AirTunes – unseen on WiFi network
I was recently given an AirPort Express with AirTunes wireless base station, which is supposed to connect iTunes to remote speakers over a wireless network. I’m having a bit of trouble getting it to work…
Dell Hell continues
If you’re not following this live case study of how one individual consumer (albeit one with quite a big megaphone) can affect a multi-billion dollar company’s reputation, then perhaps you should. It’s a great read.
The A-List and the Long Tail
Dave Sifry, CEO of Technorati, has posted the fourth and fifth posts in his State of the Blogosphere series. Part four deals with spam blogs, fake blogs, comment/trackback spam and how Technorati is tackling the…
Next Fifteen takes minority stake in Lexis
Next Fifteen Communications, the parent company of Text 100, Bite and now Outcast, has taken a 25% minority stake in UK firm, Lexis Public Relations. Lexis has revenues of £4.7m ($8.3m) and profits of £580,773…
Thoughts on the State of the blogosphere
Dave Sifry, CEO of Technorati, has posted fresh data about the state of the blogosphere and few will have failed to notice the headline that a new blog is created each second. Technorati is now…
Ogilvy in SF staff layoffs
Word is out this week of layoffs at Ogilvy’s San Francisco offices. I assume this is as a result of losing the Sun account to Bite. Although I understand Ogilvy’s HR team is trying its…
For unlawful client knowledge
I’ve just had a brief from a company looking for a ‘Pubic relations partner’. I’ve said, try CraigsList. Any suggestions?
Summer Slowdown?
Welcome to August. The days are long and warm, tourists wearing sandals with socks clog the streets with enthusiastic pointing and curious questions, the smell of burning meat wafts from raucous backyards, car drivers share…
PRWEEK.com down
Please let this mean that our dear friends at PRWEEK are finally upgrading their web servers and international sites. I only raise this since I had wanted to link to the Intellisync stories mentioned below…
Intellisunk?
Poor old Intellisync. According to PRWEEK it’s on the hunt for an agency once again. This time last year it conducted a major PR search and replaced long time incumbent McGrath/Power with Cohn & Wolfe….