Author: Neville Hobson

  • Apple, Samsung and pots and kettles

    Apple’s lawyers had their day in the US last week in winning the Apple vs Samsung lawsuit over infringement of Apple’s software and design patents regarding the iPhone that saw Samsung ordered to pay Apple a billion dollars in damages.…

  • FIR Interview: Brian McNely on Instagram as a medium for image-power

    FIR Interview: Brian McNely on Instagram as a medium for image-power

    Brian J. McNely, an assistant professor in the Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Media program at the University of Kentucky, posted a pre-publication draft of a study he conducted on the use of Instagram to build an organization’s “image-power.” The methodology…

  • A panel discussion on social media for business [video]

    What does the future look like for social media in the small and medium business setting? That’s one of the questions addressed in a panel discussion I moderated for Dell in May, the video recording of which is available for…

  • Instagram mainstream at US political conventions

    The biggest media events in four years take place this week in the US with the Republican Party convention in Tampa, Florida, followed by the Democratic Party convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, next week. In the year when a new…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #666: August 27, 2012

    Content summary: Shel’s still in São Paolo thanks to Tropical Storm Isaac; what’s behind the number ‘666’?; Giovanni Rodriguez interview is up; Quick News: Facebook launches Edge Studio for agencies, is Feedburner about to be closed by Google?, new features…