Force Friday & Hipster Barbie

Beyond Social Media - Force Friday - Episode 110

Episode 110: Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed Burger King’s McWhopper peace offering; Rand Paul’s #StandWithPaul app fiasco; the role of war photographers and the image of a drowned Syrian refugee boy; Hulu’s new kinda ad-free version; the Love Has No Labels campaign; the new streaming video platform Blab.im; Feed America’s #Spoontember campaign; Disney’s Force Friday marketing blitz for Star Wars: The Force Awakens; the hilarious Hipster Barbie Instagram account; a PSA video from an acid attack survivor; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

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Is Flash Dead Yet & #AmazonPrimeDayFAIL

Beyond Social Media - Is Flash Dead - Episode 104

Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed Amazon’s underwhelming Prime Day; CNN’s latest reporting failure; the latest nail in Flash’s coffin; Starbucks jobs program; Facebook’s Moneypenny digital assistant; Mark Cuban’s Mark Tank fundraiser; the rebirth of Bloom County; Wilco’s Star Wars giveaway; Rachel Platten’s duo with a sick six-year old; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

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Amazon Prime Day & The Reddit Implosion

Beyond Social Media - Amazon Prime Day - Episode 103

Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed the reaction to the raiding of Subway’s spokesman’s home; errant hashtags; Reddit’s implosion; the video metrics mess; Amazon Prime Day; interns breaking news; Upworthy’s reinvention; Pampers’ #BetterForBaby video; LinkedIn’s million posters; Google RidesWith; RadioShack’s dance party; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

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