New show ‘Chats with Chip’ to premiere on the FIR Podcast Network; Quick News: Why we’re more likely to remember content with images and video, Yahoo kills Yahoo, KitKat’s #Bendgate tweet has officially eclipsed Oreo’s Super Bowl win, Sobo is Vine for audio; Ragan promo; News That Fits: Is Ello…
Whether you’re an iPhone user or not, you can’t have missed the headlines in recent days reporting on the fiasco resulting from Apple’s botched operating system update 8.0.1 for iPhones and iPads, released on September 24. For the first time in some years, I have an iPhone courtesy of Arena…
Quick News: Most US consumers don’t want to be your brand’s friend, how the mainstream media used social media in the Scottish referendum on independence, Radisson’s unexpected branding boost after duping Minnesota Vikings, it is striking when businesses keep quiet on certain issues given their lobbying at other times; Ragan…
The referendum on independence that the voters of Scotland participated in on September 18 was a close result. But the nays had it in the end by a ten percent margin. What struck me most about this referendum was the voter turnout – almost 85 percent of the 4.2 million…
Tomorrow, the United Kingdom will not be the same no matter what happens in Scotland today as citizens there cast their votes in a referendum to decide whether Scotland will separate from the UK and become an independent country, or not. The campaigning is done; now it’s up to the…
Congratulations to FIR’s Andrea Vascellari, who’s joined Edelman in Dubai as a Digital Planner; Quick News: Education is the new PR measurement challenge at Measurement Week, Texas PR agency Status Labs takes ethics violations to a whole new level, CIPR launches nine recommendations for enabling flexible working in public relations,…
Until last week, “iWatch” was the name widely and wildly speculated about for months if not years for what Apple’s expected entry product into the wearables market would be called. As Apple’s announcement on September 9 made clear, “iWatch” was just so much fancy by all and sundry as the…
In July, I took part in a public debate at the House of Commons about ethics in PR and wearable technology. Organized by The Debating Group and sponsored by the CIPR, the debate served a highly useful purpose of bringing a timely topic to front of mind amongst a community…
