The July 2020 episode of The Hobson and Holtz Report, aka FIR 197, features Neville and Shel discussing…
- Emotional Intelligence as an Internal Communications focus
- AI avatars as a new tool for training and marketing
- The latest TikTok news
- What a better social network might look like
- The rise of Virtual and Augmented Reality
- The staggering jobs challenge the world is facing
Dan York reports on making video calls better, apps that keep copying each other, Amazon’s new live-streaming for influencers, new ways to get the analytics you need, and something nice to look at while we’re all stuck inside.
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Special thanks to Jay Moonah for the opening and closing music.
Links from This Month’s Episode
- 5 Reasons Why Emotional Intelligence Is the Future of Work
- In An Era Of COVID-19 Disruption, Brands Must Rethink Marketing As Empathetic Customer Experiences
- Deepfakes Are Becoming the Hot New Corporate Training Tool
- Deepfake used to attack activist couple shows new disinformation frontier
- This Person Does Not Exist
- As TikTok grapples with weightier topics, journalists are tuning in to deliver the news
- Meet the Creator of a Viral TikTok Who Caught the Attention of Disney’s Boss
- Trump Administration Reviews TikTok for National Security Risks
- Byte, the Reboot of Vine, Surges After Trump Claims He Could Ban TikTok
- What Is Byte, the App That Just Passed TikTok on App Store Charts?
- Facebook readies global launch of its TikTok competitor
- Snapchat tests TikTok-style navigation for exploring public content
- What a Better Social Network Would Look Like
- Virtual Reality to recover in 2021 after falling to COVID-19
- Covid-19 is pushing AR forward with three major trends
- London’s Brixton Academy to host 360-degree Virtual Reality gigs
- The VR Advantage: How virtual reality is redefining soft-skills training
- World faces staggering jobs challenge, says Microsoft president
Links from Dan York’s Report
- Facebook brings screen sharing to Messenger on Android and iOS
- Microsoft Teams’ new Together Mode is designed for pandemic-era meetings
- Mmhmm turns your boring Zoom call into a Weekend Update-style TV show
- Instagram confirms its TikTok rival, Reels, will launch in the US in early August
- Twitter brings Fleets, its version of Stories, to India
- Amazon Influencers can livestream on Amazon and earn commissions
- Amazon Influencer Program opens to live streamers for broadcasting to Amazon Live
- Correction: Apple Safari Will Not Block Google Analytics Tracking
- Only 9% of visitors give GDPR consent to be tracked
- Simple and privacy-friendly alternative to Google Analytics
- WindowSwap
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