GM’s OnStar announced a new service which allows you to update your Facebook status by dictating to the OnStar, you can listen to the most recent updates from your news feed too. Additions of the relaunch include: in-car access to Pandora online radio and WiFi as well.
Chase.com online banking is down for ‘scheduled maintenance’ for over a full day. While customers could not access their accounts, rumors spread on social media sites, hinting that the prolonged downtime was not in any way scheduled, with no relevant information being provided by Chase.
Cision, top provider of software, services and tools for the media and public relations industry, has launched a version of their on-demand PR software solution CisionPoint which integrates self-service broadcast media monitoring capabilities. CisionPoint is thus the first software platform of its kind in the United Kingdom to offer near real-time, self-service broadcast monitoring.
The Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, a private school in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, has decreed a social media blackout for the week.
Motorola’s new Android-based smart phone, Defy, will be officially launched on 25th season premiere of “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” Defy’s main quality is its durability, complemented by other common modern smart phone feature, and will be available by this winter holiday season.
Motorola, Inc. has appointed Weber Shandwick as public relations agency of record for its North America Mobile Devices and Home Business, Motorola Mobility. Weber Shandwick’s responsabilities include support for Motorola Mobility’s corporate, consumer and business-to-business communications.
Liliana compiled a list with some of the most interesting PR and marketing related articles of 2010, to serve as a resource for industry experts, as well as for students, beginners, and customers.
The Beautiful Planning Marketing Group has launched a new class session teaching the methods and strategies of Do It Yourself Public Relations, aiming to help those who can’t afford to hire a PR company to represent them. The course has been designed to teach business owners, marketing professionals, authors, artists, models and actors how to promote themselves.
Personal information posted on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter should be handles with great care. The Nashua police have stopped a ring of burglars which targeted found empty houses to rob based on Facebook updates and other social media messages.
100 iPad applications that can be used by public relations professionals in their line of work.
