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Beyond Social Media Show, Episode 176 Co-hosts BL Ochman and David Erickson discuss the 7 new planets NASA discovered that may prove we are not alone; what happens when you go Trumpless; Hot.Kenobi’s silly Instagram super heroes; seeking journalistic light because “Darkness Kills Democracy;” Twitter’s live-streamed sports success; flaming dragon drones; autosound on Facebook videos, and much, much more. Best Digital Cases NASA Discovers 7 Earth Size Planets That May Prove We Are Not Alone in the Universe! Nasa’s announcement of the discovery of a new solar system including seven exoplanets that resemble earth is the subject of today’s Google Doodle. It appears that three of them might be able to support organic life. Finding a second earth is not just a matter of if, but when * Exoplanet discovery: Five facts you didn’t know about Nasa’s new solar system * Seven Earth-Sized Planets Have Been Spotted Around a Nearby Star Democracy Dies In Darkness The Washington Post sports a new motto for a new, more dangerous authoritarian age. * Reliable Sources: Democracy Dies In Darkness * Washington Post Jeff Bezos now: "Democracy dies in darkness" and he wants to expand the Washington Post into a "global" paper pic.twitter.com/Y90wAXwYMx — Mary Jordan (@marycjordan) May 18, 2016 I Ignored Trump News for a Week. Here’s What I Learned. I include this brilliant long read because of its implications for brands. “He is the Harambe of politics, the undisputed king of all media.” * I Ignored Trump News for a Week. Here’s What I Learned. Twitter Time Out Rooms Twitter has begun throttling the reach of abusive accounts to discourage malicious behavior. Right wing snowflakes are up in arms that they can’t hurl vitriol a will. * Twitter Is Now Temporarily Throttling Reach Of Abusive Accounts Twitter is now your digital daddy.According to @faggotfriday, it's put him on the naughty step for 12 hours. pic.twitter.com/sGK97nV1k1 — Harmful Opinions (@HarmfulOpinions) February 15, 2017 Hot.Kenobi Uses Action Figures to Create a Humorous, Surreal Universe Wildly popular Japanese photographer Hot.kenobi plays with his action toys and uses photography to tell their entertaining stories. They range from Hulk smashing a can of soda, or Spiderman trying to ‘play’ Captain America’s shield on a CD player. * Instagram Photographer Hot.Kenobi Uses Action Figures to Create a Humorous, Surreal Universe * Hot.Kenobi Instagram #toys4life#toystagram#toyslagram#toygraphid#actionfigure#A...

Beyond Social Media Show, Episode 175 Albert Maruggi was our co-host tonight since Dave is traveling. He’ll be back next week. BL and Albert discuss NASA’s Space Poop Challenge winner; Mark Zuckerberg Saves the World; Burger King’s Adult Toys; Social Springer Spaniels; Planet of the Apps; A Self-Taught Star; the Deluxe Small Business Revolution; trump’s Tweets; a Twitter Money Mystery…and much, much more. Best Digital Cases At Last! An Answer to the Space Poop Challenge NASA has announced the winner of the Space Poop Challenge, a competition aimed at finding a safe, medically sound solution from taking waste away from astronauts’ bodies if confined for a long period of time. * At ease, future astronauts: NASA solving ‘space poop’ problem * HeroX Social Springer Spaniels A successful breeder of springer spaniels in Baltic, South Dakota does a great job of telling the story of each litter.  Their use of Facebook attracts new buyers and easily engages current and former owners of puppies from Meadowland Springers.  You’ll see in this segment how the chronology of breeding suits the use of video, images, and posts on Facebook for engagement. * Meadowland Springers  * Meadowland Springers Facebook Page  Israeli Burger King Gave Out Adult Toys on Valentine’s Day The meal – only in Israel and only after 6 pm- came with:2 Whoppers, 2 packs of french fries, 2 beers and a romantic ADULT TOYinside (emphasis BK’s) The promotion continues BK’s long standing tradition of wild promotions, beginning with the iconic Subservient Chicken back in 2005. * Burger King Offers an Adults-Only Valentine’s Day Meal, With a Different Kind of Toy Inside * Burger King Has Fun With Subservient Chicken Viral Campaign This signals the imminent demise of capitalism, right? https://t.co/0OAnqBvUeq — conor (@carpeydiem) February 13, 2017 In The Furrow West Central, distributors of agricultural products, created a multi-media blog to deliver content that helps inform growers on complex issues involving plant health, crop yield, and environmental impact. * In The Furrow website  * West Central  Apple is Doing a Shark Tank Style Show With Jessica Alba, Gwyneth Paltrow, Will.i.am and Gary Vaynerchuk The show is called Planet of the Apps and it literally consists of celebrities telling app developers why their apps will never be profitable and will never be used by anyone. * Apple’s new TV show has Jessica Alba, Gwyneth Paltrow and Will.i.am telling people why their app ideas are terrible A Deluxe Small Business Revolution The Small Business Revolution is a series of videos about small towns with declining population that are trying to making it in an unfavorable economic environment. Deluxe sponsors a contest where towns compete for $500K to be used as economic development funds. The series,

Beyond Social Media Show, Episode 174 BL and David discuss how and why brands took a stand in the most political SuperBowl ever; how New Yorkers erased Nazis; Comcast’s paid protestors; how fake news will soon be scarily even freakier; YouTube Live’s new 55-45% split with creators; Twitter safety updates; Facebook’s eyes; Facebook Live’s Filter Bubble; how Circuit Cubes takes LEGO-like building blocks into electronic age…and much, much more. Best Digital Cases Tenka Labs Circuit Cubes takes LEGO-like building blocks into electronic age Circuit Cubes magnetically snap together in any direction — horizontally, vertically, and diagonally — and add sound, movement, light, and sensors to any creation. They work with LEGOs, as well as with such ordinary household items as milk cartons, swimming pool noodles, and beloved old toys. * Tenka Labs Circuit Cubes takes LEGO-like building blocks into electronic age * Related link New Safety Features For Twitter Twitter has updated its features to offer users better tools to combat trolling and abuse. * Twitter Introduces ‘Safe Search’ And Other Measures To Fight Abuse * An Update On Safety Passengers on NYC Subway Work Together to Remove Nazi Grafitti All the ads on a car were covered with swastikas. A man said “Hand sanitizer gets rid of Sharpie. We need alcohol.” He found some tissues and got to work. Others joined and got rid of the symbols in just a few minutes. * Gregory Locke’s Facebook post Comcast Gives Employees Paid Time Off to Protest (or Support) President Bannon A spokesman for Comcast said Wednesday that employees are free to use the time to to express any opinion they wish, whether they are for or against the president’s policies. * Comcast employees get paid time off to protest (or support) Trump * Related link Facebook Sees You Originally reserved for the visually-impaired, Facebook’s Lumos computer vision platform is now powering image content search for all users. * Facebook Rolls Out Computer Vision For Everyone YouTube Takes on Facebook with Mobile Live & Pays Creators & Adds Paid Super Chat Competing with Facebook and Periscope, and YouTube is offering the folks who make videos for YouTube a hefty 55-45% cut of the ad revenues. The Live mobile streaming is currently open only to creators with more than 10,000 subscribers, but it’s coming to everyone soon. * YouTube takes on Facebook with mobile live The Best Super Bowl LI Commercials David and BL discuss their favorite 2017 Super Bowl commercials, in which brands take stands. * Ford’s Super Bowl Ad Is About a Lot More Than Car Sales Worst Digital Cases LinkedIn ProFinder Badge “Congrats on being selected for ProFinder’s Best of 2016!” However, I never got any WORK or MONEY from a ProFinder request. So, really LinkedIn WTF?

Beyond Social Media Show, Episode 173 BL and David discuss why the fact that Beyonce is pregnant with twins makes JC Penney happy; Facebook TV; AI In Plain English at last; Starbucks Conscious Capitalism; #DeleteUber; The LEGO Network for Kids; Ghost Chatting; Tostitos as your Designated Driver; SNAP files IPO and Snap Lenses Get Smarter; there is no bacon shortage – repeat! there is no bacon shortage …and much, much more. Best Digital Cases Calm Down! There is No Bacon Shortage! Panic ensued over a recent report from the U.S.D.A., boosted by the Ohio Pork Council, saying that the country’s frozen pork belly inventory was at its lowest point in half a century. Turns out the bacon shortage was fake news. * Bacon Shortage? Calm Down! It’s Fake News I know I'm not the only one concerned about this possible #BaconShortage! https://t.co/3mo5jpWkfc — Priya (@PriyaSamCTV) February 2, 2017 BACON SHORTAGE????? Say it isn't so!!!! #marchforbacon #baconshortage #dachshund #weinerdog #struggleisreal #bacon pic.twitter.com/tllFXNyg40 — SnazzyTrinkets (@SnazzyTrinkets) February 2, 2017 Can we blame this on @realDonaldTrump too? There was no #BaconShortage under @BarackObama. Ugh. https://t.co/5KtT4iJSzU — Brett Cohen (@BaconTheBooks) February 2, 2017 There is no bacon shortage guys https://t.co/BjhzpqJBCQ — Patrick LaForge (@palafo) February 1, 2017 Facebook TV Facebook has been developing an app for set-top boxes like Apple TV while also courting content creators to produce scripted television programming for the platform. * Facebook Is Reportedly Making An App For Set-Top TV Boxes * Facebook Tunes Into Television’s Market Starbucks Chairman: We’ll Hire 10,000 Refugees In Expression Of ‘Conscious Capitalism’ In an open letter to employees- in the face of the Trump Muslim ban – Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz, pledged to hire 10,000 refugees in the next five years. And, he wrote, if ACA goes away, Starbucks employees will always have health insurance and support “Dreamers” across our country – including those young men and women who are part of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. * Message from Howard Schultz to Starbucks Partners: Living Our Values in Uncertain Times *

Beyond Social Media Show, Episode 172 Co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed the blocking of constituents in Minnesota; a job hunting bait and switch; the hilarious Netherlands video gone viral; elected officials blocking constituents; White House press secretary Sean Spicer’s peculiar Twitter war on ice cream; how recording forgotten lives helps Alzheimer’s victims; mistrust of Facebook news; forced Trump fandom; the adorable animals meme #CuteAnimalTweetOff; Uber for trucking; revised App Store reviews…and much, much more. Best Digital Cases The Netherlands Welcomes Trump in His Own Words Realizing it would be better to get along with Donald Trump than be an adversary, The Netherlands introduced itself in Trump’s own language style. The hilarious satirical video went viral. It’s huge! And it’s had more than 12 million YouTube views since Monday. * The Dutch Are Speaking Trump’s Language in This Hilarious Satire Video ‘Welcoming’ Him ‘ Journalist Tells Alzheimer Victims Stories Three years ago, when Jay Newton-Small moved her father into a care facility in Sykesville, Md., she was given a 20-page questionnaire to fill out. Her father had Alzheimer’s disease, and his fading memory and agitated behavior made it hard for caregivers to understand his needs. But as Newton-Small leafed through the lengthy form, she had a hunch that it was not the best approach. * This former journalist helps caregivers get to know who their patients once were, before dementia took hold The Nation’s Zoos Know You Need to See Cute Animals Right Now The news may be awesome, but cute animals are always awww-some. It started when an adorable baby seal was born at the National Zoo in DC and pretty soon, zoos around the world were posting their adorable residents in what became a Twitter war like no other: #CuteAnimalTweetOff * The Nation’s Zoos Know You Need to See Cute Animals Right Now @WestMidSafari @BlackpoolZoo @ColchesterZoo @chesterzoo Time for a #catnap (sorry, last pun … we promise) #cuteanimaltweetoff pic.twitter.com/oVILe48zRP — YWP (@YorkshireWP) January 26, 2017 We have a new gray seal pup at our @NationalZoo! She appears to be nursing, moving and bonding well with mom. More: https://t.co/5nZRQwNl0J pic.twitter.com/ns6j2BH1sV — Smithsonian (@smithsonian) January 25, 2017 Because Brook deserves her own post. #CuteAnimalTweetOff #OtterlyAdorable pic.twitter.com/2z2czhvKHT — Aquarium of Pacific (@AquariumPacific)

Beyond Social Media Show, Episode 171 Co-hosts BL and David discuss canine abuse on the set of “Purpose Of A Dog”; Angel Soft’s scatological ads; the Honest recall; live-streaming the Steelers locker room; Google Chrome’s new warnings for non-SSL sites; robot kill switches; Barack Obama’s virtual White House tour; Michael Dukakis’ advice for the new White House occupant; Sad Affleck rises again; two Trump protest songs; the Washington Post’s comedy news show; Facebook de-emphasizes Live; travel Norway’s rail virtually; Chevrolet’s LEGO Batmobile; and much, much more. Worst Digital Cases Boycott Brouhaha Over “Purpose of a Dog” Movie I usually think PETA is just nuts. But they are right to call for boycott of “Purpose of a Dog”. A TMZ video showing an obviously terrified German Shepherd being forced into rushing water where it very nearly drowned has gone viral. UPDATE: The producers have cancelled the premiere of the film in light of protests! Yay! * ‘A DOG’S PURPOSE’-TERRIFIED GERMAN SHEPHERD FORCED INTO TURBULENT WATER * Huge Fine and Jail Possible For ‘A Dog’s Purpose’ Crew Honestly Actress Jessica Alba’s company has issued another recall. * Jessica Alba’s Honest Company Recalls This Baby Product * Jessica Alba Burns Her Customers * Voluntary Recall Of Organic Baby Powder C’Mon! It’s Toilet Paper! This could have gone in best, but it’s TOILET PAPER A new campaign from Angel Soft intends to “uncover the insightful little moments that we can all appreciate but that you don’t see much in advertising,” says Karen Costello, executive creative director at Deutsch, the brand’s agency. * Angel Soft Continues to Build Ads Around Quiet, Relatable Moments in People’s Lives Toilet paper brand’s new ‘Be soft. Be strong’ spots Facebook Live From The Locker Room? What Could Go Wrong? Pittsburgh Steelers star wide receiver thought it would be a good ideal to live stream his team’s post-game celebration from the locker room on Facebook. In the locker room. Where his teammates were undressing. Where his coach was swearing. * Mike Tomlin: Antonio Brown was ‘selfish’ and ‘inconsiderate,’ will be punished Got httpS? It appears Google Chrome is going to start flagging non-encrypted pages that ask for a password or credit card as insecure in the title bar of the browser. * Imminent: Non-HTTPS Sites Labeled “Not Secure” by Chrome Best Digital Cases Washington Post Getting Satirical Washington Post is putting a lot of resources behind video content generally and perhaps a Daily Show-type comedy news program, specifically. *

Beyond Social Media Show, Episode 170 BL and David discuss Red Dawn online as C-SPAN is hacked by Kremlin-controlled Russia Today; Martin Shkreli goes psycho and is bounced from Twitter; Facebook adds ads to Facebook Live; Dan Rather’s News & Guts launch; Facebook’s Journalism Project; the Hwages video of Saudi women dangerously defying convention goes viral; the Tiny Food fad grows; a wearable robot is born; the hilarious Ambassador of Weird, plus great new apps and important stats. Worst Digital Cases C-Span Online Broadcast Interrupted by Russian TV Feed C-Span’s Congressional coverage was interrupted – online only – today by Kremlin-controlled Russia Today. Mix-up or Red Dawn? * C-Span Online Broadcast Interrupted by Russian TV Feed * Red Dawn Here's the moment Russia Today took over the C-SPAN1 feed. Unclear what happened. RT aired for about ten minutes before C-SPAN1 came back. pic.twitter.com/mhWVgCoFxF — Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) January 12, 2017 pic.twitter.com/ybUWoxNTLn — CSPAN (@cspan) January 12, 2017 Creepy Pharma Bro Twitter confirmed it has temporarily suspended Martin Shkreli after the former hedge fund manager targeted Teen Vogue writer Lauren Duca in a rash of tasteless and abusive posts. * Martin Shkreli harasses a journalist, Twitter gives him the boot – as it should I would rather eat my own organs pic.twitter.com/IgeCRZqk8w — Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) January 5, 2017 How is this allowed @jack pic.twitter.com/Wof8MlYHTL — Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) January 8, 2017 Jfc pic.twitter.com/NZOuO8c6pS — Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) January 8, 2017 At least he's putting his education to use? pic.twitter.com/8T208anpnJ — Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) January 8, 2017 Facebook adding advertising mid-roll to videos Facebook announced that it will insert ads in mid-roll on Facebook Live, but didn’t address the issue of Freebooting. * Facebook is going to start showing ads in the middle of its videos and sharing the money with publishers Best Digital Cases Saudi Women Defy Convention, Risk Lives, in Dance Video Gone Viral One or two sentence description about the story. * A music video featuring skateboarding women has Saudi Arabia entranced * Saudi Women Mock Trump, Beg God to ‘Rid Us of Men’ in Gorgeous Vira...

Beyond Social Media Show, Episode 169 BL and David discuss discuss the new app that warns you when Donald Trump Tweets about a stock you own; Cinnabon’s worst buns in the galaxy Twitter goof; The PussyProject’s PussyHats for the Women’s March on Washington; Facebook’s Blabby multi-streaming Messenger; Google’s wheelchair accessibility maps; China’s scary gamification of citizen obedience with Sesame Credit; new Occulus Rooms; Biz Stone’s new AskJelly; Leicestershire Police’s chilling video about online predators goes viral….and much, much more. Worst Digital Cases App Will Send You Text Alerts When Trump Tweets About Your Stocks This is in the worst category because, sadly, it is necessary. The Trigger app notifies you when President-Elect Trump tweets about a publicly traded stock that you own in real time. These triggers can help you capture moves or manage your holdings based on the market’s reaction to the future President’s remarks. * This App Will Send You Alerts When Trump Tweets About Stocks You Own * Trigger Finance Website * Trump Trigger Blog Post Worst Buns In The Galaxy Cinnabon went to great lengths and put a lot of thought into crafting its Carrie Fisher tribute tweet; unfortunately, they didn’t put nearly as much thought in to the text of the tweet. NOTE: It appears the company had used the image in a previous tweet in May. See below. * Cinnabon fails the galaxy with terrible tweet about Carrie Fisher’s death * Cinnabon apologizes for its ‘best buns’ tribute to Carrie Fisher on Twitter Our deleted tweet was genuinely meant as a tribute, but we shouldn't have posted it. We are truly sorry. — Cinnabon (@Cinnabon) December 28, 2016 Here’s to the princess with the second-best rolls in the galaxy. #MayThe4thBeWithYou pic.twitter.com/N03d6ZnQs5 — Cinnabon (@Cinnabon) May 4, 2016 SNL’s Dunkin’ Donuts Spoof Underscores Facebook’s Piracy Because of Facebook freebooting, SNL’s ripped-off clip YouTube Dunkin’ Donuts Spoof racked up 2.4 million views on Facebook in 2 days * SNL’s Dunkin’ Donuts Spoof Underscores Facebook’s Lingering Problem With Piracy Twitter Translator? Co-host David Erickson spotted a Bing-powered translation feature on one of his tweets. Only problem was that it wanted to translate a French tweet that didn’t exist. Translation Tweet Has anyone seen this before? Twitter asked if I wanted to translate my tweet from French (it was in English) using Bing?!? pic.twitter.com/Vnc2fzRBvD — David Erickson (@derickson) January 4, 2017 Original Tweet Serial Podcast: 4 Lessons For Communications Pros – https://t.co/3XNhoIA675

Beyond Social Media Show, Episode 168 BL and David discuss Bowie, Shruggie and Crooked Hillary emojis; the battle to break fake news; Google declines to remove hate news; Facebook admits it needs human editors; @ImposterBot fights off hateful troll bots; how Santa Claus learns marketing; Yahoo’s super-late hack disclosures; Wonder Woman fired by UN; tech titans meet Trumplethinskin. Plus great new apps and stats you should know. Worst Digital Cases Google Won’t Alter Holocaust Denier From Top Search Result A post by American Neo-Nazi group, Stormfront, tops the Google search results for “Did the Holocaust Happen?” And Google has done nothing to change that. Should they? * Gizmodo: Google Won’t Alter Holocaust Denying Results Best way to wipe out fake news on "did the holocaust happen?"Authoritative sites need to write "Did the Holocaust Happen? Yes!" stories… — Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan) December 13, 2016 Google’s Algorithm Unintentionally Rewards Fake News Google’s RankBrain algorithm update in June 2016 may have played a role in the search engine’s inadvertent boosting of fake news stories. * Google made changes to its search algorithm that unintentionally made it vulnerable to the spread of fake news, sources say * Google Knowledge Graph Twitter Cut Out of Tech Titans Meeting With Trump Because of Emoji Refusal Twitter was told its co-founder Jack Dorsey was “bounced” from Wednesday’s meeting between top tech executives and President-elect Donald Trump in retribution for refusing to allow an emoji version of the hashtag #CrookedHillary during the contentious 2016 campaign.#Trumplethinskin * Source: Twitter cut out of Trump tech meeting over failed emoji deal Source: Twitter cut out of Trump tech meeting over failed emoji dealhttps://t.co/v0PAQNfRsx via @nancyscola — Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) December 14, 2016 WTF, Yahoo!?! Yahoo! Can’t seem to keep the virtual doors to its customers’ data locked. They’ve just announced another massive hack affecting one billion customers. The hack occurred three years ago. * Yahoo Discloses Breach of Another 1 Billion Accounts * Important Security Information for Yahoo Users Dropbox Twitter Diversity BrouHaHa Dropbox posted a photo from its staff Christmas party with 5 white people and one Asian woman. The headline said “Diversity at DropBox“. Our photo doesn’t fully represent the diverse workforce we strive for at Dropbox. Improving our diversity continues to be a top priority. pic.twitter.com/bxsMi9pwYc — Dropbox (@Dropbox) December 14, 2016 Best Digital Cases How to Market Like Santa Claus Ever wonder how Santa Claus got so popular? Marketing, my friends. Santa is a marketing genius. He has to be.

Beyond Social Media Show, Episode 167 BL and David discuss Facebook’s blocking of a fake news detector; the real-life consequences of the fake news “#Pizzagate” story; Uber’s customer tracking; Reddit’s demise at the hand of trolls; LiLou, SFO’s therapy pig (and Instagram star); Netflix’s alien-identifying algorithm; the Local Matters watchdog journalism newsletter; Amazon’s employee-free retail store; BMW’s self-policing cars; the best 2016 Christmas ads; the Reuters News Tracer breaking news algorithm; My Starbucks Barista Bot; Google’s emoji-responding Twitter account; Amazon’s new checkout-free store; and much, much more. Worst Digital Cases Facebook’s Fake News Fakeout In a fable for our times, Facebook blocks a fake news blocker. TechCrunch reports on it without checking facts and creates a fake news story. * Fake news detector for Facebook leads to fake news story about who made it The Consequences Of Fake News For Companies The bizarre “Pizzagate” story illustrates the real world consequences of fake news promoted online. The Comet Ping Pong pizzeria had a conspiracy theorist gunman discharge his weapon in the restaurant as he was “self-investigating” a false story he’d read online. How does an innocent company like Comet Ping Pong respond to the new reality of fake news? * As it spreads online and off, Pizzagate gets weirder and more dangerous * Man Motivated By “Pizzagate” Conspiracy Theory Arrested In Washington Gunfire * Pizzagate: From Rumor, To Hashtag, To Gunfire In D.C. * The Fake News Fallout Twitter account of seven-year-old Syrian girl documenting horrors of war in Aleppo falls silent and then returns 7 year-old Bana al-Abed, with the help of her mother Fatemah, had been documenting her experience of the war, tweeting as she watched the city she loved being destroyed around her. The account went silent on Dec 5. But it came back on Dec. 7 to say the girl is wounded, but ok. * Twitter account of seven-year-old Syrian girl documenting horrors of war in Aleppo falls silent Good afternoon from #Aleppo I'm reading to forget the war. pic.twitter.com/Uwsdn0lNGm — Bana Alabed (@AlabedBana) September 26, 2016 Dear world, we are running out of food, hospitals. Dear world, why are you watching this unmoved? – Bana mom #Aleppo — Bana Alabed (@AlabedBana) September 28, 2016 Update on Bana: she's safe https://t.co/F5tFJSmni1 https://t.co/c3Bl6eVdJI — Sarah Berry (@SarahJ_Berry) December 5, 2016 Shreddit

Beyond Social Media Show, Episode 166 BL and David discuss the Internet Archive moving to Canada; obnoxious podcasters; spying headphones; the new Telegra.ph blogging platform; the Diageo VR drunk driving experience; first-person video of the Tennessee wildfires; OK Go’s amazing new music video; Morton Salt’s #WalkHerWay; Amazon’s conciliation ad; Planned Parenthood donations in Mike Pence’s name; detecting fake news; Instagram’s shopping tags; Twitter’s Star Wars Rogue One Live stream, and much, much more. Worst Digital Cases Feeling Unsafe in Trump’s America, Internet Archive is Building a Backup in Canada During the presidential election, many Americans said that they’d move to Canada if Donald Trump won. But the Internet Archive, the nonprofit organization that backs up virtually the entire public internet, is actually moving. * Anticipating the Worst From Trump, the Internet Archive Is Building a Backup in Canada * Help Us Keep the Archive Free, Accessible, and Reader Private Podcasters Who Intentionally Awake Voice-Activated Devices BeanCast host Bob Knorpp and guest Joseph Jaffe activatied their podcast listeners’ Amazon Echos by asking them to order 300 rolls of toilet paper. Danny Sullivan delighted in awakening Alexa on the This Week In Google podcast, as well. Guess what? Not funny. * Alexa, Go Buy Toilet Paper Headphones have ears and they’re spying on you. A group of Israeli researchers has taken spy paranoia a step further, with malware that converts your headphones into makeshift microphones that can slyly record your conversations. All of them. * Great. Now Even Your Headphones Can Spy On You * Many YouTube Videos Show How to Use Headphones As Microphones Telegram Launches Telegraph Blogging Platform The Telegram messaging app is branching into the online publishing territory with a Medium-like blogging platform. Only problem: It’s anonymous. * Telegram launches Telegraph, a long-form publishing platform * Telegram App * Telegra.ph Best Digital Cases OK Go – This One Moment Music Video & Morton Salt’s #WalkHerWay OK Go’s latest music video for This One Moment couples a great song, with stunningly excecuted video, and a fantastic cause partner in Morton Salt. * Morton Salt – #WalkHerWay * OK Go This One Moment Video Diageo VR Experience Puts You Into a Drunk-Driving Crash Diageo’s virtual reality experience is decidedly not fun. The video, called “Decisions,” follows three groups of people whose stories converge in a tragic drunk-driving crash scene. And you’re in the car. * Diageo VR Experience Puts You in the Middle of a Drunk-Driving Crash

Beyond Social Media Show, Episode 165 BL and David discussed how Facebook fake news impacted the 2016 Presidential election; a professor who was “not arrested” for free speech; Adobe’s audio Photoshop; the Trump Shopping Network; Technology Cautionary Tales; SNL’s Hallelujah; our hard-partying Founding Fathers; the BMW Films sequel; the Story of Election 2016; the Internet of Cows; solar rooftops; the First Draft Coalition; #TwitterAwards; and much, much more. Worst Digital Cases NYPD Arrests Professor For Free Speech Rutgers adjunct professor Kevin Allred, who lives in Brooklyn, was taken to Bellevue Hospital for a psychiatric evaluation by NYPD officers after he made political comments in class and on Twitter about conservatives, president elect Donald Trump and gun control. * NYPD Takes Rutgers Professor For Psych Evaluation Because Of Political Tweet * Rutgers University Professor Taken for Psych Evaluation After ‘Threatening’ Gun Control, Flag Burning Tweets they've forced me to now undergo a psychiatric evaluation at the hospital. they brought me by ambulance tho i'm not under arrest technically — Kevin Allred (@KevinAllred) November 16, 2016 ok. they let me leave. this is a shitshow and is proof positive that Trump's crackdown on free speech has absolutely begun. — Kevin Allred (@KevinAllred) November 16, 2016 Mark Zuckerberg Says Facebook Is Not Responsible For Trump: Bullshit! Five years ago, Eli Pariser warned us of the “filter bubble.” Now we’ve seen the filter bubble in action, with disastrous results. * The Filter Bubble: How the New Personalized Web Is Changing What We Read and How We Think * Zuckerberg: the idea that fake news on Facebook influenced the election is ‘crazy’ * Wall Street Journal: Blue Feed/Red Feed * Facebook fake-news writer: ‘I think Donald Trump is in the White House because of me’ * This is how Facebook’s fake-news writers make money * Trump credits Facebook and Twitter with his dominant win over Clinton * Facebook’s Fight Against Fake News Was Undercut by Fear of Conservative Backlash * Facebook’s fake news problem is way bigger than fake news Adobe’s Audio Equivalent of Photoshop In what it being billed as the audio equivalent of Photoshop, Adobe is developing software that can understand the makeup of a person’s voice and replicate it, so long as there’s about 20 minutes of recorded speech. Then, words and full sentences can be edited and added with startling accuracy in that person’s natural speaking voice. *

Beyond Social Media Show, Episode 164 BL and David discuss FAKE Twitter ads targeting Hillary Clinton supporters that tell them to vote by text message; racial bias by Uber drivers; Google and Microsoft’s buggy relationship; Facebook’s racial targeting capabilities; the Vigilante app; fake news and media literacy; President Obama singing Purple Rain to a Prince tick or treater; Okay Google commands for Harry Potter spells; Amazon Studios’ Good Girls Revolt show; scheduling Facebook Live video broadcasts; a Chicago meteorologist who reported that hell had officially frozen over; the New York Times’ The Daily 360;  and much, much more. Worst Digital Cases Fake Ads By Trump Supporters Try to Trick Clinton Voters “First things first: There is no such thing as voting by text message. Period. If you want to cast a ballot, you can vote at your polling station or vote absentee. That’s it. But ads circulated on Twitter recently would have you believe otherwise.” * No, you can’t text your vote. But these fake ads tell Clinton supporters to do just that. * Twitter users want to trick Clinton supporters to ‘vote’ via text Twitter just informed me that attempting to disenfranchise voters is not a violation of their Terms of Service. @jack @Support pic.twitter.com/YXVdt8sHwA — Robert McNees (@mcnees) November 2, 2016 Uber Drivers’ Racial Bias A new study from a Massachusetts research firm illustrates a pattern of racial discrimination in Uber pickups, showing black passengers wait longer for rides and face cancellations at double the rate of white passengers. * Your Uber Driver Is Twice As Likely To Cancel If You’re Black * Racial and Gender Discrimination in Transportation Network Companies Microsoft is Mad at Google for Revealing Big Windows 10 Bug Google sounded the alarm on a Windows10 flaw that hackers are already exploiting and Microsoft cried foul. * Microsoft Not At All Happy With Google After Windows Exploit Reveal * Google just disclosed a major Windows bug — and Microsoft isn’t happy * Disclosing Vulnerabilities to Protect Users Vigilante App Information is power, they say. So the makers of a new phone app, “Vigilante,” believe that letting people know when any nearby crime in progress is being reported to the police, thereby enabling users to either avoid or approach the area, is empowering. Safety enhancing. Revolutionary. #CrimeNoMore * ‘Vigilante’ phone app alerts New York users to crime, but police not thrilled * Can Injustice...

Beyond Social Media Show, Episode 163 BL and David discuss Justin Timberlake’s voting booth selfie; the massive Distributed Denial of Service attack that crippled the Internet; Miss Iceland’s withdrawal from a beauty pageant over body shaming; Twitter’s decision to shut down the Vine app; Facebook’s problem with cats; LinkedIn’s update of the Endorsement and Skills algorithm; Budweiser’s self-driving beer run; fake NASA livestreams; Google’s declaration of a mobile-first world in search; rappers for Hillary; Amazon’s personal mini drones patent; the #TrumpANovel tweets; Squarespace’s one-page mobile sites; the Skittles photo lawsuit; Facebook’s cloning of Snapchat Stories; and much, much more. RT @BSMediaShow: PODCAST: Justin Timberlake’s Voting Booth SelfieClick To Tweet Worst Digital Cases Beauty Pageants Suck – Miss Iceland Quits After Being Told She Is Too Fat Gorgeous Arna Yr Jonsdottir dropped out of the Miss Grand International contest after being told she was too fat. My goodbye letter✉️

Beyond Social Media Show, Episode 162 Beyond Social Media Show co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discuss Donald Trump’s Presidential Debate 3 fallout [:33]; Apple’s new MacBook Pro scheme [2:18]; a $1000 a month social network for Richie Rich kids [4:00]; Grim Reaper drones [5:14]; #TrumpBookReport jokes go viral [6:38]; the launches of Periscope Pro [8:24] and Google 360 Surveys [20:28]; George H.W. Bush’s gracious good luck letter to President Bill Clinton [11:03]; why domestic violence is not just a woman’s issue [13:20]; Twitter spurned by buyers [14:05]; Chuck Berry’s new album [17:43]; Moby takes on smart phone culture [18:35]; an exploding Samsung Galaxy 7 Note Halloween costume [23:15]; the new short form Wall St Journal [24:24]; Twin Cities Generation X marketers [26:55]; Facebook 360 Photo updates [28:22]; Infographic creation resources [29:32]; a chicken VR game [29:46]; and Clown porn searches [32:17]. Worst Digital Cases Donald Trump: “Forget the Press. Read the Internet” Don’t go for the mainstream media, Trump told his followers. “They’re going down…they got a lot of big trouble. That’s good.” "Forget the press, read the internet." Here is Donald Trump's spiel on the media pic.twitter.com/VOMkXfO4tE — Brandon Wall (@Walldo) October 18, 2016 Here’s some of the junk Trump wants you to read on the Internet: HILLARY younger body double DISAPPEARS ON STAGE GREEN SCREEN & VIDEO CGI DYSFUNCTION! 100% proof! | #HillaryClinton https://t.co/6CjDSmjgj5 — InRealTyme (@DwDrew59) September 22, 2016 Apple To Ditch The USB Port? Japanese publisher Macotakara which was among the first to predict the iPhone 7 is killing the headphone jack. Now it is reporting a rumor that the new MacBook Pro may ditch the standard USB port in favor of USB Type C. * Apple May Kill The USB Port On Its Macbook Pro Rich Kids: A New $1000/Month Social Network Tagline: “$1000 per month. If it’s too much for you, it’s not for you.” * ‘Rich Kids’ is a $1,000/month social network for attention-craving snobs Apple is removing Rich Kids from the App Store beacuse it finds the app inappropriate. We are sorry but there is nothing we can do. — Rich Kids (@richkidsapp) October 20, 2016  Uber’s Ad-Toting Drones Are Heckling Drivers Stuck in Traffic Forget billboards—motorists now have ads buzzing a few feet above their windshields. What’s next: scary clown drones? * Uber’s Ad-Toting Drones Are Heckling Drivers Stuck in Traffic  Best Digital Cases #TrumpBookReport Trends The #TrumpBookReport hashtag started trending on Twitter in the wake of the third presidential debate, imaging how Donald Trump would report on various classic works of literature. * Trump Book Report 10 Best #TrumpBookReport Tweets