Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 242

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: Midjourney, Claude AI, Google, Instagram, Meta, X

Week 4, Aug 2024:

🗞️ News 1: Midjourney Launches a Web-based Option for AI Image Creation

🗞️ News 2: X Adds New Analytics & Measurement Tools for Verified Users

🗞️ News 3: Instagram Launches 'Music on Profile' Feature Inside Your Bio

🗞️ News 4: Anthropic's AI Ethics Shines as they Publish 'System Prompts'

🗞️ News 5: Google Meet's Picture-in-Picture Gets an 'Auto-Open' Functionality

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Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 241

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: X, Grok AI, Google, Meta, YouTube, Threads

Week 3, Aug 2024:

🗞️ News 1: X Launches New AI Tools: Grok2 and Grok2 Mini with Flux

🗞️ News 2: Google Expands 'AI Overviews' in Search with New Features

🗞️ News 3: Meta Releases New Campaign Optimization Updates

🗞️ News 4: YouTube CTV Viewers will See 'Fewer, but Longer' Ad-breaks

🗞️ News 5: Threads Enhances Insights, Adds Scheduling & Drafts Feature

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Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 240

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: Snapchat, Google Gemini, Meta AI, TikTok, Instagram

Week 2, Aug 2024:

🗞️ News 1: Instagram Insights Update: 'Views' Prioritized as the Key Metric

🗞️ News 2: Google Launches 'TV Streamer' AI-Powered Entertainment Hub

🗞️ News 3: Snapchat+ Plan Crosses the 11 Million 'Subscribers' Milestone

🗞️ News 4: Meta Launches 'Llama Impact Grants Program' for AI Innovation

🗞️ News 5: TikTok Launches 'Spotlight' Tool for Promoting Movies & TV

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Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 239

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: Meta AI, TikTok, Google, Linkedin, WhatsApp

Week 1, Aug 2024:

🗞️ News 1: Meta Unveils 'AI Studio', its own Custom AI Tool for Creators

🗞️ News 2: TikTok Launches 'App Center' with Tools, Apps & Resources

🗞️ News 3: Google Chrome Gets Three New AI Features to Enhance Browsing

🗞️ News 4: WhatsApp Reaches '100 Million' User Milestone in the US

🗞️ News 5: LinkedIn Launches 'Page Verification' for Organizational Pages

For detailed notes, source links, resources mentioned in the show and the transcripts visit: https://natchi.net/news

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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:

🗞️ News 1: YouTube Makes Longer Videos Editable; Improves Bulk Comment Moderation

🗞️ News 2: Threads will be the First Meta app to be Compatible with 'Fediverse'

🗞️ News 3: Google Launches New Gemini AI Tools in Google Workspace for Education

🗞️ News 4: Pinterest Brings Improvements to 'Social Media Board Sharing' Feature

🗞️ News 5: Snapchat Adds an In-App Warning for Unsafe New Connection Requests

For detailed notes, source links, resources mentioned in the show and the transcripts visit: https://natchi.net/news

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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:

🗞️ News 1: Anthropic Launches Claude 3.5 Sonnet; Outperforms GPT-4o & Gemini

🗞️ News 2: TikTok Releases 'Symphony' Suite of Ad Tools Powered by Generative AI

🗞️ News 3: YouTube Now Allows People to Add 'Notes' to Videos, As An Experiment

🗞️ News 4: WhatsApp Adds New Audio & Video Call Features Including Screen Sharing

🗞️ News 5: Meta's Cannes Lions 2024 Announcements: AI Chatbots, Messaging & More

For detailed notes, source links, resources mentioned in the show and the transcripts visit: https://natchi.net/news

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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:

🗞️ News 1: New 'Apple Intelligence' AI: Top 3 Useful Takeaways for Media Ministry

🗞️ News 2: YouTube Tests New Features: Thumbnail Testing, QR Codes, @ Mentions

🗞️ News 3: Google Launches 'Google TV Network' for Targeted Advertising on CTV

🗞️ News 4: LinkedIn Introduces 'The Wire' Program, In-Stream Video Ad Placement

🗞️ News 5: WhatsApp Releases AI, Meta Verified & In-Chat Calling for Businesses

For detailed notes, source links, resources mentioned in the show and the transcripts visit: https://natchi.net/news

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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:

🗞️ News 1: Google adds AI into Search, Android, Workspace & releases AI Agents

🗞️ News 2: X Announces New 'Community' Features, Updates and Admin Tools

🗞️ News 3: ChatGPT Gets Improved 'Data Analysis' Capabilities & Integrations

🗞️ News 4: Threads Starts Testing a New 'Column' Layout UI Similar to Tweetdeck

🗞️ News 5: Snapchat Releases A new Measurement Methodology to Track Ad Campaigns

For detailed notes, source links, resources mentioned in the show and the transcripts visit: https://natchi.net/news

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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:

🗞️ News 1: OpenAI Releases macOS Desktop App & GPT-4o, Multimodal Language Model

🗞️ News 2: YouTube CEO says Creators should be considered for TV Awards like Emmys

🗞️ News 3: Meta Adds 'Travel Mode' Entertainment Feature to Quest VR Headsets

🗞️ News 4: Google Partners with HP & moves 'Starline' Project out of the Labs

🗞️ News 5: X Introduces 'AI Audiences' To Help Advertisers Define Target Audience

For detailed notes, source links, resources mentioned in the show and the transcripts visit: https://natchi.net/news

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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:

🗞️ News 1: Anthropic AI Announces Release of an iOS App for Claude & New Team Plan

🗞️ News 2: WhatsApp's Communities Feature Gets New Tools including Group 'Events'

🗞️ News 3: Snapchat Releases New Gen-AI Tools & DM Edit Feature in the App

🗞️ News 4: LinkedIn Launches New In-stream 'Thinking-Oriented' Social Games

🗞️ News 5: Pinterest says Gen-Z are Behind Increased Engagement in 'Collage-Pins'

For detailed notes, source links, resources mentioned in the show and the transcripts visit: https://natchi.net/news

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