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

By David Erickson | January 19, 2017 |

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.

Long-Form Twitter & FTC Guidelines For Native Ads

By David Erickson | January 10, 2016 |

Beyond Social Media - Long-Form Twitter - Episode 125

On Episode 125, co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed Sean Penn’s Rolling Stones interview with El Chapo; Hasbrow’s Star Wars Monopoly mess up; long-form Twitter; MSNBC’s Trump TV; Donald Trump’s golfing amnesia; under-powered virtual reality; whites dating whites; online harassment; Twitter’s abuse rules; Rhett & Link; FTC’s native advertising guidelines; Thomson Reuters error page; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

Apple's TV App Store

By David Erickson | September 12, 2015 |

Beyond Social Media - Apple TV Apps - Episode 111

Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed the iPhone subscriptions and Apple TV apps; a tasteless 9/11 gun shop promotion; the Pope toaster; philanthropic porn prizes; LEGOs in space; augmented reality Pokemon; a Golden groupie; Donaldo Tumpez; Google & Twitter’s answer to Instant Articles; Washington Post’s ad blocking statement; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

LEGO Worlds Game Launches

By David Erickson | June 6, 2015 |

Beyond Social Media Show - LEGO Worlds - Episode 99

Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed the news of the Queen’s demise being greatly exaggerated; a massive hack of the federal government personnel records; a LEGO Worlds; Manspreading; tweeting potholes; Cyber seniors; Flash’s long death; an Internet cat video; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

NHL Bans Live Streaming Video

By David Erickson | April 25, 2015

Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed the National Hockey League’s decision to ban the Periscope and Meerkat live video streaming apps from their games; the Android logo pissing on the Apple logo discovered in Google Maps; Coca-Cola’s Earth Day tweets; Facebook’s new newsfeed algorithm; the Twizzler Challenge; brands embracing pot culture; a suicide prevention effort; kids attacking Dunkin Donuts; artificially intelligent toys; Kinect’s improved motion-detection technology; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

Hello Barbie!

By David Erickson | April 4, 2015 |

Episode 90: Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed the new WiFi enabled talking Barbie; Scientology Twitter campaign against HBO; Trevor Noah’s six sexist tweets; Chris Rock drives while black; virtual crisis communications training; Groupon’s banana bunkers; Fixodent’s lion video; Miller Theatre’s canine composers; photography composition tips; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.