The Obama administration is posting to the Internet a wealth of government data from all Cabinet-level departments, on topics ranging from child car seats to Medicare services, according to a story in The Washington Post. The mountain of newly available information comes a year and a day after President Barack Obama promised on his first […]
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The biggest hassle with business cards is getting the contact information into your address book as fast as possible – that’s where Business Card Reader for the iPhone comes in, reports TechCrunch. Business Card Reader scans and “reads” the picture using ABBYY’s text recognition technology and enters the data into the iPhone or iPod touch
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The Wall Street Journal: For small businesses looking for advice, the Internet provides an ideal consultant: the consumer. All sorts of start-ups and small companies are using the Internet to involve customers in decisions on everything from what to sell, how products look and work, how much they cost, and even how the company operates,
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Website Magazine: Feeling data-stressed? Got some info-tension? You’re not alone. Recently a conference was organized by Basex to discuss, what else, information overload. Some interesting facts and ideas come from the conference: – The cost of Information Overload to the U.S. economy is $900 billion annually, as of 2008. – A mere 12% of the
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MakeUseOf.com: Mon.itor.us is a comprehensive online site monitoring and tracking service which not only warns you when your website is down but also provides statistics of your website’s uptime, downtime, visitor traffic and more. It provides a lot of information about your site and web server that helps you maintain a high uptime. Mon.itor.us monitors
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USA TODAY: According to a new report by the Census Bureau, Internet use tripled from 1997 to 2007. Sixty-two percent of U.S. households used the Internet from home; 18% did that in 1997. Among those using the Internet in 2007, 82% did so using a high-speed connection. Just 17% used dial-up. The rapid rise of
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photo credit: showmeone In the advertising world there are many different forms as well as policies and practices that go along with them all. Small Biz Bee recently posted an article on a few advertising rules that are not negotiable in any market. Set a budget up front that you will allocate to your monthly
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Monday, we asked readers “Do You Backup Your Data Off Site?” 44 percent replied Yes, 49% No, and 8% Sometimes. Sometimes ain’t gonna cut it, unless you like playing Russian Roulette. And did you notice that the poll mentioned ‘off site?” If you don’t backup your data offsite, you might as well not back it
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photo credit: henribergius Businesses spend a lot of time reviewing their employees as far as their production, speed, qualifications, performance, and how they get along with their co-workers to name a few. But how do managers and owners rate on these scales? Take a look at some of these area’s below taken from Officeher and ask
photo credit: lumaxart As entrepreneurs, many are proud to say that they are some what of a risk taker, however in a down economy and when your talking about your hard earned money, one tends to be a little protective and more conservative with good reason. Even high stake investors started pulling out of the
