Year: 2012

  • Dell and the wow factor

    Among the many announcements out of the Consumer Electronics Show this week is Dell’s new XPS 13 Ultrabook. Dell joins other manufacturers in the embryonic ultrabook segment late to the party, some say. Even if true, does it matter if…

  • Free webinar on GaggleAmp set for January 31

    At FIR, we’ve been talking about GaggleAMP since last autumn. Since we started using GaggleAMP, over 100 of our listeners have joined our Gaggle and, with their help, we have achieved a message reach of over 2.25 million. Based on…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #633: January 9, 2012

    Content summary: New FIR Book Review (The Like Economy) and FIR Video Interview via Google+ Hangout (Eric Schwartzman) are up; interviews with John Clemons, Bob Fine coming; inaugural FIR Book Club conversation with guest author Christopher Barger set for January…

  • Can you really control who says what about the 2012 Olympics?

    Reuters reports that 70,000 unpaid volunteers recruited for the London Olympics this summer have been warned not to give away breaking news about athletes or disclose the location of politicians and celebrities through online comments or pictures posted on social…

  • WHB: A new host for a new year

    In November 2011 I made a decision that, in early 2012, I’d move this blog and some other web properties to a new hosting service. From today, that service is WebHostingBuzz and I’d like to introduce you to them. Founded…