Episode 241: BL and David discuss Prince’s new music video that pays tribute to the scores of teens and children affected by gun-related violence every year; the Twitterification of Twitter; the crumbling of the college degree barrier; the National Voter Registration Day media takeover; Coca-Cola’s interest in the marijuana industry; dancing lessons for NFL players; the opening of Bud Light’s Victory Fridges; an update to the Social Media Guru list; augmented reality applied below ground; Arby’s tattoos the meats; the hacking of our website; who is getting raises and who is not; the New York Times’ video case study of the Tylenol poisoning; and much, much more.
Jessica Alba Burns Customers & Arby’s Bids Jon Stewart Adieu
Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed Jessica Alba’s sunscreen fail; the #DisarmTheiPhone campaign; the sad fate of HitchBOT; Telsa’s snake charger; Vanderbilt’s rape tweet; nail polish that detects date rape drugs; emoji campaigns; Arby’s goodbye to Jon Stewart; Old Spice’s Instagram campaign; project UROK; Cecil the Lion Beanie Babies; an amazing Foo Fighters cover song; Twitter’s news tab; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.
NHL Bans Live Streaming Video
Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed the National Hockey League’s decision to ban the Periscope and Meerkat live video streaming apps from their games; the Android logo pissing on the Apple logo discovered in Google Maps; Coca-Cola’s Earth Day tweets; Facebook’s new newsfeed algorithm; the Twizzler Challenge; brands embracing pot culture; a suicide prevention effort; kids attacking Dunkin Donuts; artificially intelligent toys; Kinect’s improved motion-detection technology; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.
Rudy Giuliani Blasts Obama & Social Blasts Back
Episode 84: Rudy Giuliani blasts Barack Obama & social blasts back; Lenovo ships malicious adware; Krispy Kreme’s KKKlub & crowdsourcing medical conditions.