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Full story: New Windows Live Writer makes blogging easy
Microsoft has released a new version in beta of Windows Live Writer, the offline blogging editor of choice for many bloggers with Windows PCs (I’m one of those bloggers). The new version – described as Windows Live Writer 2009: Release Candidate – sports a brand new icon and some nice improvements to the overall interface. Plus it’s a tad ahead of its time: look at the copyright year. There is significant substance, though, to the new version with a load…
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Full story: The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #406: December 15, 2008
Content summary: Two FIR Interviews posted, one more coming, FIR Live on Blogtalk Radio set for Dec 19; discussion: Chris Brogan’s Kmart/Izea sponsored post controversy; Michael Netzley reports on some of his latest research findings from the Digital Media Across Asia wiki; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits – finding social media engagement leaders, a challenge to Swisscom’s reputation; listeners’ comments discussion and Friendfeed FIR Room round-up; music from Granian; and more. Get FIR: Download the MP3…
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Full story: FIR Live panel discussion Dec 19 on Forrester’s corporate blogging report
Corporate blogs rank at the bottom of the trust scale with only 16% of online US consumers who read them saying that they trust them. That’s according to Time To Rethink Your Corporate Blogging Ideas, a new report from Forrester Research principal analyst and Groundswell co-author Josh Bernoff. So if people don’t trust company blogs, what should you do about it? If you have an opinion, please join us for a FIR Live on BlogTalk Radio panel discussion on Friday…
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Full story: A look into RSS feeds managed by Google
Last weekend, all my RSS feeds that have been managed by Feedburner over the past four years were auto-migrated to Google. This is a culmination of a process arising from Google’s acquisition of Feedburner in mid 2007 where all RSS feeds hosted by Feedburner will be moved over to a new RSS service Google established. It’s also related to Google Adsense. Indeed, my RSS feed will carry advertising, just as it has done for the past two years when the…











