Month: July 2013

  • Getting to know the Olympus LS-14 and LS-12

    As a podcaster, I’m interested in portable digital audio recorders as tools that I can use to record interviews, for example, when out and about. So when I hear about a new portable audio-recording device on the market, I’m curious…

  • FIR Speakers and Speeches: Brian Solis at The B2B Huddle in London

    FIR Speakers and Speeches: Brian Solis at The B2B Huddle in London

    On July 12, 2013, Brian Solis spoke at a B2B Huddle event in London. Brian is widely regarded as one of the most credible and compelling speakers on topics and themes related to business disruption, transformation, and change. He’s the…

  • The mobile internet tipping point in China

    It seems pretty clear that smartphone growth and usage in China are in high-speed mode. Recent research like IDC’s 2013 Q1 China Mobile Phone Quarterly Tracker talks up the growth trend, suggesting that smartphone shipments in China will grow 6…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #712: July 15, 2013

    Intro: Shel’s in Ottawa, podcast of Brian Solis’ keynote at the B2B Huddle in London coming, FIR Interviews in planning with Sharam Fouladgar-Mercer (founder, AirPR) and Corey Connors (applied activity stream as internal communications focus); Quick News: PCWorld magazine exits…

  • What’s in a name?

    A service I’ve used since the mid 00s is YouSendIt, the freemium file-sharing service you use to send large files to people. It’s been a perfect tool over the years, especially in the days  when ‘large files’ typically meant anything…