Yahoo has launched a podcasting site, a place that’s not only a directory of podcasts but also a great resource of rich information on podcasting generally, and a one-stop-shop for your podcasts and music purchasing. Yahoo Podcasts includes detailed information that explains what podcasts are and an excellent how-to guide on creating your own podcast, […]
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New online resource for internal communicators
Melcrum Publishing, the global communication publisher, today launched The Hub, a new online knowledge resource for internal communicators with hundreds of resources to help communicators do their jobs more effectively. The first of its kind in the UK according to Melcrum, The Hub provides members with resources that include networking, news and analysis, learning guides […]
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #75: October 10, 2005
Content summary: Listeners’ comments discussion (employee engagement; bad PR gimmick with a fake blog; how to stimulate blog comments); Cillit Bang PR debacle update; helping victims of the Pakistan earthquake; US court ruling on not identifying an anonymous blogger; Yahoo! Podcasts launches; Google’s RSS reader; CBC employee lockout follow-up; Lee Hopkins’ report; the new FIR […]
Biz-Tech-News: Headlines 11-Oct-05
Blogging slips down the priority list How to speak at a tech conference I Want the Blooker Prize IBM and the Future of Our Past Lockergnome Releases Gada.Be Metasearch Service Meeting Steve Ballmer in Munich… Phil Gomes – A Rough Early PR Blog Timeline PR Week Debuts Column by Dan Gillmor Selling the BlogoSphere Part […]
Speaking at E-Day Amsterdam
Heading off to the Emerce E-Day conference taking place today in Amsterdam. I’m participating in a panel discussion broadly titled Public Relations in The Blogosphere. My fellow panelists are Scott Rafer, Frank Janssen, Paul Molenaar and Hans Mestrum. We hope to have a stimulating and dynamic multi-lingual discussion (Dutch and English) on issues and strategies […]
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #76: October 12, 2005
Content summary: Listeners’ comments, Emerce Eday in Amsterdam, RSS use study, Microsoft’s proposed RSS logos, Skype cordless handset, Microsoft and Yahoo link IM clients, Google Library project update, The Spinfluencer interviews Ron Bloom, reactive vs. proactive communication, Apple launches video iPod, the anonymous Publix employee blogger, and more. Show notes for October 12, 2005 Welcome […]
Apple launches video iPod
On the road until the weekend, posting will resume then. Meanwhile, one item for you, briefly discussed in FIR #76 (recorded yesterday, a day earlier than usual). The speculation was correct – yesterday Apple launched a video iPod. My recommendation – forget the iPod nano; this is the one to get. Just look at the […]
eWeek podcasting
Another mainstream medium starts podcasting – eWeek: eWEEK, the Enterprise Newsweekly, brings you a weekly roundup of the top stories from its latest issue. Hosted by Executive Editor Stan Gibson, the eWEEK Podcast also includes reports from eWEEK editors, a product review from eWEEK Labs, commentary from columnists including Technology Editor Peter Coffee, and the […]
Cool features in FeedDemon 1.6
Release candidate 1 of the next version 1.6 of the FeedDemon RSS aggregator for Windows is now available for testing by registered users, and it’s very good indeed. I’ve been using the betas of this upcoming version for the past couple of months. With RC1, some of the cool new features that will be in […]
Compelling Memeorandum
For the past few weeks, I’ve been reading tech news from a new (to me) website – Memeorandum. I’m not wholly sure what it is about Memeorandum – whether it’s the content or the buzz, or both – but I find it a totally compelling resource. It’s the place (RSS feed) I now check first […]
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #77: October 17, 2005
Content summary: Listeners’ comments discussion (more on, and from, the anonymous Publix blogger; loving the new FIR logo; transcribing show notes; proactive vs. reactive again); IABC’s new website; software to help eliminate jargon from writing; Technorati’s latest state of the blogosphere; Lee Hopkins’ report; The Conference Board Europe’s communications meeting; no podosphere PR yet; PR […]
Working out a fair deal for iPod TV
BBC News: Unions representing Hollywood actors, writers and directors have called for talks over the use of TV shows on Apple’s new video iPod. The unions want to ensure their members get a cut of the revenue generated by the sale of TV shows on Apple software. A new (and clearly disruptive) technological advance enables […]
Micropublishing: The next wave for advertisers
In its 24 October edition, Business Week has an analysis of the recent sale of Weblogs Inc to AOL from the point of view of the potential for advertising in blogs. Written by Stephen Baker, one of the bloggers on BW’s Blogspotting, the article focuses on what it calls the "promising new micromedia model" where […]
Biz-Tech-News: Headlines 19-Oct-05
Blog Spammers Take Aim at Google Bloglines Losing Early Adopters to Rojo, Newsgator, and Google? (IACI, GOOG) Blogs are too easy to create says Wall Street Journal: Blog spam is the result Blogs of a Different Color E Ink and LG.Philips LCD build 10.1-inch flexible display Flat Yahoo Profit Tops Expectations FTC Asked to Address […]
The secret of Apple’s success
Apple may be just a minor player in the computer and consumer electronics industries in terms of revenue ($14 billion in fiscal 2005) and market share (less than 5% worldwide) but, Fortune magazine says, it is now undeniably setting the pace for both of those industries in terms of hardware, software, and industrial design. Fortune’s […]
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #78: October 20, 2005
Content summary: Splogs and Blogspot, questionable observations from IABC’s Canada conference, an intimidating panel, a new publisher lawsuit against Google, LA Podcasters’ Freeway Series, Dan York’s contribution, a fake Harriet Miers blog, two blogging studies, listener comments, and more. Show notes for October 20, 2005 Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, […]
The here and now of participatory communication
On Thursday, I travelled to Brussels, Belgium, to participate in the 50th anniversary conference of FEIEA, the federation of European business communicators’ associations. My role was to make a presentation on new media communication channels (blogs, RSS, etc) and participatory communication as a constituent part of FEIEA’s theme for this first day of their 2-day […]
What is ‘it’?
Designed by German engineers and developed in Sweden by renowned Japanese scientists. It can hold 2,500 of your favourite songs. It has sleek design and incredible handling. It can even cook chicken. What is it? No spoiler in this post – visit What Is It? to find out. Oh alright, a little hint: clever online […]
Some online content is worth paying for
Some months ago, I let my annual subscription to the Wall Street Journal Online lapse. I’ve been a subscriber for some years, but decided not to renew the subscription. Cost was part of the reason. The WSJ Online is just less than $100 for a year. Not a great amount really. But I also subscribe […]
One stop for earnings call transcripts
One of the blogs I find of great informational value is The Internet Stock Blog (“news and analysis of Internet stocks, no buy or sell recommendations,” it says in its masthead). Recently, the blog started including a most useful new service – full transcripts of some of the most popular companies’ earnings conference calls. What’s […]