Author: Neville Hobson
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FIR Interview: Steve Rubel on Storytelling in the Age of Social News Consumption
Among the hundreds of thousands of news items distributed online every day, a precious few gain traction and spread across social networks (mostly Facebook, but even including “dark social” channels like messaging apps and email). Journalists are under increasing pressure…
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The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #793: February 2, 2015
Nominate FIR for 10th Annual People’s Podcast Awards; we could use iTunes reviews, too; Quick News: People still share most of their content on Facebook, British Army sets up new brigade “to win in the Information Age”, Uber’s pricing model…
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Finally a fix for the noisy fan on a Fujitsu Stylistic Q704
For the past few months, I’ve been enjoying the experience of using a Fujitsu Stylistic Q704 Ultrabook computer. This is one of the new breed of multi-purpose devices defined by the word ‘Ultrabook‘ that are coming from a wide range…
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FIR Interview: Tom Webster on Edison Research’s Share of Ear study and the rise of podcasting
Edison Research is in the process of releasing data from its Fall 2014 ‘Share of Ear’ study, which takes a panel approach to assessing how much time Americans spend listening to the many categories of audio. The data produced a…







