Month: April 2012

  • Twitter can’t be gagged, even in France

    The first round in the French presidential election ended yesterday with the result that Socialist Party challenger François Hollande narrowly edged in front of incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy by the slim margin of just over 1 percent of the vote.…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #648: April 23, 2012

    Content summary: Pinterest update cont’d: Pinterest is now losing users says Business Insider; Neville speaking at PRII annual conference in Dublin on April 26, Bernie Goldbach there too, FIR Tweetup Dublin on April 25; FIR Book Reviews of “Reality is…

  • Aviva Investors, the uncaring employer

    It’s probably just as well that Aviva Investors talks only about its markets and its clients on its website home page, and not its employees. According to a report in the Telegraph, the HR department at the asset management firm…

  • Free hotel wifi: Light at the end of the tunnel?

    The subject of internet connectivity in hotels has received quite a bit of attention during the past few weeks. I posted about my experiences with hotel internet connectivity while in Las Vegas and in Amsterdam recently, highlighting a nice way…

  • Bingo!

    +McKinsey & Company has a good assessment of social media in their quarterly journal article “Demystifying social media.” The chart you see here shows a visual representation of key points in the article. It’s good and something I would guess…