Author: Neville Hobson

  • The iPhone is coming

    Much of the speculation during the past week or so is now confirmed – O2 has done the deal with Apple to be the exclusive distributor of the iPhone in the UK. Going on sale on November 9 at various…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #276: September 17, 2007

    Content summary: Report on new UK business blogging survey; upcoming FIR interview with Forrester Research analysts; the crayon brouhaha; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; IDC survey: bosses warm up to social networking on company time; missing Madeleine: the McCanns…

  • Maybe too late for Northern Rock

    What end is in sight for Northern Rock, the beleaguered financial institution whose customers simply don’t believe any reassurance that the bank is not in deep financial trouble? The media is full of reports and images of thousands of people…

  • Small moves and social objects

    The combination of something a little different, perseverance and hard work does pay off. Today Hugh MacLeod and Stormhoek Wine have that payoff in the form of the Blue Monster Reserve Label wine created by Stormhoek exclusively for Microsoft. The…

  • A cocoon of life within

    An almost organic shape, a skin that provides some unique functionality and a curious name are three characteristics that mark the Cocoon, a new clamshell 3G mobile phone from O2 launched in the UK in August. I’ve had one to…