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Blogging, Politics, Society

The most blogged war

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22 July 2006

Across the front line between Lebanon and Israel, a Reuters report says, bloggers hiding in bomb shelters and watching from rooftops are trading terrifying experiences, bitter barbs and words of sympathy: The postings on Web logs, online journals, are a rare forum for communication between two countries that had no open border even before the latest war, no flight connections and working phone lines only in the direction from Israel to Lebanon. In what looks like a war in all…
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Communication, Investor Relations, Social Media, Web

Investor relations and social media

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21 July 2006

A view I hear from time to time goes that you can’t use social media – blogs, podcasts, etc – for investor relations purposes. How can you talk informally, conversationally and openly, one notion goes, about subject matter that is either confidential, regulated or both. How can you engage in conversation with people who will ask questions you can’t possibly answer. A similar argument is also often present about specific industry sectors. Pharmacueticals, for instance. They’re actually the wrong questions.…
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Blogging, Europe, Society, Trends, Weblogs

11 percent of Britons are bloggers

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21 July 2006

Does anyone know of any recent stats on blog usage in Europe? I asked on Wednesday following the release of such stats for the US by the Pew Internet project. Yesterday, The Guardian provided some answers with news of Britons’ activities with blogs as published by the ICM research firm for Microsoft’s MSN Spaces. Selected highlights: The ICM report suggests that, with 27 million internet users across the UK, the country now holds nearly 7 million bloggers – equivalent to…
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Blogging, Software, Weblog Tools, Weblogs

New ecto for Windows released

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21 July 2006

Following beta testing over the past few months, version 2.1 of blog manager and editor ecto for Windows was released earlier this week. However, 2.1 contains a major bug – a misbehaving ‘insert hyperlink’ function – which has been swiftly fixed in version 2.1.1 released on Wednesday. If you’ve upgraded to or recently purchased ecto for Windows, this is definitely an essential free upgrade. The easiest way to get it is to set the option in your ecto configuration to…
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The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #156: July 20, 2006

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20 July 2006

Content summary: Initial reactions to the speeded-up version of the show; Podshow Pro launch; a Steve Rubel fan blogs about Steve Rubel; BrainJams; Strumpette in the Washington Post; Dan York reports; Petite Anglaise dooced in France; Wal-Mart’s attempt at social networking (verdict: lame); Digg and Jason Calcanis’ offer to pay bloggers; listeners’ comments discussion (including topic seed for discussion next week on social media and investor relations); FIR Frappr community update; the music; and more. Show notes for July 20,…
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