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Month: October 2007

  • The roar of the Wembley crowd

    The weekend that’s just passed was a tremendous one for sports fans. There was the semi-final of the rugby world cup in Paris which saw England beat France 14-9 in a nail-biting finish. I caught that crucial bit live on…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #283: October 11, 2007

    Content summary: Shel’s in Dallas with the world’s worst broadband; C.C. Chapman’s new gig; Dan York reports; Google buys Jaiku; David Phillips reports; Neville drops off; an editor’s letter; Great Facebook Debate sells out; listener comments; music by Paperboy Jack;…

  • Jaiku: All about mobile and presence

    Since the news broke last night that Google has acquired Jaiku, every manner of opinion has surfaced on what it means, why they didn’t buy Twitter, who will, etc. Never heard of Jaiku? It’s a micro-blogging tool. Or it’s a…

  • Free wifi from McDonald’s nationwide

    When McDonald’s restaurants completes the roll out of its free wifi service across all its 1,200 UK restaurants later this year, it will become the country’s biggest provider of free wireless broadband internet access. While there’s no reference to this…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #282: October 8, 2007

    Content summary: Shel’s in Manchester, England; wrap-up of the past week including the FIR Geek Dinner in Windsor; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; how reCAPTCHA fights spam and helps preserve old books and manuscripts; British Library books go digital;…