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May 25, 2006

Edelman Acquires A&R

- Media Guerrilla

The Edelman/A&R news has raised some eyebrows, to say the least, it makes me wonder how much longer their recent advances with social media and now their beachhead in the Silicon Valley tech market, will go unattested by the... ›››

Category: Business | PR | Silicon Valley

May 22, 2006

Google: The Buddha of the internet age

- NevilleHobson.com

A nice soundbite from an observer of the Google Zeitgeist Europe conference taking place in the UK today: […] One analyst, who declined to be named, said: “Google likes to see itself as the Buddha of the internet age... ›››

Category: Business | Europe | Technology | Web | leadership

May 19, 2006

SAP and the science of market disruption

- NevilleHobson.com

German enterprise software vendor SAP is open to an acquisition by US technology groups, according to a Financial Times report yesterday: […] Hasso Plattner, supervisory board chief at the German group, said in an interview with FT Deutschland, the... ›››

Category: Business | Investor Relations | Marketing | Software | Technology | Workplace | public relations

Building the business case for podcasting

- NevilleHobson.com

Eric Schwartzman has posted an excellent commentary of his address at the Syndicate conference in New York on how to build the business case for podcasting. It’s a topic I’m increasingly being asked about, too, in conversations and discussions... ›››

Category: Business | Marketing | Podcasting | employee communication | public relations

Microsoft RSS feeds directory

- NevilleHobson.com

Microsoft has introduced the Microsoft Feeds Directory, a central location where you can find and subscribe to every RSS feed offered by the company across its multiple websites and blogs. You can search feeds by keywords and phrases, and... ›››

Category: Business | RSS | Web

May 15, 2006

Yes, 53,651 Matters

- Media Guerrilla

Josh Kopelman, Redeye VC, fired a few shots at the current crop of internet startups in his post "53,651" this past week. Among other things, he challenged the insular thinking he's increasingly observing within young companies, particularly their focus... ›››

Category: 53 | 651 | Business | Influencers | Marketing | PR | redeye vc | startups | wom

May 13, 2006

Customer service on the edge

- a shel of my former self

Companies that listen to bloggers have a unique opportunity to improve their reputations and win converts to their business models. Listening, after all, is a critical element of communication, but one that most organizations employing traditional communication practices often... ›››

Category: Business | Web

May 11, 2006

Biz-Tech-News: Headlines 11-May-06

- NevilleHobson.com

Heading off to catch a flight to London where I’m participating in the Delivering The New PR conference tomorrow. This is a hot event with more than 150 communicators participating, from around the UK and from continental Europe. I’m... ›››

Category: Business | Headlines | Technology

May 10, 2006

The French oxymoron called Quaero

- NevilleHobson.com

In January, I wrote about Quaero, a planned European multimedia search engine, the answer to Google and brainchild of the French government. My own thoughts about it were expressed thus: […] The idea of Quaero is a terrific one.... ›››

Category: Business | Europe | Technology | Web | politics

Glacial progress is Fortune 100 recognition of corporate blogging

- a shel of my former self

ClickZ Stats reports the results of a new study on corporate blogging that shows some progress in recognition of corporate blogging among the top US companies while most businesses remain skeptical, to say the least. The study—released by the... ›››

Category: Blog | Business

May 06, 2006

The state of British podcasting

- NevilleHobson.com

Podcasting in the UK has reached its tipping point, says Dean Whitbread in a podcast interview with Hugh Fraser for ID3 magazine. In the 10-minute podcast, Hugh interviews Dean and Neil Dixon of Britcaster.com, a driving force behind the... ›››

Category: Business | Online Media | Podcasting | entertainment

May 05, 2006

I'm looking for help: examples of internal transparancy

- a shel of my former self

Transparency is the business watchword of the decade; there are no secrets, the saying goes, only information you don’t yet have. When undesirable information leaks, businesses fail and CEOs stand trial. The need for transparency is as great internally—if... ›››

Category: Business | internal

Virtual meetings gain steam...but not in business

- a shel of my former self

The blogosphere has been abuzz with the news that Skype has finally released its long-awaited SkypeCast service. In case you hadn’t heard, SkypeCast lets Skype users conduct online meetings with up to 100 people from anywhere in the world... ›››

Category: Business | General | Technology

May 04, 2006

Six Apart outage caused by stupidity

- NevilleHobson.com

If you have a TypePad blog, you will definitely know about the denial of service attack on Six Apart’s servers earlier this week, when access to TypePad blogs (as well as other Six Apart services such as LiveJournal) was... ›››

Category: Business | Technology | weblogs

Plagiarism costs Raytheon CEO dearly

- NevilleHobson.com

Some months ago, I ordered a copy of “Swanson’s Unwritten Rules of Management,” a free book by William Swanson, the CEO of US military contractor Raytheon Company, from the company’s website. It hasn’t arrived yet and it now looks... ›››

Category: Books | Business | Ethics | Investor Relations | public relations

May 03, 2006

The meaning of corporate governance

- NevilleHobson.com

The Summit for The Future on Risk conference starts today in Amsterdam and runs until Friday. I’ll be there this afternoon and Thursday morning, participating in the corporate governance knowledge stream. Should be a stimulating session with plenty to... ›››

Category: Business | Communication | Events | Professional Development | Workplace

May 02, 2006

Blackberry future in doubt again

- NevilleHobson.com

“Blackberry saved” was a common theme of news reporting in March after Research In Motion (RIM), maker of the ubiquitous Blackberry wireless phone/email device, came to a $612 million settlement in its legal battle defending a claim for patent... ›››

Category: Business | Investor Relations | Technology | public relations

April 30, 2006

The Internet and on-the-job productivity

- a shel of my former self

CBS MarketWatch’s Frank Barnako makes an intriguing observation in his blog post exploring some new research (PDF file) from the Pew Internet & American Life Project: f online Americans who say the Internet has “greatly improved their ability to... ›››

Category: Business | Web | internal

April 27, 2006

Stock blogs network launched by AOL/Weblogs

- NevilleHobson.com

AOL/Weblogs has launched a set of eight blogs that will include commentary and opinion about the stock of eight listed US companies - Apple, eBay, General Electric, Google, Microsoft, Time-Warner, Wal-Mart, and Yahoo. If you want to read about... ›››

Category: Business | Investor Relations | weblogs

April 25, 2006

Biz-Tech-News: Headlines 25-Apr-06

- NevilleHobson.com

Apple argues that blogger can’t protect source BlogExplosion.com Sold! Bloggers (at newspapers too) Need a Code of Ethics Gum the Keyboard, Stop The Presses, PR Man is Movie Hero How Microsoft can shut down Mini-Microsoft Hue and cry over... ›››

Category: Business | Headlines | Technology

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