Month: September 2007

  • TechCrunch UK resurrected

    Good to see that TechCrunch UK is back up and running again under the editorial helm of Mike Butcher. Especially good to note that we now have two excellent blog resources on tech and tech startup news in this part…

  • Windows Live Writer beta 3 available

    If you use Windows Live Writer for your blog editing, as I do (notwithstanding glitches I’ve experienced), the latest beta 3 released on Wednesday looks like an essential upgrade. WLW developer Joe Cheng has the details on what’s in this…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #273: September 6, 2007

    Content summary: When Twitter goes down; Dan York reports on applications for Facebook, changes in Facebook’s privacy policy, new career move; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; GM Europe and Virgin Megastores launch social media newsrooms; Cisco Systems issues social…

  • Twitter needs some super strength and agility

    Twitter has been down for most of today. Quite a bit longer than the 2.5 hours mentioned in an original site notice. What is working is competitor Jaiku. A lot of people in my Twitter circle use that service as…

  • The PR battleground for social networks

    With social networks like Facebook and MySpace in the news a great deal, I find it interesting to get a sense of the depth of behind-the-scenes business planning going on and the role of PR in that planning. According to…