PR & Social Media Still Oil & Water
In many ways, the recent discussion of Marketwire's acquisition of PRNN and how it was positioned as an example of the pioneering…
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In many ways, the recent discussion of Marketwire's acquisition of PRNN and how it was positioned as an example of the pioneering…
When I first wrote about Google Australia’s Doodle 4 Google contest, I thought it was a nice idea - “nice idea” meaning a warm-fuzzies PR initiative that not a lot of people would notice. But people are noticing, and a new post on the Official Google Australia Blog quantifies the matter.
Supermarkets and search engines tops Harris Interactive's consumer poll this year, which sought out what industries best served the needs of their customers. Tobacco and oil companies scored the worst, joining airlines, pharmaceutical companies, health insurance, and HMO's as the biggest overall losers in the past 10 years. Over the past ten years, just three of the 21 industries measured have seen a positive increase…
After pretty much having their case against Google & Amazon knocked down, Perfect 10 is back with a claim against Microsoft. It seems the company is intent on getting someone to cough up money for what it claims is copyright infringement on it’s images of naked women.
Mike Arrington notes that Google is walling off its news garden and keeping other services from spidering it. Mike is right to point this out as hypocrisy. Google is making money off of other people’s work and wants to have some exclusivity. Imagine if they did this with Blogger. To tell you the truth I’m very shocked Google hasn’t behaved like this earlier. Here’s why…
When a "live" webcast of grunge band legend Pearl Jam's Lollapalooza performance didn't make it to the audience in tact, the band immediately pointed a finger at AT&T, who sponsored and monitored the event, accusing the telecommunications giant of censorship.