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  • Social Media, Society, Software, Spam, Technology, Twitter, Web

    The fragility of the social web

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    Neville Hobson

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    7 August 2009

    So it appears that the perpetrator of the denial of service (DoS) attack yesterday on Twitter, Facebook and some Google services was someone who wanted to prevent anyone connecting with a Georgian blogger called Cyxymu. The attack which started in mid afternoon GMT meant that Twitter was completely offline for a number of hours and […]

    Full story: The fragility of the social web
  • For Immediate Release

    The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #472: August 6, 2009

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    Neville Hobson

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    6 August 2009

    Content summary: Twitter denial of service attack; vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; upcoming FIR Interview with BrightIdea CEO; next FIR Live on August 22; Dan York reports on the road from Chicago; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: Coca-Cola launches Coke URL; ESPN and the NFL and social networking; Imedo healthcare […]

    Full story: The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #472: August 6, 2009
  • Business, Communication, Online Media, Reviews, Social Media, Web

    FT launches online clippings service

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    Neville Hobson

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    4 August 2009

    The Financial Times launched a new service today: online clippings, designed to enable you to capture content from anywhere on the FT website and save it to your clippings account page at FT.com. If you’re a paying subscriber to the FT, you can also save content from anywhere on the web, not only FT.com – […]

    Full story: FT launches online clippings service
  • Online Media, Technology, Trends, Weblogs

    Wikio Top 30 UK tech blogs for August 2009

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    Neville Hobson

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    4 August 2009

    My friends at Wikio have again given me an advance look at a subset of their latest ranking of the top 100 tech blogs in the UK which they will be publishing soon. So here’s the advance list – the top 30 technology blogs in the UK for August 2009: Blah! Blah! Technology The Guardian […]

    Full story: Wikio Top 30 UK tech blogs for August 2009
  • For Immediate Release

    The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #471: August 3, 2009

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    Neville Hobson

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    3 August 2009

    Content summary: Neville and Shel back again jointly hosting FIR; Richard Laermer and Geoff Livingston relaunch The L Show podcast; Shel quoted in today’s Wall Street Journal; IABC president Julie Freeman interviewed for Houston Chronicle article on social media; FIR Interview with Dell’s Richard Binhammer and Kerry Bridge posted; upcoming FIR Interview with BrightIdea CEO […]

    Full story: The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #471: August 3, 2009
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