BetaNews reports that Google Voice, the popular and often controversial VoIP, voicemail, and messaging service from Mountain View search giant Google is now open for anyone in the U.S. to use.
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photo credit: jmilles With the many people that make up the Twitter community, its not hard to find a lot of annoying Twitters on there. It’s bound to happen with such a large community and people having access to not only so many people but so many features and tools as well. Below are some
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photo credit: batega Many new business owners often make the mistake of taking their new adventure far beyond what is necessary. They spend every waking moment on their new company, they are often gone for extended business trips, long working hours because they don’t want to trust anyone else to take care of things, and
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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
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Despite “collaboration” becoming increasingly accepted and valued in business, there are still those that remain hesitant about sharing information or resources and about working with others. It’s still common to hear people say “I have developed a great tool, but I’m afraid that if I share it with anyone, they’ll steal my idea.” ReadWriteWeb reports
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In a session at Forrester’s Marketing Forum, Forrester analysts Josh Bernoff and Augie Ray presented research findings on peer influence and word of mouth marketing. The presentation was rife with practical tips for marketers Mashable.com thought worth sharing. Ray outlined a Peer Influence Pyramid that breaks down influencers into three types: Social Broadcasters (at the
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According to ReadWriteWeb it’s known as the marshmallow challenge. Small teams are given 18 minutes to build a free-standing structure made of dry spaghetti, one yard of string, one yard of tape and a marshmallow, which must be placed on top. The team wins by creating the tallest structure of all the groups participating. What
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Susan Gunelius at Entrepreneur has five tips that anyone can apply to their social media marketing efforts today and start seeing positive results almost immediately. 1. Make it easy and non-threatening for your audience to participate. Not only does your content matter on the social web but your personality matters, too. 2. Write share-worthy content.
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Excitement about the approach of the Federal Communications Commission’s National Broadband Plan, due March 17, is inspiring ever more dramatic calls for greater high-speed Internet connectivity in the United States, reports arstechnica.com. This month, FCC Chair Julius Genachowski declared that the agency wants 260 million Americans hooked up to 100 Mbps broadband by 2020. Not
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Paul King was headed to the airport in Pittsburgh in 2006 when he suffered an ill-timed communications blackout. His cell phone died and he realized he still had his roommate’s house key in his pocket, according to a story at CNNMoney.com. If he didn’t call her to arrange a return, she would be locked out
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