Jessica Matthews is the Digital Media Director for the First Lady of New York City. Her previous experience includes the New York Times and New York University. She also interned at Google before beginning her full-time career as a social media and digital marketing professional.
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On this week's episode, our hosts discover Ikea's new line of products - pregnancy tests. Also, GoPro is more like "oh no".
This week's Five Favorites:
1. Kodak announces its own cryptocurrency and watches stock price skyrocket [Verge - story by Shannon Liao]
2. Viacom snaps up influencer platform Whosay as it looks to bulk up branded content offering [The Drum - story by Rebecca Stewart]
3. Ikea Releases Ad That Doubles As A Pregnancy Test and Reveals Crib Discount [Independent - Story by Chelsea Ritschel]
4. GoPro cuts 200-300 jobs, largely impacting its drone division [Techcrunch - story by Matt Burns & Brian Heater]
5. Hot Topic: Hot Topic: News Feed FYI: Bringing People Together [Facebook Blog - Post by Adam Mosseri]
Honorable Mention
Stranger Things' David Harbour just made these yearbook pictures [Twitter Moments]
DISHonorable Mention
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Dr. Josie Ahlquist is a digital leadership educator (josieahlquist.com), teacher and speaker. She has been in education since 2003 including 12 years working at the university level. She currently serves as Research Associate and Instructor at Florida State University and has been named the "Top 50 Must-Read Higher Education Technology blog" by Ed Tech Magazine three times since 2013.
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On this week's episode, (spoiler) we somehow end up discussing our favorite fruits. Also, "Bright" really wasn't that bad and is "a lot better than Suicide Squad."
This week's Five Favorites:
1. Iran blocks encrypted messaging apps amid nationwide protests [Verge - story by Russell Brandom]
2. Exclusive: Spotify files for its IPO [Axios - story by Dan Primack]
3. Netflix’s ‘Bright’ reached 11M viewers in its first three days, according to Nielsen [Techcrunch - story by Anthony Ha]
4. Facebook Just Created More Ad Inventory - Through Instagram [AdAge - story by George Slefo]
5. (Hot Topic) Logan Paul
Honorable Mention
DISHonorable Mention
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On this week's episode, Amir and Chris look back at 2017 and poorly attempt to predict the future. We assume it's poorly because we haven't seen the future yet - so they could in-fact be prophets. Also, that dude who scheduled six dates in one night returns to the show - find out why!
Note: This episode was recorded on Thursday, December 28th
This week's Five Favorites:
1. Apple Is Developing an EKG Heart Monitor for Its Smartwatch [Bloomberg - story by Alex Webb]
2. Twitter's Adding More Notification Types to Boost Awareness and Engagement [Social Media Today - story by Andrew Hutchinson]
3. Library of Congress Reins in Twitter Archives Project [Washington Times - story by Andrew Blake]
4. 10 Ways Tech Will Shape Your Life (for better or worse) [Washington Post - story by Geoffrey A. Fowler]
5. (Hot Topic) Amir and Chris' Top Social, Marketing and Technology Stories and Trends
Honorable Mention(s)
Bye Black bars [The Verge]
DISHonorable Mention of the Year
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