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Full story: The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #538: March 29, 2010
Content summary: Michael Netzley in Singapore interviews Steve Rubel; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: Ryanair embraces social media, Rachel Maddow/Scott Brown controversy a Facebook/Twitter fabrication; special report on Coultermania from Bob LeDrew in Ottawa; listener comments discussion and FIR Friendfeed Room round-up; music from Gabriel Kain and The Ables, recommended by Marko Minka in London. Get FIR: Download the MP3 file (25.7Mb, 64:08) Subscribe to the RSS feed Get the show at iTunes Get the FIR…
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Full story: The enterprise iPad is coming
It’s less than a week to go before the iPad is released in the United States, on April 3. It comes to the UK and other countries later in April. Even if hardly anyone outside of some mainstream media, app developers and Apple fan blogs has seen the new device yet, desire for it is huge with lots of people saying they’re going to get one no matter what (I’m in that crowd). While you’d expect the iPad to be…
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Full story: PR Week PowerBook: genuine influence or simply a popularity list?
PRWeek has published the PRWeek PowerBook 2010, a 106-page A5-size book sub-titled “The definitive guide to the most influential people in PR†in the UK. The publication was launched at a shindig in central London last week, which I went along to. A good time was undoubtedly had by everyone there, according to the photos. Afterwards, as I perused the book, I wondered how PRWeek came to decide who would be included (in fact, the first question that came to…
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Full story: Earth Hour 2010 today
As I write this post, Earth Hour 2010 gets underway off the coast of New Zealand, when the diesel generators on the Chatham Islands are turned off, as the first of 125 countries and territories sets in motion a 24-hour wave of hope and positive action on climate change that the organizers hope will sweep the world for Earth Hour. As the video explains, Earth Hour is designed to focus attention on climate change and the environment: […] Earth Hour…
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Full story: The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #537: March 25, 2010
Content summary: Just Shel today; thanks to Tony Molloy for time stamps for episode #536; a pitch to attend the NewComm Forum; a brief look at Prezi.com, a new approach to presentations; Dan York’s report; the Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop; News That Fits: Teneros launches Social Sentry monitoring software that tracks employees’ every move in the social media space, SNCR releases "The New Symbiosis of Professional Networks: Social Media’s Impact on Business and Decision-Making"; listeners’ comments; music from Karmic…











