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Month: July 2012

  • Humour’s a funny thing

    What’s funny to you or I may not be to anyone else. Case in point – SpecSavers‘ press ad in the UK today over the Korean flag mixup at #London2012. I can see the humour certainly. But I wonder how…

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  • Paying with your smartphone at Starbucks UK

    When Starbucks announced recently that an Android app is now available in the UK to let you pay for your coffee and other products in store with that app, I was looking forward to trying it out. And I finally…

  • Democratizing visual expression

    As someone who only recently discovered Instagram when the Android version of the popular iPhone app was released a few months ago, I’m a compulsive snapper at any moment that I can whip out my smartphone. The beauty of Instagram…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #661: July 23, 2012

    Content summary: Two new FIR Interviews posted: Marcus Nelson, founder of Addvocate, and Kevin Delaney, Editor in Chief of Quartz; interviews this week scheduled with Philip Sheldrake and Stephen Waddington about ‘Share This: The Social Media Handbook for PR Professionals’…

  • The people and social media challenges at the 2012 Olympic Games

    Reuters reports that Anthony Edgar, head of media operations for the International Olympic Committee (IOC), freely admits that he does not know what to expect at the London Olympic Games following the explosion of social media, with some 900 million…