Year: 2006

  • Biz-Tech-News: Headlines 10-Mar-06

    Amazon Considering Downloads CEBIT: Origami Devices–Will Anyone Buy Them? Central Contact List Disabled for older Skype versions Forbes reports billionaire boom Google to pay $90m in ‘click fraud’ suit Handheld PC dominates Cebit start IBM Boosts Supercomputer Data Speed by…

  • One-click PR pitch

    With all the serious talk in recent weeks about how to pitch bloggers, it’s good to see that some in the PR blogger community can keep their tongues firmly in their cheeks and provide a little light relief to balance…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #118: March 9, 2006

    Content summary: Vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; Wal-Mart, Edelman PR, blogger outreach and transparency; new copyright wording challenge to Google Book Search; clueless pitches and the ‘PR die!’ meme; TPG Post sponsors stamp collectors’ blog; John Cass and Toby…

  • TPG Post-sponsored stamp lovers’ blog launched

    Dutch-speaking philatelists can now share their passion with other stamp collectors at the Postzegel blog (“Stamp blog” in English) which launched yesterday. Sponsored by TPG Post, the Dutch national postal service and part of the global TNT Group, the Postzegel…

  • New book on blogging for business

    Among the pile of mail yesterday awaiting my return from the US was a package from Kaplan Publishing containing a copy of Shel Holtz‘ and Ted Demopoulos‘ new book, Blogging for Business: Everything You Need to Know and Why You…