Author: Neville Hobson

  • 3 great reads for this week

    3 great reads for this week

    Catching up this weekend with news and information in Inoreader, my RSS reader of choice on every device I use, I selected a good dozen or so stories to blog about when time permits. They all join a long list…

  • Vuelio’s top UK PR blogs 2016

    Vuelio’s top UK PR blogs 2016

    The latest list of Vuelio’s top ten PR blogs in the UK published on April 13 has a few changes, notably in the top spot. The number 1 slot is now occupied by Stephen Waddington, displacing yours truly (that’s me)…

  • How can trust help the #PanamaPapers innocents?

    How can trust help the #PanamaPapers innocents?

    The revelations from the mega-leak of data about the financial shenanigans of the wealthy and powerful, dubbed the #PanamaPapers, continue to roll out globally since the eruption last weekend opened up a Pandora’s Box (what some would call an Aladdin’s…

  • It’s internet not Internet says the AP

    It’s internet not Internet says the AP

    How do you spell the word ‘Internet’ when you write it? With a capital ‘I’ as I’ve written just now? Or all in lowercase form, ie, ‘internet’? It’s a question the Associated Press (AP) is addressing and, partly reflecting usage…

  • The human error of Tay

    The human error of Tay

    Microsoft’s public experiment with artificial intelligence in the form of Tay, an AI chatbot, made news headlines everywhere during last week – but not for positive reasons at all. Launched on March 23, Tay was developed by Microsoft’s Technology and…