Year: 2009

  • The utility of TweetDeck

    One word that’s getting mentioned a lot by many Twitter users these days is TweetDeck, the desktop application for interacting with your Twitter community that’s the preferred app by increasing numbers of people including me. And one individual who’s getting…

  • Huge disappointment with Lloyds TSB

    Watching TV news early this morning, I was taken aback seeing the news that Lloyds TSB, one of the UK’s leading banks (and one I’ve had accounts with for 30 years), has agreed to pay a penalty of $350 million…

  • Get Windows 7 beta while you can

    Today’s the day that Microsoft makes the first public beta version of Windows 7 universally available to anyone who wants it, via download from Microsoft’s website. Windows 7 is the next version of the Windows operating system, successor to Windows…

  • FIR Cut: Wells Fargo blog on merger

    Overflow from FIR #412 on January 8, 2009. News That Fits: The Wells Fargo-Wachovia Blog Wells, Wachovia blog on merger Blog debuts to pitch Wells-Wachovia merger Download this podcast (2.28Mb, 4:55) If you want to automatically receive FIR Cuts as…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #412: January 8, 2009

    Content summary: Upcoming FIR Interview with Jack O’Dwyer; Shel’s in Indianapolis; Dan York reports on catching waves, and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: mobile marketing moves from ads to apps, blogger outreach, why you must…