Content summary: Diary note: next FIR Live on Feb 19 with Paul Gillin and Eric Schwartzman; listener comments discussion; News That Fits: social media and its role in events in Tunisia and Egypt: discussion, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore, the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop, Edelman Trust Barometer 2011 published, Dan York reports on Facebook security and more, Pollstream promo, Mark Story reports from Washington DC; music from Simon Campbell and the Very Very Bad Men. Get … [Read more...] about The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #584: January 31, 2011
Archives for January 2011
How to protect your blog from viruses, backdoor Trojans and other nasty stuff
If you've ever been hit with a virus on your computer, you know how difficult it can be to thoroughly clean the machine, even when you have security software that does all the heavy work. Take that picture and apply it to your blog and you have a migraine-inducing situation, precisely what I've experienced during this past week with an iframe virus and a malware attack involving a backdoor Trojan that temporarily created some havoc on this WordPress blog until they were eliminated. What I … [Read more...] about How to protect your blog from viruses, backdoor Trojans and other nasty stuff
Windows boot-up made faster with Soluto
Watching BBC Click on TV yesterday, I was interested to find out more about soluto.com that was mentioned on the show. This is a program for Windows that claims to dramatically speed up the boot time of your computer so that it doesn't load programs or services that aren't necessary when the computer is preparing itself for your use, and so makes the PC ready for you to use much more quickly. I installed it and made some choices on what programs to run during boot; as a result it has already … [Read more...] about Windows boot-up made faster with Soluto
You can try and stop it but the Jinn is out
With the TV news full of images and sounds of serious civil unrest in Egypt, it's fascinating to see how social media tools and channels - especially Twitter and social networking sites such as Facebook - have been enabling Egyptian citizens to rapidly broadcast images and sounds that parallel what the mainstream media is doing. This BBC video report by reporter Adam Mynott published this morning is an excellent summary of what's happening, even as the latest news talks of the Egyptian … [Read more...] about You can try and stop it but the Jinn is out
Eric Schwartzman, Paul Gillin to discuss social media and B2B Feb 19 on FIR Live
FIR Live #21 Saturday, February 19, 2011 10am PST / 1pm EST / 6pm GMT Participate or listen in Tech journalist and author Paul Gillin and Eric Schwartzman - PR counsellor, podcaster and occasional FIR correspondent - have teamed up to write Social Marketing to the Business Customer, the only book we're aware of dedicated entirely to social marketing in the business-to-business world. Paul and Eric will join us on February 19 for our first FIR Live of 2011 to discuss B-to-B and social … [Read more...] about Eric Schwartzman, Paul Gillin to discuss social media and B2B Feb 19 on FIR Live
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #583: January 24, 2011
Content summary: New FIR Book Review posted of Resonate by Nancy Duarte; diary date: next FIR Live is on Feb 19 with Eric Schwartzman and Paul Gillin on B2B social media; listeners' comments discussion; News That Fits: bad guys shifting their focus away from phishing to social channels say Sophos and Cisco, Dan York reports on Apple Google IBM, the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop, the US Army launches a social media handbook, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore, PR awaits tablet-only … [Read more...] about The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #583: January 24, 2011
Euroblog Social Media Awards call for entries
An event I'm very happy to help raise awareness of is the 2011 Social Media Awards programme from the European Public Relations Education and Research Association (Euprera), that aims to recognize the best student and research PR blogging across Europe at an awards ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal, in March. The programme is part of Euprera's EuroBlog project which has been investigating the impact of social media on PR practice since 2005. The first Social Media Awards took place in Ghent, … [Read more...] about Euroblog Social Media Awards call for entries
Stoking the buzz about Dell’s Vostro V130
I can think of few better ways of spending part of Sunday than playing with a new tech toy. Which is precisely what I've done today with a new device that Dell have let me have as part of a programme to promote a new laptop under their Vostro model name. The machine I have my hands on is the new Vostro V130 laptop, just launching in the UK, and a very nice piece of kit it is. Dell is positioning this business machine squarely at the small- to medium-business market, at what Dell calls … [Read more...] about Stoking the buzz about Dell’s Vostro V130