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