Year: 2009

  • It’s all about the apps

    What’s the most significant thing about the iPhone? Is it the gorgeous design, the near-perfect blend of form and function? The easy way to make phone calls and send text messages? Perhaps the simple fact that you just know what…

  • Tracking the G20 buzz

    They can’t match the volume nor quality of the thousands of photos taken by professional photographers with cool cameras, nor those from many amateurs, but these pics I snapped with my iPhone from the BBC live TV coverage at just…

  • Skype on the iPhone: Brilliant

    Great news if you have an iPhone and want to use Skype – now you can make and receive your free phone calls over the net just as you can with Skype on your computer with a version of Skype…

  • A degree in social media to kick start PR

    There’s been quite a bit of talk today about the degree course in social media being offered by Birmingham City University that provides graduates of the course with an MA in Social Media. The two mainstream media reports I’ve seen…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #435: March 30, 2009

    Content summary: Shel’s in Baltimore; Michael Netzley reports on the growth of the Tencent QQ instant messaging service in China; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Nicole Simon introduces an FIR listener contest to win free entry to Next09 in…