Year: 2008

  • Is this the voice of Kevin Rudd?

    If this really is Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd who is the author of this Twitter account in his name, started yesterday, that would surely make him the first leader of a major country who twitters. Is it Mr Rudd…

  • Winds of change fan Obama’s high expectations

    Since Barack Obama won the US presidential election last week, warm goodwill around the world towards the President-elect (and, I’d argue, towards the USA in general) is undiminished; if anything, it’s increasing. You can read the opinions of political analysts,…

  • Survey highlights employee expectations from social networking in the European workplace

    A new survey on social networking in the workplace, released today by AT&T, shows strong evidence that enabling employees to use social networking tools as part of everyday working life leads to an increase in employee efficiency. “Enterprise 2.0,” a…

  • FIR Interview: Martin Silman, AT&T, on Corporate Social Networking in Europe

    A major survey released today by AT&T shows that the use of social networking tools as part of everyday working life has led to an increase in efficiency. “Enterprise 2.0,” a pan-European survey of more than 2,500 people in five…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #396: November 10, 2008

    Content summary: FIR Live recording posted; two more podcasts coming; on Eric Schwartzman and cheesy music; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; discussion follow-up from FIR Live on Chip Griffin’s post: do tech start-up CEOs need PR?; News That Fits…