Historical Barbies & Jurassic World Alive AR

Beyond Social Media - Historical Barbies - Episode 220

Episode 220: BL and David discuss Mattel’s new line of historic Barbies; made up holidays; the Philando Castille crowdfunding effort that fed a school district; brilliant billboards; Techmeme’s new Ride Home podcast; how to write good error messages; the Jurassic World Alive AR app; Mall of America’s mallbot; Amazon’s creepy, laughing Echo; thought transfer technology; facial recognition in interviews; a brainwave-powered exoskeleton; voice optimization for Amazon Alexa; and much, much more.

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Worst Newsjack Ever, End of Facebook Free Ride, Catstarter

Beyond Social Media Show, Episode 40 Worst Digital Cases Worst newsjacking ever?/li> PR Pitch from Hell – give me your credit card! The end of the free ride for brands on Facebook?/li> There’s no magic marketing bullet Airbnb orgy issue and $10 billion valuation by investors Lexus Interactive Channel – fascinating and awful Best Digital…

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