Oscars #EnvelopeGate & NASA Women LEGOized

Beyond Social Media - Oscars EnvelopeGate - Episode 177

Episode 177: BL and David discuss Women of NASA Legoized, a naked giraffe banned from YouTube, #envelopegate, Bailgorithm, Spectacles for all (and Dave ordered a pair), a funeral for a website, The Atlantic’s clever This Is Your Life app, Dog TV, new membership plugin for Wordpress, a great car for dogs, and much, much more.

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NASA Discovers New Solar System With 7 Planets That Could Have Organic Life

Beyond Social Media - NASA New Solar System - Episode 176

Episode 176: Co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed NASA’s Facebook live feed of its discvoery of a new solar system; the Washington Post’s new motto; silly superheroes; Sweden’s Trump Twitter storm; Twitter’s time out room; live video streaming sports on Twitter & Facebook; Facebook’s autosound; fake news movie promotion campaign; how to leak securely; Instagram’s New Carousel Posts; dragon drones; …and much, much more.

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Can Zuckerberg Save the World? Has NASA Solved the Space Poop Problem?

Beyond Social Media - Space Poop Challenge - Episode 175

Episode 175: Albert Maruggi was our co-host tonight since Dave is traveling. He’ll be back next week. BL and Albert discuss NASA’s Space Poop Challenge winner; Mark Zuckerberg Saves the World; Burger King’s Adult Toys; Social Springer Spaniels; Planet of the Apps; A Self-Taught Star; the Deluxe Small Business Revolution; trump’s Tweets; a Twitter Money Mystery…and much, much more.

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Super Bowl LI Commercials: Brands Take Stands; Fake News Gets Freakier

Beyond Social Media - Super Bowl LI Commercials - Episode 174

Episode 174: Co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed Super Bowl LI commercials, including Ford’s future of transportation spot, the sexy Mr. Clean, the Coen Brothers and Peter Fonda’s Mercedes collaboration, Audi’s girl power ad, Budweiser’s origin story, and 84 Lumber’s pro-immigration piece; Comcast’s paid protesters; New York City subway users erasing Nazis; freaky fake news; Facebook Live’s filter bubble; Twitter’s new safety features; YouTube Live; Facebook’s computer vision; LinkedIn’s ProFinder badges; Oculus Rift’s Best Buy fail; Circuit Cubes; …and much, much more.

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Beyonce's Pregnant At JC Penny & Facebook TV

Beyond Social Media - Beyonce's Pregnant at JC Penny - Episode 173

Episode 173: Co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed the National Strategic Bacon Reserve; Facebook’s TV app; Starbucks’ Conscious Capitalism; artificial intelligence in plain English; LEGO’s social network for kids; Tostito’s breathalyzer bag; Snapchat’s smart lenses; Beyonce’s pregnant JC Penny photo shoot; virtual immortality; #DeleteUber; Starbucks overwhelmed with mobile …and much, much more.

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Viral Video Welcome To The Netherlands & Blocking Constituents

Episode 172: Co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed the blocking of constituents in Minnesota; a job hunting bait and switch; the hilarious Netherlands video gone viral; elected officials blocking constituents; White House press secretary Sean Spicer’s peculiar Twitter war on ice cream; how recording forgotten lives helps Alzheimer’s victims; mistrust of Facebook news; forced Trump fandom; the adorable animals meme #CuteAnimalTweetOff; Uber for trucking; revised App Store reviews…and much, much more.

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Chevy's LEGO Batmobile & Obama's VR White House Tour

Beyond Social Media - Chevrolet LEGO Batmobile - Episode 171

Episode 171 co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discuss canine abuse on the set of Purpose Of A Dog; Angel Soft’s scatological ads; the Honest recall; live-streaming the Steelers locker room; Google Chrome’s new warnings for non-SSL sites; robot kill switches; Barack Obama’s virtual White House tour; Michael Dukakis’ advice for the new White House occupant; Sad Affleck rises again; two Trump protest songs; the Washington Post’s comedy news show; Facebook de-emphasizes Live; travel Norway’s rail virtually; Chevrolet’s LEGO Batmobile; and much more.

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Psycho Pharma Bro & Russia Today Hacks C-SPAN?

Episode 170: BL and David discuss Red Dawn online as C-SPAN is apparently hacked by Kremlin-controlled Russia Today; Martin Shkreli goes psycho-creepy and is bounced from Twitter; Facebook adds ads to Facebook Live; Dan Rather’s News & Guts launch; Facebook’s Journalism Project; the Hwages video of Saudi women dangerously defying convention goes viral; the Tiny Food fad grows; a wearable robot is born; the hilarious Ambassador of Weird, plus great new apps and stats you should know.

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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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