Today’s the day that Microsoft makes the first public beta version of Windows 7 universally available to anyone who wants it, via download from Microsoft’s website. Windows 7 is the next version of the Windows operating system, successor to Windows Vista, due for release later in 2009. A post yesterday…
Overflow from FIR #412 on January 8, 2009. News That Fits: The Wells Fargo-Wachovia Blog Wells, Wachovia blog on merger Blog debuts to pitch Wells-Wachovia merger Download this podcast (2.28Mb, 4:55) If you want to automatically receive FIR Cuts as they’re published, subscribe to the RSS feed. (What are FIR…
Content summary: Upcoming FIR Interview with Jack O’Dwyer; Shel’s in Indianapolis; Dan York reports on catching waves, and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: mobile marketing moves from ads to apps, blogger outreach, why you must do your own backups, intranet winners; listeners’ comments discussion and…
Twitter has been in the news a great deal in recent weeks, sometimes for trivial reasons, sometimes for headline-grabbing reasons. Whatever the reason, one thing is true – more and more people are signing up for accounts and joining the fast-expanding Twitter universe. Like many other users, I receive new…
This ad spot for airline Virgin Atlantic is currently running on TV in the UK: It’s one of the best ads I’ve seen for a long time, one that grabs your attention and keeps it. Once you start watching, you’re hooked. Those 80s icons! Just see how many you can…
I was in a Twitter conversation this morning with Luke Razzell about the iPhone and our different experiences when something goes wrong. In Luke’s case, he had a problem with the antenna of his iPhone. He visited an Apple Genius Bar where his problem was identified and his phone replaced.…
Content summary: Marking four years of FIR on Jan 3; upcoming FIR Interview with Jack O’Dwyer; Israel/Gaza/social media follow-up: Steve Lubetkin podcast interview with Israeli consul in USA; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; David Phillips reports from the shadow of Stonehenge; News That Fits:…
Both the Mail on Sunday and Sunday Telegraph published stories about Twitter yesterday. As a way of bringing this micro-blogging / text chatting / social network / service to the attention of a wider UK public, both papers have done a good job for their combined circulation of nearly 3…
