Posts Tagged ‘Vine’
No Text Voting & Uber Drivers' Racial Bias
Episode 164: BL and David discuss Twitter ads targeting Hillary Clinton supporters that tell them to vote by text message; racial bias by Uber drivers; Google and Microsoft’s buggy relationship; Facebook’s racial targeting capabilities; the Vigilante app; fake news and media literacy; President Obama singing Purple Rain to a Prince tick or treater; Okay Google commands for Harry Potter spells; Amazon Studios’ Good Girls Revolt show; scheduling Facebook Live video broadcasts; a Chicago meteorologist who reported that hell had officially frozen over; the New York Times’ The Daily 360; and much, much more.
Read MoreJustin Timberlake Busted & Facebook Hates Cats
Episode 163: BL and David discuss Justin Timberlake’s voting booth selfie; the massive Distributed Denial of Service attack that crippled the Internet; Miss Iceland’s withdrawal from a beauty pageant over body shaming; Twitter’s decision to shut down the Vine app; Facebook’s problem with cats; LinkedIn’s update of the Endorsement and Skills algorithm; Budweiser’s self-driving beer run; fake NASA livestreams; Google’s declaration of a mobile-first world in search; rappers for Hillary; Amazon’s personal mini drones patent; the #TrumpANovel tweets; Squarespace’s one-page mobile sites; the Skittles photo lawsuit; Facebook’s cloning of Snapchat Stories; and much, much more.
Read MorePay By Selfie & NPR Anti-Podcast Stance
Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed the gutter that has become the Republican primary race; NPR’s odd decision to NOT promote its podcasts on air; Microsoft’s decision to shut down the Tay chatbot; a Bank of America media relations fail; the meaninglessness of head-to-head political polls during the primary season; the new YouTube Connect live video streaming app; Ester the Wonderpig; Amazon’s pay-by-selfie patent application; teen voting; Twitter’s plans to recruit Vine stars; a real cat burglar; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.
Read MoreStar Wars: The Force Awakens Marketing
Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed Trump’s Twitter woes; killing baby Hitler; tech journalism backlash; Pepsi’s failure to stock up for Back To The Future Day; racist Twitter trolls boycott Star Wars; a teen Vine star; PR for ad agencies; Twitter polls; Facebook search; USA Today’s Back To The Future wrap; Amazon sues fake reviewers; YouTube going Red; New York Times’ submersive journalism; facial recognition for health care; super secure passwords; Nixon’s tweets; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.
Read MoreGoDaddy Super Bowl Commercial & Comcast Antagonizes Customer
Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed GoDaddy’s recently-pulled puppy Super Bowl commercial; Comcast’s customer service department antagonizing customers; an online bullying incident that spirals out of control; and a lot more.
Read More12 Taylor Swift Gifs & Obama's State Of The Union Videos
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.
Read MoreFerguson Protests & Widespread Cyber Attacks
Beyond Social Media Show Episode 61: The fallout over the protests in Ferguson, Missouri, the threat of cyber attacks, proofing political ads and more.
Read MoreGM's Dangerous Mobile App & Brand Reaction To The World Cup Biter [VIDEO]
This episode: Gawker trashes yogurt; GM’s dangerous mobile app; Aaron Paul’s Xbox One commercial glitch; Tide culturejacks Game of Thrones; brands react to the World Cup biter.
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