Month: March 2009

  • I prefer Google Chrome

    I spent some time last weekend doing some updating and general sorting out on my dad’s laptop, an IBM Thinkpad running Windows XP. Among the many updates I installed was Internet Explorer from version 7 to version 8. It’s pretty…

  • A little more mobile transparency

    Mobile phone operators Vodafone and Telefónica (owner of O2) are to share networks in the UK, Germany, Spain and Ireland, says eWeek Europe. […] Under the deal , the companies will pool existing 2G and 3G masts, and will build…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #433: March 23, 2009

    Content summary: A conversation with SNCR founder and executive director Jen McClure about NewComm Forum 2009; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: is ‘social CRM’ the future of Twitter?, not even journalists are safe from their online…

  • The Age of Stupid

    I’d not heard about The Age of Stupid before seeing a story in the Financial Times about it that showed up in my RSS reader this morning. The Age of Stupid is a 90-minute film about climate change, set in…

  • Spiralfrog’s final demise

    Some news stories provide a perfect opportunity for a bit of imagination in writing a snappy headline, often with a pun or metaphor. News a few days ago that ad-supported music sharing site Spiralfrog has bitten the dust was one…