It’s the end of Monday! You made it! Catch up on today’s news with #TheDailyThree, a weekday recap featuring three top stories in digital + a few thoughts. Today we’re discussing the Vero craze and a few cool new features from YouTube and Facebook.

1. The past few days have been ablaze w/ talk of Vero, an ambitious social media site promising the algorithm + ad-free experience users crave. It will eventually require paid access but they’re currently offering the 1st million users free lifetime memberships.

2. YouTube is rolling out automatic captions for live streams, a technology that surely will be replicated by other platforms very soon. This is the result of the way & environment in which people consume content, largely on mobile + often without wanting sound.

3. Facebook has added “Voice Clips” as a type of status update. This is interesting because as podcasts increase even more in popularity, short voice clips might be an interesting way for both user + brands to create content.