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Full story: Impacts of Skype growth
SkypeJournal guest blogger Jean Mercier has an interesting story about the continuing growth of Skype. Stats on numbers of downloads of the app you install on your computer to actually use the service – now approaching 300 million according to a graph in Jean’s post – plus numbers and commentary on a topic I found especially interesting: growth in the number of Skype users logged in to the service at any one time. According to Jean’s post, that number hit…
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Full story: Biz-Tech-News: Headlines 19-Apr-06
Angry/negative people can be bad for your brain Benefits of Podcasting Can Bloggers Make Money? – Blogs have a lot of buzz … (Wall Street Journal) Corruption, organised crime and blogging FeedBurner Will Dominate Blog-to-Email How to Engage a PR Firm: A Practical Guide IBM and the Future of TV Kids outsmart Web filters PC sell-off dents IBM sales Search Engine Secrets Revealed Skype chief’s disruptive vision Skype is still growing Skype says texts are censored by China Social Networking…
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Full story: Expect the unexpected the next time you buy
More evidence of changes in traditional marketing that will change consumer behaviours. If you think that a Coca-Cola vending machine will only dispense Coke, think again: Anyone slotting money into a Coca-Cola vending machine in Dublin may find a lot more on offer than fizzy drinks. Visitors at Ireland’s Dublin Airport, for example, will also be able to top up credit on their mobile phone or buy a mobile ringtone, logo or game to enjoy with their beverage. The 30…
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Full story: Podcasts growing at 15% a month – FeedBurner report
In a report on podcasting to be published today, RSS feed management company FeedBurner say that their service is now managing just under 45,000 podcast feeds. Contrast this number with the 6,000 podcast feeds the company was managing at the time of its last report in May 2005. According to FeedBurner’s data, this remarkable latest figure represents an average growth rate of 15% month over month, and exceeds the total number of radio stations worldwide. Rich media feeds (podcasts and…
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Full story: Blogger relations the right way
Shel Holtz is doing something very interesting, something that every PR practitioner should pay attention to. It’s also something that any business person should be aware of, especially those who believe PR people and blogs don’t fit well together. Shel’s beginning a blogger relations campaign for his client ClickTV. Blogger relations is a new element of public relations practice that’s emerging as blogs increasingly become a credible business communication channel. It’s such a new area that a generally-agreed definition of…











