Mobile operator EE has enjoyed a near year-long monopoly with its 4G cellular service in the UK, launched in October 2012. That dominant market position comes to an end this week as rival mobile operators Vodafone and O2 begin to roll out their own 4G services from today, starting in…
The email said, “We have a paying subscriber base of around 550,000 and 1.2 million readers so do expect an increase in visitors – make sure you put your wittiest, wisest comments up around then!” These were the words of Katy Bravery, editor of Saga magazine, in an email to…
Intro: FIR Interview with Jean Valin and Dan Tisch about the Melbourne Mandate is up; interview with Craig Jolley on marketing automation coming; reflections on Bloggade 2013; Quick News: Volkswagen’s #SmileDrive “the first social app to maximize fun on every drive”, Ford and Boing Boing partner for their first live…
Amid the conflict, awful tragedy and human suffering constantly occupying centre stage in mainstream media reporting about the Middle East, one man tries to explain the relationship complexities of, among, between, within and without key countries, states and individuals; and countries outside the region. Financial Times reader K.N. Al-Sabah writes…
Heather Yaxley has a great post that ought to be widely shared and bookmarked way beyond the public relations community – although PRs would benefit from reading it, too. It’s about search engine optimization – SEO – that often seems like a dark art of Google PageRank manipulation as well…
At the World Public Relations Forum 2012 in Melbourne, Australia, almost 800 public relations practitioners endorsed the Melbourne Mandate, a call to action of new areas of value for public relations and communication management. It was co-created by 1,000 people from 30 countries over the course of a year. In…
IT Industry analysts Gartner announced its 2013 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies on August 19, with an assessment of the tech landscape that visualises its market analysis, concentrating on the evolving relationship between humans and machines. In explaining that relationship focus, Gartner’s Jackie Fenn – originator of the hype cycle…
Intro: Bloggade 2013 on Aug 21, FIR Live coming on Google’s new link rules, FIR Interviews coming on the Melbourne Mandate with Jean Valin and Dan Tisch and on marketing automation with Craig Jolley; Quick News: AppNet celebrates its first birthday, SNCR launches the Coalition for Secure Digital Media, Slack…
