China's Social Media Engineering & America's Social Divide

Episode 169 co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discuss discuss the new app that warns you when Donald Trump Tweets about a stock you own; Cinnabon’s worst buns in the galaxy Twitter goof; The PussyProject’s PussyHats for the Women’s March on Washington; Facebook’s Blabby multi-streaming Messenger; Google’s wheelchair accessibility maps; China’s scary gamification of citizen obedience with Sesame Credit; new Occulus Rooms; Biz Stone’s new AskJelly; Leicestershire Police’s chilling video about online predators goes viral….and much, much more.

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Fake News & Its Discontents: #Pizzagate Has Real-Life Consequences

Beyond-Social Media - Fake News & Pizzagate - Episode 167

Episode 167: BL and David discuss Facebook’s blocking of a fake news detector; the real-life consequences of the fake news “Pizzagate” story; Uber’s customer tracking; Reddit’s demise at the hand of trolls; LiLou, SFO’s therapy pig (and Instagram star); Netflix’s alien-identifying algorithm; the Local Matters watchdog journalism newsletter; Amazon’s employee-free retail store; BMW’s self-policing cars; the best Christmas ads; the Reuters News Tracer breaking news algorithm; My Starbucks Barista Bot; Google’s emoji-responding Twitter account; and much, much more.

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Star Wars Rogue One Live Stream & OK Go In Slow Mo

Beyond Social Media - Rogue One and OK Go - Episode 166

Episode 166: Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discuss the Internet Archive moving to Canada; obnoxious podcasters; spying headphones; the new Telegra.ph blogging platform; the Diageo VR drunk driving experience; first-person video of the Tennessee wildfires; OK Go’s amazing new music video; Amazon’s conciliation ad; Planned Parenthood donations in Mike Pence’s name; detecting fake news; Instagram’s shopping tags; Twitter’s Star Wars Rogue One Live stream, and much, much more.

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Screw You, Zuckerberg & Watch What You Don't Say

Beyond Social Media - Mark Zuckerberg's Fake News - Episode 165

Episode 165: BL and David discussed how Facebook fake news impacted the 2016 Presidential election; a professor who was “not arrested” for free speech; Adobe’s audio Photoshop; the Trump Shopping Network; Technology Cautionary Tales; SNL’s Hallelujah; our hard-partying Founding Fathers; the BMW Films sequel; the Story of Election 2016; the Internet of Cows; solar rooftops; the First Draft Coalition; #TwitterAwards; and much, much more.

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No Text Voting & Uber Drivers' Racial Bias

Beyond Social Media - No Text Message Voting - Episode 164

Episode 164: BL and David discuss Twitter ads targeting Hillary Clinton supporters that tell them to vote by text message; racial bias by Uber drivers; Google and Microsoft’s buggy relationship; Facebook’s racial targeting capabilities; the Vigilante app; fake news and media literacy; President Obama singing Purple Rain to a Prince tick or treater; Okay Google commands for Harry Potter spells; Amazon Studios’ Good Girls Revolt show; scheduling Facebook Live video broadcasts; a Chicago meteorologist who reported that hell had officially frozen over; the New York Times’ The Daily 360; and much, much more.

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Justin Timberlake Busted & Facebook Hates Cats

Beyond Social Media - Justin Timberlake Busted - Episode 163

Episode 163: BL and David discuss Justin Timberlake’s voting booth selfie; the massive Distributed Denial of Service attack that crippled the Internet; Miss Iceland’s withdrawal from a beauty pageant over body shaming; Twitter’s decision to shut down the Vine app; Facebook’s problem with cats; LinkedIn’s update of the Endorsement and Skills algorithm; Budweiser’s self-driving beer run; fake NASA livestreams; Google’s declaration of a mobile-first world in search; rappers for Hillary; Amazon’s personal mini drones patent; the #TrumpANovel tweets; Squarespace’s one-page mobile sites; the Skittles photo lawsuit; Facebook’s cloning of Snapchat Stories; and much, much more.

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Donald Trump vs Democracy & Buyers Spurn Twitter

Episode 162: Beyond Social Media Show co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discuss Donald Trump’s Presidential Debate 3 fallout; #TrumpBookReport jokes go viral; why domestic violence is not just a woman’s issue, George H.W. Bush’s gracious good luck letter to president Bill Clinton; Grim Reaper drones; Twitter spurned by buyers; Apple’s new MacBook Pro scheme; a $1000 a month social network for Richie Rich kids; the launches of Periscope Pro and Google 360 Surveys; the new short form Wall St Journal; Clown related porn searches and much, much more.

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Ken Bone, Internet Meme & Exploding Samsung Phones

Episode 161: BL and David discuss the Wonder Woman UN ambassador; the exploding Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones; the Kim Kardashian heist Halloween costume; cyborg surveillance beetles; a scared Ronald McDonald; Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan; Donald Trump’s Pussy Riot moment; Echo Alexa everywhere; BuzzFeed’s live election Twitter video feed; Amazon Music Unlimited; Amazon Prime Reading; Ken Bone, conquering Internet hero; Chromecasting Facebook Live video; and much, much more.

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Google Pixel, Home, Assistant: Alphabet's Bid For The Home

Beyond Social Media - Google Pixel - Episode 160

Episode 160: BL and David discuss Google’s announcement of the Pixel phone, Google Home, Google Assistant and Google Daydream View; Facebook Marketplace’s wild rollout; Moschino’s controversial Capsule line; Spotify’s malware ads; bids for Twitter; the #TsOnUs campaign; Netflix’s Haters Back Off series; NSFW Trump; Virtual Reality justice; refugee phones; Holocaust escapee virtual experience; #ThatMexicanThing; Kate Beckinsale’s Instagram; and much, much more.

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