Starbucks Blacklash & David Bowie's Subway Station

Beyond Social Media - Starbucks Backlash - Episode 225

Episode 225: BL and David discuss the fallout Starbucks is enduring in the wake of the viral video of to black patrons being arrested for no good reason; the David Bowie subway takeover; the AlterEgo thought-activated device; Walmart Yodel Boy going viral; Phillips and the University of Minnesota’s Masonic Children’s Hospital innovating lighting to foster healing and recovery; bedtime stories read from space; the details on the surveillance society; a forensic tool for identifying fake photos and videos; an IKEA-friendly robot; Artificially Intelligent Flintstones episodes; the one-page Internet; and much, much more.

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Amazon Buys Whole Foods & Ken Doll Gets Man Bun

Beyond Social Media - Amazon Acquires Whole Foods - Episode 192

Episode 192: BL and David discuss NASA how called BS on Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop; Amazon acquires Whole Foods; beefy new Ken Dolls come out; Smirnoff newsjacks; Google AI helps expand reading for kids; BuzzFeed & VOX Media get buggy; a Troll Cakes/detective agency makes trolls eat their words; Spectacles go scuba diving; alorithmic responsibility; the Instagram star who was trampled by a cow and much, much more.

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Force Friday & Hipster Barbie

Beyond Social Media - Force Friday - Episode 110

Episode 110: Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed Burger King’s McWhopper peace offering; Rand Paul’s #StandWithPaul app fiasco; the role of war photographers and the image of a drowned Syrian refugee boy; Hulu’s new kinda ad-free version; the Love Has No Labels campaign; the new streaming video platform Blab.im; Feed America’s #Spoontember campaign; Disney’s Force Friday marketing blitz for Star Wars: The Force Awakens; the hilarious Hipster Barbie Instagram account; a PSA video from an acid attack survivor; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

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Tweeting Bras & Coffee & Twitter Attack Ads – Beyond Social Media Show, Episode 22

Beyond Social Media Show, Episode 22 When Things Go Wrong Albert Maruggi @HealthCareGov B.L. Ochman Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colorado) Calls Obama a “tar baby” Tweeting Bras – Pinkwashing @TweetingBra Maria Bacodimou Nestle Fitness Fun Breast Cancer Awareness Products That Can Cause Breast Cancer Starbucks’ New Tweet-A-Coffee Program Wants Your Friends’ Personal Data David Erickson White…

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