Month: April 2014

  • The big idea from Sprinklr

    Less than three months after its acquisition of social business pioneer Dachis Group, social media SaaS vendor Sprinklr launches the next stage in its drive to bring greater integrated ‘social at scale’ ability to large enterprises with the introduction of…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #753: April 28, 2014

    Intro: New FIR Interview coming with Howard Greenstein and David Mitnick of DomainSkate; Quick News: SEC issues guidance on use of social media in offerings and proxy fights, 3D printers print ten houses in 24 hours, two NFL teams post…

  • With Nomad, you’ll always find juice

    The bane of contemporary mobile life is your smartphone running out of juice sooner than you expect (what many would undoubtedly see as a classic ‘First World problem‘). It usually happens to me at a conference or other event when…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #752: April 21, 2014

    New FIR Interview posted; Quick News: US court says blogs are not only media they’re also an important source of news and commentary, General Mills’ terms of service could prevent people from liking its brands’ Facebook pages, LinkedIn releases Android…

  • Imagine what the Bank of England could have done with its QR code ad

    A quarter-page ad by the Bank of England in yesterday’s Telegraph caught my eye primarily because it contained a QR code. The print ad informs you that the £50 note featuring an engraved portrait of Sir John Houblon on the…