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It's not uncommon for the press to receive Christmas Cards from members of PR, but this one from Everpeace Tech seemed...particularly noteworthy.
Just when you think PR folks and bloggers got along semi-decently, you get a report of one such exchange where the PR person challenges the blogger to a fistfight. Updated 2:43 PM EST
Remember Nicholas Ciarelli, the precocious tween who started a successful Apple rumour blog only to have it shuttered by the company's legal team? He's now posting on the DailyBeast, and he's got some interesting things to say about his favourite plaintiff: namely that since the negative PR resulting from Ciarelli's case, Apple seems to have realised the buzz-building value of early leaks and non-response to rumours. Nicholas might still be pretty young, but he's also still right. It's definitely worth a read. [DailyBeast]
Samsung released a video in which members of their staff threw an SSD off a three story building and then plugged it into a laptop, where it was operational. Though the computer screen at the end of the video gets washed out, you barely makeout the Windows XP desktop. Naysayers and skeptics should also note that once the SSD was thrown off the building, the video was never cut. Not too shabby. [Samsung SSD]
It looks like the corporate goon who ordered all copies of Mad Magazine with a Circuit City parody inside destroyed was acting on her own. An "embarrassed corporate PR guy" has apologised to Mad Magazine and tried to make things right. Nice work, Circuit City. The letter of explination/apology in full, after the jump.
Sprint is providing 600 phones to the Archdiocese of New York for the Pope's visit. In addition, "the Pope's caravan will be tracked through Actsoft's Comet Tracker GPS solution loaded on Sprint phones, transmitting data over a secured network in near real-time for optimum security and accuracy." That's right: the Pope uses Sprint. I don't think there's a more badass celebrity endorsement than that, do you? I can't wait for the ad campaign.
Jaiku officially "leaked" their new symbian software. I don't care about the software, but why is an official release being called a leak by the PR team? This is like when your dad wears a jean jacket. We're going to have to drop "leaks" and move to to terminology like "Prematurely Squirted".
Samsung released a video in which members of their staff threw an SSD off a three story building and then plugged it into a laptop, where it was operational. Though the computer screen at the end of the video gets washed out, you barely makeout the Windows XP desktop. Naysayers and skeptics should also note that once the SSD was thrown off the building, the video was never cut. Not too shabby. [