Posts Tagged ‘Quartz’
United Kills Puppies & Can I Write For Sprite?
Episode 221: BL and David discuss United Airlines’ recent customer service fail that resulted in the death of a customer’s puppy; the students’ national walkout over gun control; Facebook testing voice status updates; #AskEddie has a new gig; the best cover letter in the history of cover letters; a Time’s Up agency; Twitter verification for everyone; Quartz’ obsessive emails; Google’s encryption drop-dead date; Rihanna snaps at Snap; Melania Trump wags her finger at social executives; news coming to Facebook Watch; YouTube’s Wikipediafication; a massive fake news study; and much, much more.
Read MoreSuper Bowl Duds & YouTube Originals
Episode 130: Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed the flap over Marc Andreessen’s comments about Facebook’s Internet access plans for India; Meryl Streep’s comments about diversity in the film industry; Super Bowl commercials that flopped; Pornhub’s latest philanthropic gesture; Snapchat’s new subscription option; Google’s new Knowledge Graph editing features; Amazon’s new video game engine; YouTube’s new original movies and shows; Instagram video views; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.
Read MoreIs Flash Dead Yet & #AmazonPrimeDayFAIL
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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