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Full story: Brand and Ross: Their publics may be their downfall
The hot news today isn’t the global financial crisis. Nor is it the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Not even the US presidential election. No, hot news in the UK this morning is the kerfuffle surrounding entertainers Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand who find themselves embroiled in mounting criticism over crude phone calls the pair made during Brand’s BBC radio show on October 18 to veteran actor Andrews Sachs (best known for his role as Manuel in Fawlty Towers). The…
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Full story: The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #392: October 27, 2008
Content summary: FIR Speakers & Speeches podcast published; new IABC Cafe2Go podcast published; new social media category in IABC Gold Quill Awards; discussion: how to pick podcasts and avoid information overload; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Knight News Challenge Blogger Update with Heidi Miller; News That Fits – statistics update: online demographics and fastest-growing social media tools, Guardian.co.uk starts offering full-content RSS feeds, Steelcase study: companies not harnassing power of social media, communicating in uncertain times: resources from IABC;…
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Full story: Windows Vista no longer matters
The future for Windows Vista is looking decidedly terminal according to a report in eWeek Microsoft Watch: Microsoft is moving beyond Vista to Windows 7. Windows Vista no longer matters. If it did: Enterprises would be buying it Consumers would be demanding it Microsoft wouldn’t freak out about Apple’s "Get a Mac" ads The hottest new computer category, netbooks, would ship with Vista Microsoft would be aggressively advertising Vista, instead of trying to bury the brand Developers would be creating…
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Full story: Setting your blog time
The clocks went back one hour to winter time last night throughout Europe and in many other areas (it’s next weekend in North America). Did you remember to update the time setting on your blog? Whatever platform you use, you have to do that manually. In WordPress, it’s relatively easy. Here’s how with WordPress 2.6.x: Log in to your blog account Choose Settings –> General Scroll down the page until you see ‘Timezone’ Select your time offset from UTC in…
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Full story: FIR Speakers and Speeches – Social Media: Friend or Foe
This panel discussion was recorded during the Ragan Communications conference, “Corporate Communications in the Era of Web 2.0” at the Cary, North Carolina headquarters of SAS on October 16, 2008. Mark Ragan, CEO of Ragan Communications, moderated the panel discussion, taking on the role of a CEO trying to get answers to his concerns and objections around the adoption of social media communication channels. Panel members included: David Biesack, SAS Shel Holtz Vida Killian, Dell Terry McKenzie, Sun Microsystems Jim…
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