Month: July 2014

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #764: July 14, 2014

    FIR Book Review of ‘Mobile Mind Shift’ posted; Quick News: Twitter releases new analytics dashboard; beware of Google Maps hackers; how to unfollow, mute or ignore people on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and more; Pew identifies threats to the Internet; Ragan…

  • The art of the business tweet

    A question I used to hear a lot from people in business is “How do I tweet?” Today, that question has evolved into “How do I tweet effectively for my business?” The response is quite a bit deeper than answering…

  • Would you be happier without Facebook?

    If you were not happy – outraged, even – with how Facebook behaved over the mood experiment they conducted last month, an experiment from a Dutch creative agency might be right up your street. What Facebook did was manipulate information…

  • Test driving Samsung’s new 28-inch 4K UHD monitor

    An important item on my tech shopping list is an ultra high definition (UHD) monitor to go with the new desktop PC I’m planning to buy for the home office. So when Samsung UK’s PR agency asked me if I’d…

  • FIR Book Review: The Mobile Mind Shift, by Ted Schadler, Josh Bernoff, and Julie Ask

    The Mobile Mind Shift: Engineer Your Business to Win in the Mobile Moment provides the first comprehensive overview of what it takes to develop mobile resources that accommodate the growing expectations of users who increasingly turn first to mobile devices.…