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Full story: Does the BBC really have the courage to come clean?
Unless you sit atop a remote mountain or cast yourself away on a desert island, and as long as you have no means of digital connectivity with you, it’s impossible to avoid seeing and hearing about Jimmy Savile. The continuing reporting on the revelations about the late alleged child abuser is relentless. Each day, more stories emerge of what the man did who used his status as a TV entertainer, charity fundraiser and society do-gooder as a cover for the…
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Full story: Just because Apple had to doesn’t mean they want to
Apple has posted a statement on its UK website that is the apology it was ordered to publish by a High Court judge as one result of losing the case in a lawsuit filed by Samsung seeking a legal declaration that its Galaxy Tab tablet design did not infringe an Apple design patent for the iPad, of which Apple had accused Samsung of infringing. Take a look at the statement as shown in this screenshot (or see it on Apple’s…
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Full story: The evolution of the ‘frictionless content experience’ gathers pace
The news on October 22 that ReadWriteWeb – one of the most credible tech news and information resources on the social web – has relaunched as ReadWrite is noteworthy in marking a milestone in how professional ‘mainstream’ blogs offer their content. The relaunch follows the departure of RWW founder Richard McManus in mid October. As ReadWrite, the relaunched publication hired ex-Forbes and -Newsweek journalist Daniel Lyons as managing editor. He’s also known as the Fake Steve Jobs. What’s really noteworthy,…
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Full story: The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #674: October 22, 2012
Listen Now: [audio http://traffic.libsyn.com/fir/fir-674.mp3] Intro: New dial-in comment line number for North America; FIR Book Review of “What the Plus!” by Guy Kawasaki posted; Shel contributed to new Mayo Clinic social media book; FIR’s one-year GaggleAMP anniversary; Quick News: Welcome to new business podcast ‘Shift’ from Euan Semple and Megan Murray; LinkedIn updates profile pages; by 2014, up to 15% of likes/reviews will be fake says Gartner; how Bodyform reacted to criticism with humor and got 1 million views – a…
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Full story: First BYOD, then BYOA: is COPE the tipping point?
‘Bring your own device‘ is a phrase whose acronym BYOD has gained wide recognition in business, large businesses especially. Apart from the genuine business pros and cons surrounding the idea of employees bringing their own computers, phones, tablets, etc, to the workplace – and using them for work – it reflects many of the profound changes underway in the workplace where employee empowerment now touches one of the final bastions of organization control: IT. When I wrote about this recently,…











