During episode 152, Co-hosts David Erickson & BL Ochman discussed Russia's hacking of American democracy and Donald Trump's treasonous encouragement; the hacking of TechCrunch; Getty Images swiping a 18,000 public domain photos from the Library of Congress; the Olympic tweeting ban; Melania Trump laid bare; Twitter shutting down PostGhost; a YouTube kidnap conspiracy; Stable & Unstable Likers; the Action Aids ad campaign; Ralph Lauren's custom animated Gif campaign; Twitter's original food content; Minnesota in a box; the Trojan Olypmics; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/152

During episode 151, Co-hosts David Erickson & BL Ochman discussed the backlash over Melania Trump's plagiarism of Michelle Obama's DNC speech; musicians objecting to the use of their songs by the Trump campaign; an Apple patent for technology that would disable the recording of video, audio and photography on smartphones and tablets; untargeted Donald Trump banner ads; new updates for Facebook Live video; the long-lasting impact of the ALS ice bucket challenge; DoubleClick Native ads; verified Twitter accounts; Michelle Obama's carpool karaoke; Yelp's partnership with Pokemon Go; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/151

During episode 150, Co-hosts David Erickson & BL Ochman discussed the Trump/Pence campaign logo and fallout; Facebook's live video streaming growing pains; the #ConservativeBecause hashjack; Pokemon Go players at Arlington National Cemetery and the Holocaust Museum; some little-known problems with email open rates; the live streaming of the Turkish coup attempt; Twitter's live streaming deals for the national political conventions and with Bloomberg; Pokemon Go's sponsored locations; Twitter's Audience API; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/150

During episode 149, Co-hosts David Erickson & BL Ochman discussed the Facebook Live broadcast of Philando Castile's death at the hands of a Minnesota police officer, its aftermath, and its implications for news coverage; Donald Trump's Trollmaster; Microsoft's recruitment fail; Facebook's secret messages; Red Cross' racist pool safety poster; the Washington Post under Jeff Bezos' leadership; the New York Times' call for Facebook Live political footage; the revenge of the liberal arts majors; permanent snaps; NASA's short film contest; Patrick Stewart's country crooning; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/149