Author: Neville Hobson

  • Here’s the proof, @EE

    Here’s the proof, @EE

    I bought a new data SIM card from mobile operator EE a few days ago, to use in my Fujitsu Stylistic Q704 Windows Ultrabook. With the deal came an Alcatel One Touch Pop 7S Android tablet. Nice! It’s a good…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #789: January 5, 2015

    Marking the first episode of our 11th year; some reflection on the first 10 years; listener audio comments sprinkled throughout the show; Quick News: American workers still addicted to email, Swiss luxury brands Montblanc and Tag Heuer reportedly have big…

  • The FIR podcast and a foundational decade

    Today is a special day for my podcasting partner, Shel Holtz, and I as we mark a milestone – January 3, 2005 to January 3, 2015 – that is ten years to the day since we started For Immediate Release: The…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #788: December 29, 2014

    Next week’s episode marks the start of our 11th year of FIR: would you like to contribute to the show? Quick News: TripAdvisor fined in Italy for failing to prevent fake reviews, Coca-Cola dumps voicemail, Facebook finds that not all…

  • The shape of movies to come

    So The Interview got its public showing on Christmas Day in the United States in spite of hacks on Sony Pictures’ computer systems, angry denials by the North Koreans that they were behind the hacks, and intervention by the US…