Month: August 2009

  • Is this a future for the newspaper business?

    More than 500 newspapers have signed up for an online news charging scheme, says Brand Republic. A US company called Journalism Online has signed up newspapers and online news outlets across the USA to use its e-commerce system for charging…

  • PR Boo #1

    One of the things I often do early on a Sunday morning is an RSS catch-up – an opportunity to go through much of the content I subscribe to in FeedDemon, my RSS reader, and which I’ve bookmarked to read…

  • Email on the go via Google Apps

    Email and I have a love/hate relationship, leaning mostly towards hate. One of the things I’ve never been able to organize effectively is access to my domain email from any device, especially mobile devices. Email hell endured for almost an…

  • Friendfeed and Facebook: Trends already?

    Since the announcement earlier this week that Facebook is acquiring Friendfeed,  Steve Rubel wonders whether he’s seeing a trend: […] I have seen an uptick in friend invitations on Facebook, with these individuals specifically saying they follow me on Friendfeed.…

  • FIR Cut: If you want your iPhone app to stand out, promote it

    Overflow from FIR #474 on August 13, 2009. ClickZ: Sherwin-Williams iPhone app soars after mobile ad push ReadWriteWeb: How do iPhone users find new apps? Download this podcast (2.76Mb, 5:57) If you want to automatically receive FIR Cuts as they’re…