April 2007 - Posts

• Baby Conundrums… Technology Questions to Last a Lifetime

  By: Leslie Whitelaw As I’m expecting my first child in August, I’ve recently found myself fascinated with all things baby. At the Today’s Parent BabyTime Show last week-end, I saw everything from the expected strollers and cribs to the unexpected 3D ultrasound Read More... Posted 26 April 2007 18:46 by Sharon Fernandes | 0 Comments

• March Madness Indeed

  By: Mary Warner There has been a lot of interest in Facebook, MySpace and other social networking tools and the implications and possibilities for the public relations professional, especially here on the TecHKnow blog . But it was an article on the last Read More... Posted 18 April 2007 18:38 by Sharon Fernandes | 2 Comments Filed under: SocialNetworks

• Make me famous, MySpace, I deserve it

  By: Lindsay Bruce In a recent H&K Connected Conversations podcast, Boyd Neil and Kadi Kaljuste discuss a topic appropriately called “The Death of Shame.” This is when your average Joe or Bertha do wacky, crazy and often dangerous stunts just to help Read More... Posted 16 April 2007 14:32 by Sharon Fernandes | 0 Comments Filed under: SocialNetworks, SocialMedia

• Consolidation consternation?

  By: Carly Suppa In the IT industry, convergence and consolidation are amongst those over-used buzzwords, often read as the catalyst descriptors for new technology deployments. But 2007’s consolidated convergence headline news has less to do with a bigger Read More... Posted 13 April 2007 18:05 by Sharon Fernandes | 0 Comments Filed under: Media_Consolidation

• A spinning good idea

  By: Kathryn Hanley I recently noticed a clever new service called Spin-my-Blog was quietly launched at CTIA by nifty solution provider SpinVox Ltd . Upon closer examination this new offering actually seems really, really cool. Now because I’m generally Read More... Posted 11 April 2007 15:15 by Sharon Fernandes | 0 Comments Filed under: Text_Messaging, BloggingTools, mobile

• Have your Facebook – but use it wisely

  By: Jennifer Drogell As my colleagues have commented in past posts , Facebook , the wildly popular social networking site, has finally gone mainstream. And in doing so, I have finally bowed to the pressure being exerted on me from all sides that I must Read More... Posted 05 April 2007 19:05 by Sharon Fernandes | 0 Comments Filed under: SocialNetworks

• Scrapbooking goes online

  By: Ian Barr We've written about the transformation of scrapbooking and how new technology has changed the creative process, but how is Web 2.0 affecting this hobby? Via Darren Barefoot , I learned about a new online scrapbooking company called Scrapblog Read More... Posted 05 April 2007 16:05 by Ian Barr | 0 Comments Filed under: photography, scrapbooking

• A few brush strokes for Nintendo's 'Art of Wii'

  By: Ian Barr Hey Nintendo Canada! Looks like you've got a clever promotion out called the Art of Wii . You've commissioned six Canadian artists who've painted one-of-a-kind Wii consoles, and are now giving them away in a contest promotion. LOVE IT! From Read More... Posted 03 April 2007 20:53 by Ian Barr | 0 Comments Filed under: Gaming, Campaigns Attachment(s): ArtofWi1i.jpg