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Year: 2008

  • Skype at 5

    It seems to have been here Since Time Began. But no, it’s just five short years since Skype first appeared. And it’s just over four short years since I first started using Skype, in August 2004. Skype has made a…

  • FIR Interview: Zembly CTO Todd Fast

    Sun Microsystems is readying a new online tool that will allow non-programmers to develop social applications in a collaborative manner. Zembly, currently in private beta, will make it easy for those with minimal programming skills to create widgets, Facebook applications,…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #375: August 28, 2008

    Content summary: PR Week blog contest update; brief discussion of FIR interview with Maggie Fox and Geoff Livingston; discussion of Jason Calacanis’ post about do-it-yourself PR for startup CEOs who should fire their PR agencies; the Media Monitoring Minute from…

  • Notables in the 2008 Gartner hype cycle

    Last month, IT industry analysts Gartner published their 2008 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies. Here’s what it looks like: What I find especially interesting is where on the hype cycle some of these technologies are, especially seeing their current and…

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  • FIR Interview: Maggie Fox and Geoff Livingston, Part 2

    Maggie Fox and Geoff Livingston announced on August 27 that the previously-announced acquisition of Livingston Communications by The Social Media Group will not be moving forward. In this brief interview, they address the reasons for calling off the deal and…