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PitchEngine revs up public beta, puts the social in PR

Last week I wrote about how bloggers could better work with public relations folks. While I won't to get into the habit of writing about PR I think we'd all agree that, like it or not, there's a direct correlation between it and social media, especially when we're talking...

Tags: Brand, Public Beta, Media, Social Media, PitchEngine, SMR, PitchEngine SMR, Newsroom, Public Relations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-08-19

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Will the economic downturn have a negative effect on open source?

Will the economic downturn have a negative effect on open source?First Vote!... and, as usual, the mathematical geniuses who coded the stupid poll function manage to give 100% to yes, 100% to no. Neat trick, that.Positive effectBy participating in open source projects, unemployed programmers can keep their skills up...

Tags: Development tools, open source, programmer, negative effect

Discussion threads 2008-10-22

HP to jump into smartphones. Why?

HP to jump into smartphones. Why?Been in the smartphone market for a couple yearsActually, HP has been making Windows Mobile Smartphones for a couple of years now with their iPAQ 6000, 500 and 900 series. The 500 series was actually a device that looked more like a phone than a...

Tags: Smart phones, Handhelds, Compaq iPAQ, smart phone, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

(Images: Top Web news gaffes)

(Images: Top Web news gaffes)Journalism 101A/Common Sense 1A1. Always check your sources.2. Always check your sources.3. Always check your sources.Everybody I know gets burned by this ONCE.... ideally in college or high school, where the consequences of failure are seriously constrained. One unchecked/out of date story and the stock market...

Tags: Channel management, Investment, Web News, Web

Discussion threads 2008-09-23

Making the case for green IT

Making the case for green ITGreen IT Press Panel Hosted By Cadence 9/9The opinions voiced here sound similar to those expressed at our "Low Power, Green Power and the Future of IT" press panel that took place in San Jose last week, featuring representatives from UC Berkeley, Cisco, IBM, Cadence...

Tags: Cadence Design Systems Inc., Green IT

Discussion threads 2008-09-22

TechCrunch50: Day 3

Photo by Steve Maller I've been covering TC50 for the past few days, and believe it or not, I'm still hungry for more startup pitches. 6:30 a.m. The final sessions of the conference are posted on BusinessWire: s Akoha...

Tags: Hollywood, YouTube Inc., Video, Photograph, Bojam, Truecar, Playce, Panelist, Corporate Communications, Games, Marketing, Personal Technology, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-09-10

The easiest little Web page ever built

Even design and coding novices can create a social media newsroom for their Web sites without even the slightest touch of stress -- and only requiring basic cut + paste knowledge. by Jennifer Leggio

Tags: Web, Team, Communication, Social Media, Web Page, Channel Management, Team Management, Marketing, Management, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-09-03

Media Leader Increases Speed, Quality of Published Stories With Focused IT Investment

Swiss media giant Ringier wanted to transform its work environment to heighten journalist productivity to gain an edge in a competitive industry. The 7,000-employee company envisioned an "Integrated newsroom" in which its journalists around the world had technology tools to support collaboration and advanced communications. With help from partners Peaches...

Tags: Journalist, Information Technology, Media, IT Investment, Leader, Microsoft Corp., Ringier, E-mail Servers, Groupware, Strategy, Microsoft Office, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Office Suites

Case studies 2008-08-25

Forbes rewrites the history of open source

Forbes rewrites the history of open sourceI guess it was a political articleYou just convinced me that the purpose of this article in Forbes being written was to score political points. Which makes its rewriting of history doubly-disgusting.Libertarian?I'm pretty sure the GPL is normally associated with socialism, not libertarianism. Libertarians...

Tags: open source, Forbes, libertarian, software

Discussion threads 2008-08-18

Dell Case Study: Media General

Media General's reporters and photographers needed a way to send stories immediately to the newsroom, while the company wanted to improve its ability to compete with cable TV and Internet-only news sources. As a solution Media General deployed Dell Precision mobile workstations with built-in mobile broadband enable the field news...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Media, Workstations, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Marketing

Case studies 2008-08-01

Is there really a market for an open source router?

Is there really a market for an open source router?Certainly isAs someone who installed Tomato on an old Linksys router, I think there is a market for this. Myself and others like me have looked on places like Craigslist to find the particular models that the open source firmware will...

Tags: Routers & switches, NETWORKING, Home networking, ShadeTree, Linkys Routers, open source, open source router, router, DD-WRT Firmware

Discussion threads 2008-06-30

Lasers detecting explosives from 20 meters away

Lasers detecting explosives from 20 meters awayBajeebersIt's amazing what people can do when they have a good enough reason.RE: Lasers detecting explosives from 20 meters awayAlso see the article on the SPIE Newsroom website "Novel method for remotely detecting explosives" using a pulsed UV laser, from MIT Lincoln Lab. http://spie.org/x24953.xml

Tags: laser

Discussion threads 2008-06-27

Is open just another word for nothing left to lose?

Is open just another word for nothing left to lose?ATT vs Verizon on opennessWe'll see how open they are based on which devices they approve or reject and how quickly they respond to requests for approval.Other than that I think they have every right to require pre-testing as the devices/apps...

Tags: ATT, Verizon Communications Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-12-08

Open source tells content owners adapt or die

Open source tells content owners adapt or dieAnswer your questionDo they deserve to live? Sure. Everyone deserves a chance. Of course the traditional media is still strong, but it is becoming irrelevant a little more every year. It's partly the fault of the 24 hour news networks. How much news...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Now IT, music industry, Internet, open source

Discussion threads 2007-10-03

The Ballmer and Chambers show--no fireworks

The Ballmer and Chambers show--no fireworksOn-Demand Video of CiSCO/MSFT ConversationYou can access the video of the conversation between Chambers and Ballmer, a Q&A with both of them, pictures from the New York gathering and more at http://newsroom.cisco.com

Tags: Chamber, Steve Ballmer

Discussion threads 2007-08-20

Live from New York: It's the Ballmer-Chambers show

Live from New York: It's the Ballmer-Chambers showDisagree with "Yawn."So, all due respect, and I'm biased I work at Cisco, but I do think this was an interesting discussion today. These are two very competitive companies sitting down together and saying: "here's where we will compete" for the good...

Tags: Ballmer-Chambers, Cisco Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-08-20

A way to measure the value of journalism: 1 news story = $55m

The conventional wisdom, as promoted by aggregators and search engines, is that there is little to no value in news except in the aggregate, as Google News, Digg, etc. That's why these are tough times for newspapers and news organizations, because individual news stories are valued at...

Tags: Journalism, Problem, Story, Value, News, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2007-08-17

Friday rants: Data silos; Facebook hype; Dow Jones angst

A few points to ponder ahead of the weekend...Why is my information always in the other database?When folks call customer service, some see incompetence. Others see red. I see data silos.This week I've called Verizon and Comcast about billing errors and been transferred repeatedly and also realized Yahoo thinks I...

Tags: Software Infrastructure, IT Management, General, Facebook

Blog posts 2007-08-03

ZAO Medit Profi and IBM Help Improve TV Newsgathering, Broadcast Efficiency and Competitiveness in Russia

ZAO Medit Profispecializes in creating digital solutions for media business, educational bodies and fund archives. The new IT system from IBM and Medit Profienables to create a new, open forum for people to express their opinions, exchange ideas and share experiences on TV. The situation became more complex when several...

Tags: Footage, IBM Corp., Corporate Communications, Portals, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, B2B, Marketing, Internet, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, E-business/E-Commerce

Case studies 2007-08-01

Friday rants: $25,000 acquisitions; 100 days too long; Dow Jones and Rupe

A few rants ahead of the weekend...Is $25,000 material to anything?One rule of thumb in the news business is that you usually don't have to waste your time reporting a merger or acquisition where the deal value is roughly $50 million or less. Depending on the editor each newsroom had...

Tags: General

Blog posts 2007-07-20