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FIR 188: Translating the Internet into Arabic

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20 October 2019

Finding news and information online you can trust about things you’re interested in is a high expectation for most people in these connected times in which we live. Unless you’re looking for wide-ranging content in the Arabic language, that is. Just 0.6% of Internet content is available in Arabic despite it being the fourth most common language among internet users, according to a report by the Guardian. What some people like Ameen al-Jaleeli in the Iraqi city of Mosul, and organisations such…
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Communication, Europe, Politics, Public Relations, Small Data Forum, Social Networks, Society

SDF 29: Back to the Future

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8 October 2019

By Sam Knowles, co-presenter, SDF Podcast. When Rome teetered on the brink of democratic collapse in the first century BCE, as it prepared – unknowingly – to move from a form of notional democracy to imperial rule, three men came together to save the ever-expanding city state and advance their political careers. Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus – the swashbuckler, the strategist, and the finance guy – effectively took power under emergency measures. Known collectively as the First Triumvirate, they made…
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Artificial Intelligence, Business, Communication, Hardware, Innovation, Marketing, Podcasting, Public Relations, Software, Technology, The Hobson & Holtz Report, Trends

FIR 187: It may be a Car but it Sounds like a Starship

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25 September 2019

With this September 2019 episode of The Hobson and Holtz Report or FIR 187, Shel and I discuss a handful of notable, even memorable, topics and include a segment we recorded two weeks beforehand in Winchester when we were together during Shel’s UK trip. Automotive is a star feature of our discussion with a detailed exchange of views and thoughts on news out of the US about regulatory developments regarding electric cars, specifically on the sound they make. Which is…
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Communication, Experiences, Marketing, Software, Technology, Workplace

Memories on floppy disks

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27 August 2019

Sorting through some boxes and things in storage as part of the type of chore you often do on a Bank Holiday Monday, I came across some items that took me on a little journey. Floppy disks. The 3-1/2 inch, double-sided, 1.44Mb type. Boxes of them. I had time only to look in one box (thus exhibiting an extraordinary level of self-discipline) and encountered a few great memories (pun not intended) of my computing landscape 25 years ago. While my…
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FIR 185: Hey Google, play me some content marketing

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23 July 2019

The July 2019 edition of “The Hobson and Holtz Report” features Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz discussing these stories: Have we hit “peak podcast”? Google’s trying social media again These are the top 10 emerging technologies of 2019 Communicators need to explore new channels for their messages You downloaded FaceApp. Here’s what you’ve just done to your privacy Consumers are less attentive to news on mobile devices Dan York reports on interoperability, the new Twitter interface, Twitter’s “Live Cut” app/service,…
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