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- iBricks will be a PR nightmare for Apple
- iBricks will be a PR nightmare for AppleSet RDF=11Just crank up the Jobs Reality Distortion Field to 11 and move on. There ARE no bricked iPhones, except for the illegal, evil, hacked ones. More along, folks. Nothing to see here.RE: iBricks will be a PR nightmare for...
- Tags: administration charge, Ofcom, iBrick, PR Nightmare, Apple Inc., public relations, Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2007-09-28
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- Apple's ad spend almost a half-billion dollars
- There's no doubt that Apple has become one of the most popular brands around the globe - iPod, iMac, iPhone, iTunes. I'm sure you've heard of them. Likewise, you probably know about Apple's "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" TV commercials and can spot an iPod billboard on a moving...
- Tags: Advertisement, Apple Inc., Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Corporate holiday parties: Is there reason to celebrate?
- In the midst of job cuts, slower sales and declining stock prices, it's hard for the corporate world to put on a smile and celebrate with a holiday party this season. Morale alone may be reason to keep that holiday party scheduled - but be careful to be frugal but...
- Tags: Holiday Party, Recruitment & Selection, Sales Strategy, XML, Food & Beverage, Financial Accounting, Investment, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Sales, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Manufacturing, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Zappos CEO: transparency helped employees during layoffs
- Just under two weeks ago Zappos.com, the online shoe retailer, very publicly laid off nearly 8 percent of its workforce. The truth is, the company didn't intend for everything to be so public. It just was, due to the social media darling's corporate culture of transparency. Is...
- Tags: Layoff, Employee, Twitter, Zappos.com, Public Relations, Workforce Management, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Human Resources, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- News to know: Intel, Adobe; Kindle economics; OLPC
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: New update of Microsoft codename tracker available now Larry Dignan: Intel launches Core i7; Who's buying? Paul Murphy: How Intel's Nehalem...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Larry Dignan, Industry, SOA, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Social media will not kill PR, but it does expose industry weakness
- The way I see it, social media isn't putting PR in jeopardy, but it has exposed a weakness in PR that was always there -- too much focus on dialing for dollars and not enough focus on making PR stretch to support real business initiatives. by Jennifer Leggio
- Tags: Industry, Social Media, Public Relations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Jennifer Leggio, Horn Group
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- My superintendent wants a blog
- It's actually a great idea - I wish I'd thought of it first. It came about as we were looking for a way to easily solicit public input on our strategic planning documents (a blog is an obvious choice, with each piece of the document posted separately), but it...
- Tags: Web, Blog, Web Presence, Blogging, Internet, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Live migration across different platforms demonstrated
- A while back I received a note from Red Hat's PR company that exclaimed that Red Hat and AMD had successfully migrated a running virtual machine from a dual socket Intel Xeon DP Quad Core E5420-based system to a system based on the forthcoming 45nm Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processor, utilizing...
- Tags: Red Hat Inc., Microprocessor, Migration, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Virtual Machine, Desktop Virtualization, Semiconductors, Processors, Open Source, Hardware, Components, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- More XP OLPCs?
- Ars Technica is reporting that Columbia will be distributing OLPC XO netbooks to students in the towns of Quetame and Chia. This is a pilot program and, although it is unclear how many will be distributed and how they will be used programatically, we can deduce that these were...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Case Study: How a Pennsylvania School District Overcame its IT Asset Management Nightmare
- The School District of Springfield Township (Oreland, PA) was struggling with a common issue: too much IT stuff and not enough staff. They grew fast, with over 2,000 machines, and only 4 IT technicians. They needed a better way to manage inventory and software licensing issues. Read...
- Tags: IT Asset Management, Information Technology, SchoolDude Inc., Strategy, Management
- Case studies 2008-11-11
- YouTube = AdTube. Why Not?
- YouTube = AdTube. Why Not?Oh no! Oh wait, it's not as badThank GOD that they don't yet want to put those ads inside regular video's as a preamble. That would be the nightmare of nightmares.As long as those ad videos are just part of the search results, and clearly marked...
- Tags: Corporate communications, YouTube Inc., AdTube, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- End the open source obsession with Microsoft
- End the open source obsession with MicrosoftM$ must GPL its codeand that will open communication with OSS.So Microsoft doesn't engage in this?[i]That scene did not happen. More likely some mid-level bureaucrat dealing with this particular show decided to show off his or her power.[/i]Most likely it did happen at the...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., open source obsession, open source, Dana
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- A Kindroid in every pot?
- A Kindroid in every pot?We need open source text books as well. Text books are still way tooexpensive, and the friction of paying the licenses and keeping track of them would kill this kind of roll-out.Silliest idea everIf you start mixing and matching functions of different devices, you turn it...
- Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Text Book, Electrovaya, Kindroid, pot, tablet
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- The new rules for calculating Windows ship dates
- The new rules for calculating Windows ship datesoctoberthis is when i think windows 7 will come out. i dont think that releasing it in july is a good idea because that will not give then enough beta testing if they release it december 2008, they will be rushing it. ...
- Tags: Operating systems, october, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-07
- Windows 7 to arrive by 2009 holiday season
- Expect to see Windows 7 right around this time next year. CNET reports that during a technical session at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference in Los Angeles, Microsoft director Jim Howe gave a presentation that seemed to confirm that Windows 7 will be on PCs by next...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-07
- Ballmer: We're not interested in Yahoo anymore
- Updated: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the software giant has no intention of making a new offer for Yahoo--even though the Internet company is on sale relative to its first offer. Via ZDNet Australia Techmeme Speaking at a Committee for Economic Development of Australia CEDA lunch...
- Tags: Jerry Yang, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Public Relations, Web 2.0, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Structures, Internet, Corporate Law, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-07
- Yahoo looking for a rebound after break-up
- Google officially called it quits on the search ads deal between themselves and Yahoo. This is one of those cases where Google decided it was in their best interest to not proceed with something, even though they truly believe it would be a great thing. This shows me...
- Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Corporate Law, E-mail Providers, Instant Messaging, Business Structures, Security, Business Operations, Internet, Online Communications, Finance, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-11-06
- The Connected President
- The Connected PresidentConnected? What does that MEAN?I personally laud a "connected president" although I've seen dismal evidence that such is the actual case. And, should he decide to send me UCE/UBE, he will be treated as any other spammer and reported. IF he's connected, he won't do...
- Tags: Spam, Connected Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-06
- Obama-mania gives cybercriminals an opening
- Here's another implication of the Connected President: malware authors see a huge opportunity to infect computers. Ben Worthen blogs at the Wall Street Journal that millions of emails went out Wednesday inviting people to click on a link to watch an "amazing" Obama speech. The email...
- Tags: Malware, E-mail, Online Communications, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-11-06
- WinHEC: Microsoft shows off Windows 7 fundamentals
- WinHEC: Microsoft shows off Windows 7 fundamentalsWhy the obsession over boot times?I shudder to think how many millions of dollars are being spent to shave seconds off something I do MAYBE once a month and I'm sure I'm not alone in my reboot frequency. Microsoft made the default power button...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, applet, Microsoft Corp., Windows 7 fundamental, Microsoft Windows Vista, WinHEC, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2008-11-05
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