During episode 250, B.L. Ochman interviews Knightscope CEO William Santana Li, whose autonomous security robots are patrolling 24/7 at malls, corporate campuses, manufacturing facilities, financial services units, stadiums, airports, hospitals, casinos, commercial and residential properties and many more. Show Notes, Links & Video: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/250

During episode 246, B.L. Ochman interviews Dr. JT Kostman, one of the world’s leading Data Strategists and experts in Applied Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Computing. In this interview, they discuss the importance of data science in marketing, social media and education. Dr Kostman is informative, fun and opinionated (in a very nice way). Show Notes, Links & Video: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/246

During episode 243, co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discuss Serena Williams singing for breast cancer awareness; Monica Lewinsky's #DefyTheName anti-bullying campaign; Black Mirror's interactive storyline; Instagram's instacodes; a former Google flack's satirical novel, The Big Disruption; Internet Movie Database's new streaming video service; pixelizing Facebook Groups; electronic telepathy via BrainNet; Facebook's hacked logins; disturbing DeepFakes; MoviePass' customer service woes; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/243

During episode 242, co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discuss the massive Facebook hack; the gamification of Ruth Bader Ginsburg; Tim Berners-Lee's super-important new Solid Web; buying on Amazon with Snapchat; Mercedes-Benz' talking headlights; Coors & NatGeo's new adventure; a boom in Billboards; Sirius XM and Pandora get together; racist face recognition code; Urban Outfitters dumbass Halloween costume; how skim reading affects our brains; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/242

During episode 241, co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed Prince's new music video that pays tribute to the scores of teens and children affected by gun-related violence every year; the Twitterification of Twitter; the crumbling of the college degree barrier; the National Voter Registration Day media takeover; Coca-Cola's interest in the marijuana industry; dancing lessons for NFL players; the opening of Bud Light's Victory Fridges; an update to the Social Media Guru list; augmented reality applied below ground; Arby's tattoos the meats; the hacking of our website; who is getting raises and who is not; the New York Times' video case study of the Tylenol poisoning; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/241

During episode 240, co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed the NY Public Library's Alice In Instagramland; spam best practices; Google Shortwave for podcasts; Facebook’s new trust scores; AI word pictures; Patio Pizza chairs; Conference Gifs; Papa John's weird apology video; MacBook Pro's terrible keyboard; Creepy 3D Cartoons; how AI could stop Russian interference in US elections; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/240

During episode 239, co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed NASA's Asteroid Aretha salute to Aretha Franklin #QueenOfSoul; new Facebook business pages; Google employees protest censored Chinese search engine; Vans' Van Gogh; Twitter locks API to developers; augmented reality cosmetic try-ons; how to keep Google from tracking you; Ajit Pai's Lies; 70K block Twitter's top advertisers in Infowars protest; a hilarious Mike Pence parody site; protest graphics; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/239

During episode 238, B.L. Ochman and author/entrepreneur J.D. Lasica discuss the strategies and tactics that helped make his new Indie-published cyber thriller, “Biohack,” number one on Amazon in less than 30 days. Show Notes, Links & Video: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/238

During episode 237, co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed LinkedIn's new voicemail feature; autism therapy via Google Glass; the value of long-form content; government regulation of social media; Google's new mobile search results for events; six-year-old toy reviewer Ryan's new line of merch; illustrations of decaying social media; a gross chicken virtual reality experience; the social media backlash over an ISIS burger; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/237

During episode 236, co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed the addition of health grades to Yelp restaurant listings; Bonobos' #EvolveTheDefinition of masculinity campaign; the Terminal 3 virtual border agent art installation; Amazon's plans to roll out retargeting ads; a superb example of visual journalism that explains blockchain; the bitcoin extortion phishing scam; a PR pitch from hell; Tronc's massive layoffs at the New York Daily News; Uber drivers fraudulently charging passengers for vomit cleanup; Facebook's stock freefall; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/236

During episode 235, co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed choice words in Chance the Rapper's rap about buying Chicagoist; Jurrasic Jeff Goldblum; an Amazon Dinosaur delivery; the Washington Post's new Twitch TV channel; Buzzfeed's no cats news feed; Twitter's and Facebook's transparent ads; Zuckerberg's Recode interview and Holocaust denier do-over; AP's social media fact checking; the great Twitter bot purge; Facebook fraud; Papa John's whining, and Laundry Service resigning; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/235

During episode 234, Mitch Joel, “Six Pixels of Separation” author and podcaster and Beyond Social Media Show co-host B.L. Ochman discuss the growth of podcasting; who should and shouldn’t podcast; what makes a great podcast; what equipment you need to podcast; what makes brand podcasts effective, and much, much more. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/234

During episode 233, co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed the iconic photo of the crying migrant girl; Richard Painter's dumpster fire ad; the Facebook fundraiser to reunite the families Trump has torn apart; the Supreme Court's ruling requiring a search warrant for police to obtain your GPS location data; the Apple/Oprah alliance; banners replaced with cats; Beyonce & Jay-Z's new album release; the Weather Channel's immersive forecasts; Google's new podcast app; Melania Trump's trolling jacket; Burger King's Russian babies offer; an automated firing; the Philly hotdog gun; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/233

During episode 232, co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed a Snapchat Lens video game controlled by gum chewing; the Minnesota Public Radio Raccoon who captivated the nation by scaling a 25-story building; the minor league Yankees team fan-named the Staten Island Pizza Rats; restaurant goers paralyzed by choice; the Angela Merkel Instagram G7 post that memed Trump and went globally viral; a great idea for push button customer satisfaction; 13 year-old Courtney Hadwin whose astounding singing voice is Janis Joplin 2.0; rating results for digital assistants; the day Net Neutrality died; ReKognition; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/232

During episode 231, co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed Facebook's new political advertising rules; Philadelphia Eagles' safety Malcolm Jenkins silent public relations stunt; Bill Gates' Notes; Stew Leonard's freedom burgers; search engine optimization audits; Apple's web developers conference updates; Pod Papers magazines; senior's bucket lists; personal shopping analytics; Apple's dubious privacy high road; animal influencers; the imminent robot revolution; International House of Breakfast; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/231

During episode 230, co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed Mary Meeker's 2018 Internet Trends Report; Trump's Unconstitutional Twitter blocking; GDPR as a sleep aid; Google DoubleClick's new programmatic audio advertising option; Ambien maker Sanofi's snarky newsjacking of the Roseanne Barr story; Facebook's influencer search engine; YouTube's new sharing options; agency lawsuits; Amazon Alexa spying; horrible headlines; Google goes evil; rebooting routers; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/230

During episode 229, co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed ABC TV's royal wedding augmented reality app; brand created virtual influencers; Instagram's app monitoring dashboard; Twitter tamping down trolls; the demise of WHOIS; Lil Tay flexes too far; the smart speaker dog whistle; Google's diminishing meta descriptions; the Yanny vs Laurel controversy; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/229

During episode 228, co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed Legoland's Royal Wedding recreation; the Russian ads that were released by the House Intelligence Committee; the announcements made at Facebook's F8 and Google's I/O developer conferences; Google's artificial intelligence for all initiative; the indignities suffered by African Americans during the course of everyday life; putting poverty relief on the blockchain; the subscription nickle-and-diming effect; Uber's sexual predator drivers; when groundhogs attack; demolishing Humvees for fun and demotions; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/228

During episode 227, co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed Amazon's new secret program to develop domestic robots; Comcast's post-Net Neutrality slow lanes; the satisfying settlement over the Starbucks discrimination case; Gmail's redesign and security features; MoviePass Unlimited returns; Surly Brewing seeking a cease and desist letter from Netflix; handheld holograms; Facebook's sorry ad; Google Analytics' data wipe; Facebook's dating app; Gibson's Chapter 11 troubles; Twitter's password "bug"; Amazon's truck delivery program; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/227

During episode 226, co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed Google's new strategy for leveraging the growing library of podcast content; the latest data from Edison Research about the podcast consumer; Amazon's new Alexa Skill Blueprints feature; Jason Calacanis' Open Book Challenge race to replace Facebook; SmugMug's acquisition of Flickr; Burger King's stealthy campaign to sneak Whoppers into movie theaters; Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes chocolate record; an advocacy campaign that turns victims of gun violence's handwriting into a tool for change; teaching kids to be polite to machines; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/226

During episode 225, co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed 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; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/225

During episode 224, co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed how Adidas will make a video for each of the 30,000 Boston Marathon runners; the horrifying Sinclair Broadcasting script compilation; Gaming for Dementia Research; how Carnival got its Snapchat handle back; how to have a shredding party at Office Depot; 9 Amazing April freebies; US government surveillance of journalists and influencers; Cambridge Analytica analysis; invisible cameras that will be everywhere; a complaint about YouTube targeting children's data; all about the GDPR; a French Mayor's nasty April Fool's faux pas; secret honks give Chinese internet censors headaches; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/224

During episode 223, co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed bulletproof vests for kids; the growing Cambridge Analytica Scandal involves Plantir and Peter Thiele; driving a car with VR; brands on HQ Trivia; long-forms audio; Google image optimization; Google Lens comes to iOS; a Boring development; the mountain of data you gave away to Google and Facebook will blow your mind; Desperately Seeking Counsel on Craig's List; no more Lytro; a social network with no humans allowed; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/223

During episode 222, co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed the global anti-gun violence #MarchForOurLives; Facebook's terrible week as news about the Cambridge Analytica data scandal finally hit mainstream media; how to live Tweet your presentation; the Marlon Bundo bunny book war between VP Pence and John Oliver; NYTimes planned TV series; YouTube's new Quickstream for Chrome; marketing of Crusoe the Celebrity Puppy;#hashtags in Instagram bios at last; animated paint chips; a "Girls Only" job ad from Outsourcely; China's social scoring; #FilmsMadeByFarmers; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/222

During episode 221, co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed United Airlines' recent customer service fail that resulted in the death of a customer's puppy; the students' national walkout over gun control; Facebook testing voice status updates; #AskEddie has a new gig; the best cover letter in the history of cover letters; a Time's Up agency; Twitter verification for everyone; Quartz' obsessive emails; Google's encryption drop-dead date; Rihanna snaps at Snap; Melania Trump wags her finger at social executives; news coming to Facebook Watch; YouTube's Wikipediafication; a massive fake news study; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/221

During episode 220, co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed Mattel's new line of historic Barbies; made up holidays; the Philando Castille crowdfunding effort that fed a school district; brilliant billboards; Techmeme's new Ride Home podcast; how to write good error messages; the Jurassic World Alive AR app; Mall of America's mallbot; Amazon's creepy, laughing Echo; thought transfer technology; facial recognition in interviews; a brainwave-powered exoskeleton; voice optimization for Amazon Alexa; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/220

During episode 219, co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed the March For Our Lives PSA video; NECTAR Sleep's sleep like a baby television commercial; Izod Lacoste's cause marketing campaign of replacing the iconic crocodile with threatened species; the 157 new emojis that will be released this year; the voice-activated Pokemon, Pikachu Talk; Eli Rezkallah's reversed sexist ads; the arrival of the Twitter bookmarks feature; historian Michael Beschloss' use of Twitter; an excellent infographic example from HubSpot; an unfortunate rap video by Utah state representatives; Twitter's prohibition against simultaneous tweets; LittleThings Facebook algorithm problem; Maine's emoji activists; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/219

During episode 218, co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed an autocomplete interview with Black Panther stars Chadwick Boseman, Lupita Nyong'o and Michael B. Jordan; Twitter amping up the news while Facebook flounders; the Amazon Pollycast; Bloomberg's Twitter TicToc; the lonely dog that went viral; Lucky Charms gets mythical; Watson gets embedded in virtual and augmented reality; the Marketoonist; the coming artificial reality apocalypse; the next chapter in Net Neutrality repeal; a clumsy, milky metaphor; Gmail gets AMPed; concussion spotting technology; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/218

During episode 217, co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed Drake's generous video budget; the Beyond Social Media Show's entre on Amazon Echo; an antidote to depressing news; Amazon Echo's ignore feature; the Olympics' accidental P.F. Chang's branding; Surly Brewing's killer content marketing example; Domino’s Dom Juan Tinder chatbot; 20+ hilarious tweets by single people that will make you laugh, then cry; Bronx Zoo's roach Valentine's; life in social media algorithm hell; sexist Doritos; Nastygrammers; David's love/hate relationship with The Full Monty newsletter; Olympic swarm drones; Boston Dynamics' freaky door-opening robot; inside Facebook’s two years of hell; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/217

During episode 216, co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed the Guggenheim Museum's punking of Donald Trump with a golden toilet; the Finnegans beer augmented reality Super Bowl commercial; one-star Paris reviews; how Burger King educated consumers about Net Neutrality with Whopper Neutrality PSA ad; get out the vote postcards; Elton John's 360 retirement tour trailer; Budweiser's Big Data focus; Facebook's newsfeed fail; the Super Bowl America deserves; the Twitter follower factory; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/216

During episode 215, co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed the 2018 Women's March; the best of the Consumer Electronics Show; a Saudi camel beauty contest scandal; a clever convention positioning tactic; the Natural Light Super Bowl ad offering to pay down student debt; a Google Street View soundtrack; Vikings quarterback Case Keenum's virtual reality training; Hawaii governor's Twitter password problem; YouTube moving the goal posts on small time creators; Logal Paul's slap on the wrist; Donald Trump's media attacks; HP Spectre's unfortunate naming problem; the latest Edelman Trust Barometer; Starbucks attacked with fake news; the Steve Bannon and Brietbart conspiracy to sink Twitter; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/215

During episode 214, David Erickson discussed Sarah Silverman's compassionate response to a Twitter troll; Life Time Fitness' decision to ban cable news; the Wellness VR platform pilot program in a senior living facility; Google's audio-realistic text-to-speech technology; Firefox's plans to shame insecure sites; Cadbury's Willy Wonka white chocolate cream eggs; Apple's long-awaited podcast analytics; Twitter's video views; Facebook Ad Manager rules; the massive hardware security flaw that has effected all computer processors; a fatal swatting incident; Ajit Pai's no-show at the Computer Electronics Show; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/214