Archive for May 22nd, 2010
The Slow Death Of The Landline
One out of four households in the U.S. is now wireless-only. ReadWriteWeb has the latest statistics from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the number of wireless-only households continues to move up slowly. In the first half of 2009, 22.7% of all households had cut their landline and today this number is closer [...]
It’s never been a better time to think about turning your hobby — that thing you’re passionate about doing — into a viable, money-generating business. In fact, according to a recent consumer survey conducted by the software-maker Intuit, about one in five people (17 percent) have actively worked on starting their own business in the [...]
Inventors Rush To Stop Oil Gush
BP’s busted pipe continues to gush crude into the Gulf of Mexico. The resulting slick is now poisoning shores. Brace yourself for goo-covered pelicans, belly-up alligators, wasteland that was marshland. According to Inventors Digest, inventors from across the country have inundated BP, the U.S. government and, yes, Inventors Digest, with ideas on how to stop [...]
