Spotify & LinkedIn Launch New Podcasts
Beyond Social Media Show, Episode 262
BL and David discuss April the giraffe’s imminent baby; Spotify and LinkedIns new podcasts; Tesla’s epic Easter Egg troll; new chatbots for journalists; Star Wars’ history in 5 minutes; vertical vs landscape video; live bedtime stories by a school principal; Apple Glasses; HoloLens2; Pharmafluencers hawking drugs and medical devices; Sealioning; toilet paper trolling; racist self-driving cars; deceptive email “from” fields; …and much, much more.
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Best Digital Cases
April the Giraffe Giving Birth at Any Minute
Millions are tuning in to the live cam to watch the birth of celebrity giraffe April’s fifth calf.
In-Article Chatbots
The BBC is experiementing with placing chatbots within articles to help readers catch up on a story or aquaint them with the context for those who are new to the story.
- With in-article chat bots, BBC is experimenting with new ways to introduce readers to complex topics
- Example: Red faces over Trump ‘State of the Uniom’ typo on tickets
Tesla’s Epic Easter Egg
Invitees to the unveiling of the Model Y electric SUV, found a fantastic Easter egg when they tried to run a teaser image of the vehicle through an image editor.
Vertical Video
Should everyone be going all-in on vertical video now? Buffer gives us some data.
History of Star Wars in 5 Minutes
Star Wars took over social media last week with the release of Star Wars: Always, a fan-edited trailer covering the series’ entire history in 5 minutes.
- Here is All of Star Wars in Just Five Minutes
- Topher Grace Edited The ‘Star Wars’ Prequels Into One 85-Minute Movie and We Saw It
Apple Smart Glasses
Apple is expected to begin manufacturing its augmented reality glasses in the last quarter of 2019 or the first half of 2020.
School Principal’s Live Bedtime Stories
Dr. Belinda George, principal of Homer Drive Elementary School in Beaumont, Texas, snuggles up in her jammies every Tuesday night and reads a bedtime story to her students via Facebook Live.
- This elementary school principal reads books on Facebook to ensure her students have a bedtime story
Microsoft HoloLens 2
The latest version of Microsoft’s mixed reality product HoloLens 2 is targeting the enterprise rather than a consumer audience.
Spotify Original Podcast: The Story Of The Clash
It is telling that in the wake of Spotify’s big splash into podcast distribution with the Gimlet Media acquisition, the company is promoting a music podcast from its in-house studio.
Worst Digital Cases
Pharmafluencers
The latest way influencers are making money is pharmaceutical endorsements. The problem: regulation is not exactly happening.
- The latest Instagram influencer frontier? Medical promotions.
- Instagram’s Medical Influencers Can Be Harmful to Your Health
Sealioning
A polite form of trolling with which you may already be familar.
- ‘Sealioning’ Is A Common Trolling Tactic On Social Media–What Is It?
- A Dictionary Of Social Media
- Perspectives On Harmful Speech Online
- The Terrible Sea Lion
Brands Troll Conservatives
Right wing conservatives have been trolled by Walmart and Cottonelle. This is truly dirty marketing.
Racist Self-Driving Cars
Another case of algorithmic bias?
- A new study finds a potential risk with self-driving cars: failure to detect dark-skinned pedestrians
- Predictive Inequity in Object Detection [PDF]
Deceptive From Fields
Don’t try to be something you’re not. You’ll just invite ill-will.
Shiny New Stuff
VCSO
Great tool for upping your Instagram Story skills
LinkedIn Podcast
LinkedIn is launching a new podcast called ‘Hello Monday’, which will showcase stories of professional development, and highlight the role the platform has played, and can play, in such.
VideoShop Video Editor
This is a truly amazing video app for iPhone & iPad only with dozens of tools and effects.
WebAuthn
The World Wide Web Consortium approved WebAuthn, a new authentication standard for password-free logins. Yay!
Pro Tips
- Top 25 Public Speaking Tips the Pros Use to Captivate Audiences – David is quoted in this article
Politics
Tim Apple Trolls Trump
Apple CEO Tim Cook changed his name to Tim Apple after the president demonstrated he couldn’t be bothered to learn Cook’s last name.
The Daily Numbers
