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Full story: The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #290: November 5, 2007
Content summary: Neville on Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot; Facebook’s reversal on cancelling a nom de plume blogger’s account; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; EU cracks down on fake blogs; Google and the Open Social API; how to be more than a blip in the blogosphere; social media study from the Council of PR Firms; David Phillips asks how do we measure networks?; listeners comments discussion; new FIR Interview posted; music from Rotten Cheri; and more. [Messages from…
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Full story: EU cracks down on fake blogs
In 2005, the European Union published a Directive on Unfair Commercial Practices that, among other things, outlines “sharp practices” which will be prohibited throughout the EU, such as pressure selling, misleading marketing and unfair advertising. The Directive is due to become part of EU members’ national laws in early 2008. Social media channels such as blogs – and fake blogs in particular – are included, according to The Register: […] Covert commercial blogging – or flogging – will soon be…
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Full story: 3 Skypephone: First impressions
Since mobile operator 3 launched the Skypephone in the UK last Tuesday, I’ve had a pair of them to play with. Quite a few thoughts to share. First, though, a quick overview of the Skypephone. The photo here of the black Skypephone – there are two others, in white with blue or pink edging – doesn’t really do full justice to a phone that combines an attractive look and a nice feel in the hand. The weight is about right…
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Full story: Is Google Feedfetcher the culprit?
A tweet from Marjolein Hoekstra about a sudden 45 percent drop in subscribers to her RSS feed led me to check the subscriber stats for my RSS feed at Feedburner. Sure enough, it shows a drop of about 35 percent yesterday, as the screenshot above indicates. You will usually see a fall in RSS subscribers on a weekend – Darren Rowse has a very good explanation on why – but such a large percentage drop is unusual and seems extraordinary.…
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