During episode 144, Co-hosts David Erickson & BL Ochman discussed the Chewbacca Mom viral video; the competitor to Amazon Echo, Google Home; Sky TV's #CommandTheUnsullied Twitter spam; Google Instant Apps; the pros and cons of LinkedIn ProFinder; Twitter's kinda-expanding character count; Blab's strange pivot to Tinder-live video conferencing; the Google-N fail; VR for Good; 360 music videos; Google's Parsey McParseface tool; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/144

During episode 143, Co-hosts David Erickson & BL Ochman discussed the Facebook trending stories controversy; Amazon’s new Video Direct program; George Zimmerman’s attempt to auction the gun he used to murder Trayvon Martin; programmable Amazon Dash buttons; Budweiser’s rebranding of America; Donald Trump posing as his own publicist; IABC’s plea for fee-free content; a Text and Die billboard; the Dalai Lama’s interactive atlas of emotions; voice search keyword research; a potential Google VR headset; a Canadian matchmaking service; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/143

During episode 142, Co-hosts David Erickson & BL Ochman discussed the effectiveness of anti-Donald Trump ads run by the Stop Trump PACs and the Hillary Clinton campaign; KFC’s finger-lickin’ good chicken-flavored nail polish; Elizabeth Warren’s Twitter war with Trump; sales email fails; PetSmart’s Cinco de Mayo tweets; the GAP’s 60s-era space shuttle tweets; Windows 10 shenanigans; the CDC’s Clean Hands Count campaign; Facebook mail; the #Oldchella concert; Radiohead erases itself then drops; Zoe for President; Facebook’s politics; the Anne Frank virtual reality film; Amazon Echo’s location services play; the CIA live tweeting the Osama Bin Ladin raid; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/142

During episode 141, Co-hosts David Erickson & BL Ochman discussed the racist response to Old Navy's multiracial ad; as well as:

• The hijacking of Comcast Cares Day;
• A Norway minister ridiculed for a PR stunt gone bad;
• A Windows 10 upgrade that interrupted the weather;
• Wendy's 444 news channel;
• LinkedIn's new freelancer and college grad features;
• Twitter changing it's category in the app store;
• Sony's smart contact lenses;
• A BO detector app;
• Silicon Valley;
• President Obama's last White House Correspondents Dinner;
• The recycled crayons.

Plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/141