Super Bowl Duds & YouTube Originals

Beyond Social Media - Super Bowl Commercial Duds - Episode 130

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.

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Martin Shkreli Goes To Washington

Beyond Social Media - Martin Shkreli Goes To Washington - Episode 129

Episode 129: Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed the potential Twitter timeline algorithm; Pharma Bro’s day at Congress; that Ted Cruz’ super PAC wants to take back some place called Counrty; Esurance’s Super Bowl sweepstakes; the immersive Super Bowl broadcast; Coke’s Gif-maker hijacked; Chipotle’s rush hour gambit; the Trump vs Trump debate; Pantene Dad-Do series; Bose’s found Super Bowl songs; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

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Intuit QuickBooks Buys Super Bowl Ad For Death Wish Coffee

Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed Intuit QuickBook’s generous gift of a Super Bowl ad; a press release from hell; Google Glass’ disappearing act; Tweets out of context; URL keywords as commentary; MailChip’s late Eep URL shortening “service”; Donald Trump; Tony the Tiger and his furry friends; Google search quality meetings; SurveyMonkey’s excellent customer service; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

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12 Taylor Swift Gifs & Obama's State Of The Union Videos

BSMediaShow 79 - Taylor Swift

Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed the 12 Taylor Swift Gifs House Speaker John Boehner recently shared; President Obama’s State of the Union trailer videos; the apparent demise of Google Glass; Coldplay’s interactive animated music video; Consumer Electronics Show gadgets, the 12 Monkeys “lighting track”; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

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