Clubhouse Competition

By David Erickson | April 3, 2021
Beyond Social Media - Clubhouse Competition - Episode 344

BL and David discuss LinkedIn and Spotify going after Clubhouse and a Clubhouse tutorial; a mafioso whose YouTube channel gave him away; new stoner emoji coming for Apple’s iOS; an AI-powered service that animates still headshots; the forthcoming Brave privacy-focused search engine; NFT brand stunts generating publicity; Facebook is removing analytics; Lil Nas X’s satanic shoes; Volkswagen’s April Fools prank backlash; a massive Facebook user data leak; Krispy Kreme’s anti-vaxxer Mondays; Mars candy’s pesterbot;…and much, much more.

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Gmail's Minion Mic-Drop

By David Erickson | April 3, 2016

Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed Gmail’s Minion mic-drop April Fools fiasco; Mattel’s phishing scam scare; Google Cardboard Plastic; Microsoft’s bet on conversational computing; Twitter Stickers; a smartphone gun; Facebook for Business posts; the State Department’s #SpringBreakBadly campaign; Instagram’s minute-long videos; #ProjectLiteracy, the #TheBananaPeelChallenge; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

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Hello Barbie!

By David Erickson | April 4, 2015
Hello Barbie - Episode 90

Episode 90: Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed the new WiFi enabled talking Barbie; Scientology Twitter campaign against HBO; Trevor Noah’s six sexist tweets; Chris Rock drives while black; virtual crisis communications training; Groupon’s banana bunkers; Fixodent’s lion video; Miller Theatre’s canine composers; photography composition tips; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

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