ News 1: OpenAI says, Now ChatGPT has a 'Memory' & it can Remember/Forget Info

    πŸ—žοΈ News 2: YouTube Studio Mobile gets Upload Option; New Community Post Feed

    πŸ—žοΈ News 3: X Announces a New 'Creator Targeting' Option within its Ads Manager

    πŸ—žοΈ News 4: Google Bard is Rebranded to Gemini; New 'Advanced' Paid Plan Released

    πŸ—žοΈ News 5: LinkedIn Launches a New 'Media Planning API' for Agencies & Marketers

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  • Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 227

    The Weekly Digital, Social Media & Web3 News episode for Leaders and Media Teams of Churches, Ministries and Nonprofits.

    This week, we have news about: Disney, Bluesky, YouTube, Meta, Snapchat

    Week 2, Feb 2024:

    πŸ—žοΈ News 1: Meta to Label AI-Generated Images Across its Family of Apps

    πŸ—žοΈ News 2: Disney Plans to Create 'A New Universe' in Partnership with Epic Games

    πŸ—žοΈ News 3: YouTube adds an Option to View Vertical 'Live Streams' on Shorts Feed

    πŸ—žοΈ News 4: Snapchat Reports 800 Million Users; Meta VR Labs Reports $1Bn in Sales

    πŸ—žοΈ News 5: Bluesky (Twitter Alternative) Opens Up Moving Out of Invite-Only Mode

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  • Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 226

    The Weekly Digital, Social Media & Web3 News episode for Leaders and Media Teams of Churches, Ministries and Nonprofits.

    This week, we have news about: Apple, Google, Meta, X, YouTube

    Week 1, Feb 2024:

    πŸ—žοΈ News 1: Google Releases Gemini-Pro and ImageGen-2 inside Bard AI Globally

    πŸ—žοΈ News 2: Apple VisionOS App Store gets Zoom, Disney, TikTok and other Top Apps

    πŸ—žοΈ News 3: X Expands Vertical Video Ads Globally with Full-Screen Sound-On Videos

    πŸ—žοΈ News 4: YouTube Crosses 100 Million Subscribers for Premium and YouTube Music

    πŸ—žοΈ News 5: Meta Releases a New Engagement Attribution Option inside Video Ads

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  • Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 225

    The Weekly Digital, Social Media & Web3 News episode for Leaders and Media Teams of Churches, Ministries and Nonprofits.

    This week, we have news about: Reddit, Twitch, Google, Meta, LinkedIn

    Week 5, Jan 2024:

    πŸ—žοΈ News 1: Google Adds New AI-Powered Features for Chrome & Google Classroom

    πŸ—žοΈ News 2: Meta Restricts Direct Messaging for Teens on Instagram & Facebook

    πŸ—žοΈ News 3: Reddit Launches Advertising Mini-Site with Examples, Tips & Resources

    πŸ—žοΈ News 4: LinkedIn Ads 'Lookalike Audiences' to be Discontinued from March 2024

    πŸ—žοΈ News 5: Twitch Launches New 60/40 Revenue Share Model in Partner Plus Program

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  • Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 224

    The Weekly Digital, Social Media & Web3 News episode for Leaders and Media Teams of Churches, Ministries and Nonprofits.

    This week, we have news about: Apple, Meta, Google, AI, ChatGPT, WhatsApp

    Week 4, Jan 2024:

    πŸ—žοΈ News 1: Apple Ushers In Spatial Computing Era with the Release of Vision Pro

    πŸ—žοΈ News 2: Google Introduces a New 'Circle to Search' & AI Multisearch Experience

    πŸ—žοΈ News 3: Meta introduces New 'Creator Management Tools' for Agencies & Creators

    πŸ—žοΈ News 4: OpenAI Partners with Arizona State University: ChatGPT Hits the Campus

    πŸ—žοΈ News 5: WhatsApp Channels get New Features: Polls, Voice Notes, Status Updates

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  • Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 223

    The Weekly Digital, Social Media & Web3 News episode for Leaders and Media Teams of Churches, Ministries and Nonprofits.

    This week, we have news about: OpenAI, ChatGPT, TikTok, Instagram, AI, Google, X

    Week 3, Jan 2024:

    πŸ—žοΈ News 1: OpenAI Launches its GPT Store with Custom Versions of ChatGPT

    πŸ—žοΈ News 2: TikTok Videos to Get Big Screen TV Views with New Chromecast Support

    πŸ—žοΈ News 3: Instagram Announces New Initiatives to Protect Teens on the Platform

    πŸ—žοΈ News 4: Google Releases Multiple New Features and Tools in CES 2024

    πŸ—žοΈ News 5: X Makes an Announcement that it is "Now a Video-First Platform"

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  • Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 222

    The Weekly Digital, Social Media & Web3 News episode for Leaders and Media Teams of Churches, Ministries and Nonprofits.

    This week, we have news about: Amazon, TikTok, Threads, Pinterest, YouTube

    Week 2, Dec 2023:

    πŸ—žοΈ News 1: Amazon Launches 'Amazon Q', Generative AI Assistant for Organizations

    πŸ—žοΈ News 2: TikTok & Ticketmaster Expand Partnership for In-App Event Tickets

    πŸ—žοΈ News 3: Threads Rolls Out 'Keyword Search in Any Language' Feature Globally

    πŸ—žοΈ News 4: Pinterest Expands 'Direct Links to Website' Options from Pins & Ads

    πŸ—žοΈ News 5: YouTube Upgrades 'Product Drop' & Community 'Post Creation' Features

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  • Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 221

    The Weekly Digital, Social Media & Web3 News episode for Leaders and Media Teams of Churches, Ministries and Nonprofits.

    This week, we have news about: Android, Meta, Mastercard, TikTok, WhatsApp

    Week 1, Dec 2023:

    πŸ—žοΈ News 1: Android Releases New Features for Google TV, WearOS and Google Home

    πŸ—žοΈ News 2: Meta Celebrates 10 Years of FAIR, AI Research, Releases New AI Models

    πŸ—žοΈ News 3: Mastercard Launches its Own Generative AI Chatbot, 'Shopping Muse'

    πŸ—žοΈ News 4: TikTok Launches 'Artist Account' & Announces 'Open House' AR Event

    πŸ—žοΈ News 5: WhatsApp Releases 'Secret Code for Chat Lock' Security Feature

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  • Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 220

    The Weekly Digital, Social Media & Web3 News episode for Leaders and Media Teams of Churches, Ministries and Nonprofits.

    This week, we have news about: Threads, TikTok, Meta, YouTube, X

    Week 5, Nov 2023:

    πŸ—žοΈ News 1: YouTube Says Users With Ad-Blockers May Experience Delay in Loading

    πŸ—žοΈ News 2: Meta Allows Expanded Access to Content, Library API for Data Research

    πŸ—žοΈ News 3: TikTok Releases Music Impact Report With Key Trends & User Behaviour

    πŸ—žοΈ News 4: X Brings Back 'Post Headlines' to Link Previews, as an Image Overlay

    πŸ—žοΈ News 5: Threads Posts Can Now Be Tagged by Topic, To Keep Them Organized

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  • Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 219

    The Weekly Digital, Social Media & Web3 News episode for Leaders and Media Teams of Churches, Ministries and Nonprofits.

    This week, we have news about: Amazon, Instagram, Meta, Google, YouTube

    Week 4, Nov 2023:

    πŸ—žοΈ News 1: Amazon Partners with Facebook & Instagram Enabling In-App Purchases

    πŸ—žοΈ News 2: Instagram Rolls Out New Content Creation, Editing Tools & Analytics

    πŸ—žοΈ News 3: Google Launches an Interesting Experiment called Notes, within Search

    πŸ—žοΈ News 4: Meta Releases Two New Generative AI Projects, Emu Video & Emu Edit

    πŸ—žοΈ News 5: YouTube Releases 'Dream Track', a New AI-Powered Music Creation Tool

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