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YouTube: the global TV channel

January 31, 2012 by Neville Hobson 

I caught a few minutes of President Obama's Google+ Hangout last night as it was streamed on YouTube. If you've done a Google+ Hangout video chat before, you'll be familiar with the format and this was no different. Except, of course, it was the President of the United States plus five lucky citizens chosen by +The White House to hang out live with the Pres in a carefully-controlled setting. Plus the millions of people worldwide who tuned in, as it were, to YouTube to watch and add text … [Read more...] about YouTube: the global TV channel

Filed Under: Communication, Entertainment, Google+, Innovation, Online Media, Politics, Social Media, Social Networks, Society, Technology, Television, Trends, Web Tagged With: SOPA, [From Google+]

Defining contemporary society

January 20, 2012 by Neville Hobson 

Best words I've seen in a very long time that paint a compelling picture of what anyone with an opinion has the potential to do today: "We have gone from a world split between gatekeepers and media "consumers" to a world in which anyone regardless of geography, finances, social class, race, gender, or any other demographic identifier is free to engage with the rest of the world on their own terms." Written by WordPress founder +Matt Mullenweg in a post explaining why WordPress.org blacked out … [Read more...] about Defining contemporary society

Filed Under: Blogging, Communication, Google+, Social Media, Society Tagged With: SOPA, [From Google+]

Hollywood had Chris Dodd and a press release, Silicon Valley had Facebook

January 19, 2012 by Neville Hobson 

A nice sound bite in a frothy report by US entertainment industry columnist and blogger +Sharon Waxman about yesterday's online protests against SOPA and PIPA. If you remember the core of this issue, it's seen by many as Hollywood and vested interests versus the rest of us. Sort of the 1% against the 99%. I'm not sure I'd liken it to a war zone - emotional rhetoric isn't really helpful - yet this assessment looking at the PR aspects isn't bad at all. The bottom line: It seems that … [Read more...] about Hollywood had Chris Dodd and a press release, Silicon Valley had Facebook

Filed Under: Communication, Google+, Politics, Public Relations, Society, Web Tagged With: SOPA, [From Google+]

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