Author: Neville Hobson

  • Stream (and buy) music while you do the grocery shopping

    If you do your grocery shopping in Tesco, you may already know that you can stay connected in the depths of the typical supermarket where no network signal usually reaches, thanks to Tesco’s own wifi network in most stores. Now,…

  • FIR Book Review: The Virtual Self by Nora Young

    FIR Book Review Editor Bob LeDrew reviews The Virtual Self: How Our Digital Lives Are Altering the World Around Us, by Nora Young, the host of Spark on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio. The recent release explores the very real impact…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #655: June 11, 2012

    Content summary: Reminder that the next FIR Live is on Saturday June 16: a panel discussion on influencer marketing; new FIR Book Review coming from Bob LeDrew of Your Virtual Self; Breaking News: IPR Measurement Commission approves standards for traditional…

  • Twitter: Where off the record is on the record

    There can be few people who wouldn’t agree that Twitter use by people is very much part of the mainstream these days. Even if you don’t use Twitter yourself – meaning, you don’t have a Twitter handle nor do you…

  • American Express and Foursquare connect in the UK

    I was pretty excited when I first learned that American Express were bringing their Foursquare promotional offerings to the UK, their first market for this outside the US. Just as in the US, what the promotion does for American Express…