Category: Business

  • The Guardian extends its open platform with WordPress plugin

    In the midst of seeming never-ending debate and argument about how the mainstream media will remain relevant and make money – when, for instance, The Times and Sunday Times now charge you to access news as well as other content…

  • FIR Speakers and Speeches: Rob Shimmin at Dell B2B Social Media Huddle

    The second Dell B2B Social Media Huddle (hashtag: #dellb2b) took place at Microsoft in London on May 25, 2010. The aim of the one-day event was to bring together senior in-house communications and marketing professionals to exchange and share experiences…

  • Messaging the moving target

    The California Legislature is considering a bill that would allow the state to begin researching the use of electronic license plates for vehicles, reports  MercuryNews.com. The move is intended as a money-maker for a state facing a $19 billion deficit,…

  • FIR Speakers and Speeches: Mel Carson at Dell B2B Social Media Huddle

    The second Dell B2B Social Media Huddle (hashtag: #dellb2b) took place at Microsoft in London on May 25, 2010. The aim of the one-day event was to bring together senior in-house communications and marketing professionals to exchange and share experiences…

  • Anger management for BP

    Like the Financial Times and large numbers of others, I suspect, I’ve got a growing sense of unease if not alarm about what’s happening to BP. From what I read, see and hear online, the oil company is the manifestation…