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A shout-out to Samsung for great customer service

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28 January 2019

I’m a big fan of Samsung‘s products especially their Galaxy series of smartphones. My first Samsung smartphone was a Galaxy S3 in 2012. That was followed by an S4 and then an S6. I’m now on a Galaxy S8. The next one might be an S10 as it looks like I’m an even-number kind of Galaxy user, if I go for another Samsung model again. Which, by the way, is not a guarantee with the likes of Huawei and other…
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Advertising, Business, Communication, Europe, Marketing, Politics, Public Relations, Social Networks, Society, Software, Technology, The Hobson & Holtz Report, Web

For Immediate Release 172:
The double-edged sword of a Facebook meme

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22 January 2019

Suspicion about the consequences and outcomes of the #10YearChallenge meme on Facebook kicked off discussion in the January episode of “The Hobson & Holtz Report”, aka FIR podcast episode 172. Is it just a harmless meme? Or is it a surveillance nightmare? Shel and Neville weight in. Here’s the line-up of all the topics that caught our attention and prompted lively conversation in this episode: Lost trust in Facebook led to wariness about a user-generated meme. Adobe is bringing part…
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The double-edged sword of a Facebook meme
Advertising, Communication, Marketing, Public Relations, Reputation, Social Media, Social Networks, Software, Technology, The Hobson & Holtz Report

For Immediate Release 168:
The Facebook dilemma

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24 December 2018

Neville Hobson joins Shel Holtz for the December installment of “The Hobson & Holtz Report.” The stories Neville and Shel covered include… The passing of PR fixture Jack O’Dwyer Marketers are turning their attention to messaging apps Not everyone is free to leave Facebook, even if they want to The death of keywords (or is it?) as audiences become key to targeting in search Rising Instagram stars post fake sponsored posts to get brands’ attention What we learned about GDPR…
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The Facebook dilemma
Business, Communication, Europe, Marketing, Politics, Public Relations, Reputation, Small Data Forum, Social Networks, Society

SDF Podcast 24: Reading the runes for 2019

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24 December 2018

The SmallDataForum celebrated its third Christmas with a highly calorific and somewhat alcoholic Italian lunch, followed by post-prandial musings about high- and low-lights of 2018, and some crystal ball gazing for 2019. Our regular followers / listeners – or just about anybody with any interest in tech and communication – won’t be surprised by a list being topped by Facebook, and then some more Facebook. Followed by GDPR and other regulatory activities, mainly by the EU. And of course we…
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Blogging, Communication, Experimenting, Software, Weblogs

Welcome to the Gutenberg Editor

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5 December 2018

A new version of WordPress is expected to land during the next few weeks – perhaps even as soon as December 6 – if development plans proceed smoothly. I’ve been a WordPress user since version 1.5 over a decade ago, and I’m excited about 5 mostly because of Gutenberg, the brand new post and page editor that aims ultimately to replace the traditional classic editor that’s been part of WordPress since its beginnings. This new version 5.0 release of the popular…
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