Holtz Communications + Technology

Want to know about the latest applications for patents dealing with online navigation? How about fuel cells, optical systems or shoes? Head on over to FreshPatents.com, where new patents applications are listed by category. And you don’t have to check the site regularly, since each subcategory includes a link to the RSS feed. The Invent Blog notes that access to such…

RSS. A revolutionary means of syndicating content without the hassles of spam? Not according to Signal vs. Noise blogger Jason Fried, a participant in a FeedBurner pilot program to embed ads in its RSS feeds. “All RSS is is just another content-delivery medium,” he said in a Wired News piece. “Someone has to pay for that content, either through subscription fees or through…

The instant messaging research keeps on coming. Today, we learn of a European study that reveals companies are not implementing enterprise instant messaging solutions. Despite recognition of the need to manage instant messaging, 56% of the 340 European IT managers have no plans to install enterprise IM, opting instead to let employees use the AOL, Yahoo and MSN software. Many…

Isn’t it interesting that publications like Computerworld are publishing articles about corporate policies for employee blogging but publications dealing with communications and human resources have been fairly quiet on the issue?

The Computerworld piece by Jupiter Research VP Michael Gartenberg suggests companies need to (1) know what other blogs are saying about you, (2) go slowly when creating corporate blogs, and…

Broadcaster and technology futurist Todd Maffin has produced “A Five-Point Roadmap to Podcasting’s Future”. The five strategies: smarter aggregators, a publishing tool that makes podcast production easier, devices that handle bookmarks for non-music files, big-name content, and a self-aware community.

A survey from Siemens Business Group suggests that IM has had a marked impact on how employees do their jobs. For example, Eighty-four percent of employees working in IT make fewer phone calls thanks to IM; 76% send fewer e-mails. Nearly 80% of these employees assert that IM has improved their productivity. The same number are employed by companies that…