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