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Full story: Don’t let your wifi be pirated
Now that the Digital Economy Bill is now the Digital Economy Act – a piece of legislation that has been bitterly opposed by many – a report in today’s Guardian says that the likelihood for innocent people to be accused of illegal file downloading has greatly increased because of this new law. The newspaper’s report cites the example of an innocent couple in Scotland who received threatening lawyers’ letters accusing them of allowing illegal peer-to-peer file downloading from their internet…
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Full story: Twitter is all about the awesome experience
Two related news stories about Twitter on mobile platforms caught my eye this Saturday morning as I read the digital press with a nice cup of tea. First, Loic Le Meur talking about why you should never have all your eggs in one basket if your business model is about developing software for use only with Twitter. Loic founded Seesmic which offers the means to manage Twitter on the desktop, on Windows specifically, on the web and on Blackberry and…
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Full story: The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #541: April 8, 2010
Content summary: Ron Ploof is guest co-host; interviews with Thomas Power and Matt Chagnon are up; FIR’s detailed show notes at The New PR remain inaccessible as the site is still down; it’s time to remove the FIR widget from your sites since the service is no longer available; please join us at NewComm Forum starting April 20; Dan York reports on the iPad; Media Monitoring Minute; News That Fits: the real-time web’s impact on news and community, Toyota turns…
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Full story: The dilemma of message control on live TV
A challenge for broadcasters during the election campaign that’s now well underway – the next UK general election takes place on May 6, in just under four weeks’ time – is controlling their broadcasts in terms of what you see on screen and the message being conveyed. Take a look at this screenshot from a news broadcast at lunchtime today: That’s the BBC’s Chief Political Correspondent Laura Kuenssberg reporting on events today among the campaigning politicians. The interesting thing about…
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Full story: FIR Interview: Matt Chagnon, Public Service of New Hampshire
In this FIR Interview, co-host Shel Holtz talks to Matt Chagnon, a communications specialist at Public Service of New Hampshire, the state’s largest utility. Matt shares insights into the expansion of PSNH’s social media efforts since they were first addressed by senior company spokesman Martin Murray in an FIR interview, conducted by correspondent Dan York, in mid-January 2009. Matt also explains how these resources were brought to bear during a recent devastating wind storm. Get this podcast: Download the MP3…
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