Suspense and horror fiction novelist Dean Koontz is coming to Second Life on March 15 as the virtual stop on the promotion trail for his latest book, “The Good Guy.” Publisher Random House’s Bantam Dell imprint has teamed up with Second […]
Month: March 2007
Content summary: Shel’s recap of New Communications Forum; with Lee Hopkins taking a sabattical, we’re looking for guest reporters; Reuters sign in Times Square to feature PR Newswire photos; YouTube, Viacom and the removal of videos; Second Life: the taxman […]
The British military’s Skynet 5 satellite has been launched into space. The spacecraft is part of a £3.2bn system that will deliver secure, high-bandwidth communications for UK and allied forces. Skynet? Sounds familiar: Skynet is a machine network that has […]
An interesting idea from The Economist – Project Red Stripe: Project Red Stripe is a six-member team comprised of The Economist Group’s employees that has been brought together with the task of creating an innovative and web-based product, service or […]
Summer time doesn’t officially start in Europe for another two weeks, when clocks go forward one hour in the early hours of Sunday March 25. In the US, though, they’ve started summer time early this year when clocks went forward […]
Like a great many people, I’ve been experimenting quite a bit with Twitter during the past few weeks. Although I signed up in December, it’s only in the past two weeks that I’ve got active with it. During this past week, […]
Content summary: Shel at New Communications Forum; Chip Griffin’s new podcast; Best Buy and Celebrity Big Brother follow-ups; UK government to warn illegal immigrants by text messaging; Sony launches virtual community for PS3 gamers; virtual worlds set for shake-up; Microsoft […]
Internet radio broadcasters face the alarming prospect of paying much higher royalties to song performers, says the Wall Street Journal, a burden that could silence some online stations. This looks a possibility if you’re an internet station in the US […]
A great event starts tomorrow in Las Vegas, USA – the New Communication Forum 2007. I sit here in the UK feeling pretty gutted at not being there. I was due to participate, co-presenting a pre-conference workshop today on podcasting […]
If you want to really understand all sides of the story about Second Life as a business platform – the genuine potential as well as the current drawbacks – a series of in-depth feature articles published last week by CIO […]
Content summary: Best Buy confirms it has secret intranet website; moves in Second Life: Danish Saxo Bank to offer trading, venture funding for property developer Ansche Chung, SL Bounty to make job hunting easier, European Union to open office; despised […]
Last week, I was interviewed for an article on business blogs in Europe in IFG Online, the web presence of the Istituto “Carlo De Martino” per la Formazione al Giornalismo in Milan, Italy. That interview has been posted. How’s your […]