Sarah Silverman Turns A Troll & Cadbury's Full Willy Wonka

By David Erickson | January 7, 2018
Beyond Social Media - Sarah Silverman A Turns Troll - Episode 214

Episode 214: David discusses Sarah Silverman’s compassionate response to a Twitter troll; Life Time Fitness’ decision to ban cable news; the Wellness VR platform pilot program in a senior living facility; Google’s audio-realistic text-to-speech technology; Firefox’s plans to shame insecure sites; Cadbury’s Willy Wonka white chocolate cream eggs; Apple’s long-awaited podcast analytics; Twitter’s video views; Facebook Ad Manager rules; the massive hardware security flaw that has effected all computer processors; a fatal swatting incident; Ajit Pai’s no-show at the Computer Electronics Show; and much, much more.

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Trump Tweets Nazi Reference

By David Erickson | November 8, 2015
Beyond Social Media - Donald Trump Tweets Nazi Reference - Episode 119

Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed Donald Trump’s Nazi tweet; absurd pharmaceutical mascots; LEGO denying Chinese artist LEGO bricks; Congressional action on bad review clauses; Fruit of the Loom’s tuck it in campaign; Instagram’s falling organic engagement; Carlsberg Beer’s Movember products; Twitter Curator opens to everyone; the Mars Generation potato challenge; IGN TV; IKEA’s other letter; Facebook’s artificial intelligence; the graphic novelization of iTunes’ terms of service; the Poo Pourri ad; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

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