Let’s annoy you by understating it and call these “uncertain” economic times. While it’s unclear what a tumultuous economy means for online business—after all, there was no Internet in the Great Depression—old standby General Motors saw its stock drop the lowest it’s been in half a century.
UK Govt. To Store Every Email And Text Message
The UK government is considering creating a huge database that would hold all the details of emails, phone calls and text messages of it residents in an effort to guard against crime and terrorismCurrently, records of phone calls and text messages are stored up to 12 months by telecom companies in accordance with a EU anti-terrorism directive.A new Home Office (Interior Ministry) proposal would require Internet service providers (ISPs) and telecoms to turn over records of emails, Internet usage and voice over Internet calls.
An April Fool’s Message To The Blogosphere
The largest of stumbling blocks—well, more like walls—lain in the blogger’s path to journalistic credibility has been…journalistic credibility. That concern alone has been the traditional (read: now ye olde school) journalist’s trumping objection, a turned up nose progressively shrinking and less relevant. Until today, April Fools Day.You’ll have to be patient on this scenic journey with me. We’re headed somewhere, I promise. Whether it’s some place cool remains to be seen.
Delivering a Proficient Viral Marketing Message
Sometimes the turn of a phrase or even just the lack of a single word can be all the difference between delivering a powerful and highly proficient viral marketing message or missing the boat entirely. Gord Hotchkiss has recently posted an excellent breakdown of what turns a rumor or message into that successful viral entity all marketers hope for.
MySpace’s Cranky Error Message
MySpace might or might not be able to hold onto its lead in the social networking world. But one thing’s for sure: it really needs to find someone other than Tom to write its error messages.
PageRank Update Another Message To Link Sellers?
Either the Google PageRank in your toolbar is officially meaningless, or Google just sent another message to link sellers. Once again, Google isn’t talking and we’re left to speculate.
JavaScript: Alert.Show(message) from ASP.NET Code-behind
In highly interactive websites and intranet sites, you probably want to let the users know what’s going on when they delete, save, export etc. on the site.
What’s the Message?
I read a lot of papers – regular ones, and online – as any media junkie/PR person should.
RSS Evolving As A Message Medium
The RSS & Brand session at the Syndicate Conference discussed the potential for RSS feeds to become a preferred way to get the message from businesses to consumers; now the technology just needs more users to begin using it.
Bullet-proof e-mail: Ensure Your e-mail Message Gets in, Opened, and Acted on
How many e-mail messages do you receive in a week? How much of it is spam?