Howard Rheingold Archives - Beyond Social Media

Russian Facebook Political Ads & Hurricane Harvey Hoaxes

By David Erickson | September 7, 2017 |

Episode 200: Co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discuss Facebook’s admission that it ran 3000+ political ads paid for by Kremlin-linked propagandists, the “Calling Bullshit” college course, Values job search, hilarious Trump parodies,draw your search, Cloudvertising, Verizon’s fake unlimited plans, a cultural fit job site, how to have video calls with your cat, an app that turns your phone into a portable podcast studio, social accountability for brands and much, much more.

No Text Voting & Uber Drivers' Racial Bias

By David Erickson | November 5, 2016 |

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.

Google Plus Redesign & Infinity's Virtual Reality App

By David Erickson | November 22, 2015 |

Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed the Google+ redesign; disappearance of tweet counts; businesses exploiting Paris attacks; an innocent man framed for Paris attacks by online trolls; crap detection resources; immersive storytelling; a tribute to a wife killed in Paris attacks; Infinity Driver’s Seat virtual reality app; BLAB show cards; Minecraft helping teach programming to kids; Kind Bars; marriage proposal do-overs; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.