Year: 2013

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #685: January 7, 2013

    Intro: Beginning our 8th year of podcasting and thanks to your warm words on the anniversary, FIR Interview with Ekaterina Walter interview is up, interview coming with Francis Ingham and Fiona McBride; Quick News: Brands have started experimenting with ‘sexting’…

  • The peculiarities of cellular network speeds

    It’s easy these days to see how fast your mobile network is – just run a test on your mobile device with a service such as Speedtest.net and it will give you measured results. But – as I expect you…

  • FIR Interview: Intel’s Ekaterina Walter on her new book, Think Like Zuck

    Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is a lightning rod for controversy, but there is no denying that his entrepreneurial vision led to the creation of one of the most important tools of our time. With over 1 billion active…

  • FIR podcast: Eight years and counting

    Eight years ago today – on January 3, 2005 – two communication professionals embarked on a voyage that was all about discovery and experimenting with a new medium: podcasting. Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz started For Immediate Release: The Hobson and…

  • Three business issues for your attention in 2013

    A New Year has dawned and even though full-ahead work isn’t what everyone is doing yet – wait until next week for that – our thoughts clearly are tuning in to what the coming weeks and months hold and what…