During episode 136, Co-hosts David Erickson & BL Ochman 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. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/136

During episode 135, Co-hosts David Erickson & BL Ochman discussed Mucinex's spokesnott appearance at JFK airport; the ethical obligations of personal digital assistants; Nike's Back To The Future sneakers; Dunkin' Donuts pistachio coffee; the drone racing trend; Google's nofollow dictum; the disappearance of Honey Nut Cheerios' bee mascot; Medium Collections; Keith Richards vs Donald Trump; an update on AlphaGo; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/135

During episode 134, Co-hosts David Erickson & BL Ochman discussed a dermatologist's gross videos that have gone viral; another viral video of a disgusting Kellogg's employee peeing on a cereal assembly line; Joe's Crab Shack's stunning decision to use a lynching photo as table decor; Google's DeepMind AlphaGo program beats the world's best Go player; Facebook vying for NFL's Thursday Night Football; an agricultural innovation using the Internet of Things; 4chan's founder joins Google; Teens react to Windows 95; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/134

During episode 133, Co-hosts David Erickson & BL Ochman discussed Google's new Posts content type; both good and bad emoji campaigns; a fake New York Times political news story favoring Bernie Sanders; Amazon encryption backtracking; Jimmy Kimmel on Donald Trump; Facebook Live Video visibility; the #ShareTheLoad campaign; Facebook Instant Articles newsletter signups; Always' #LikeAGirl campaign; the evolution of social media policies; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/133