The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #779: October 27, 2014

FIRWe’re together in London, recording face-to-face instead of at remote ends of a Skype call, with a different format for this episode: conversation and opinion, not reports, on the broad theme of experiences.

Intro: Neville recognized for Outstanding Contribution to Social Media in the UK Social Media Awards, Shel named Platinum Fellow of Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media;

Quick News: Fake news sites are spreading Ebola fears, Nokia name will live on in Microsoft’s entry-level phones, employees who socialize on internal social networks are less likely to get laid off; Ragan promo;

News That Fits: Experiences during a day of touring in London #1: Babylon at the Roof Gardens; Dan York’s Tech Report: TwitPic, Facebook Rooms, Ello; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; listener comments in audio and in the FIR Podcast Community on Google+; the past week on the FIR Podcast Network; Igloo Software promo; Michael Netzley’s Asia Report: an Australian government ad campaign targeted at illegal immigrants, miscommunication between China and the US; experiences during a day of touring in London #2: the London Underground engineering works, the London Eye (and the London Dungeon) including the 4D experience, The Tea Room at Harrod’s, the Samsung Gear 2 Neo smartwatch;

Music from A Beautiful Curse; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson and Holtz Report for October 27, 2014: An 88-minute podcast recorded live from London, England.

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So, until Monday November 3…

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