In a high tech first – really, really high – astronauts in space finally have Internet access. Space station resident Timothy (TJ) Creamer had been working with flight controllers to establish Internet access from his orbital post ever since he moved in last month. On Friday, his effort paid off. He posted the first live […]
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How can your company get started with cloud computing? Well, consider following the market leaders. With a few more months of client experience, Forrester Research recently addressed the major questions that executives have about the adoption of cloud services, reports David Deans over at Cloud Computing Journal. Benefit #1: Improving time-to-application deployment. Benefit #2: Aligning
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Kevin Kelleher over at GigaOm has an interesting look at how the Internet has changed the way we write. With so much discussion about how the Internet is changing journalism and media, there’s surprisingly little said about how writing itself has transformed. But it has changed in a dramatic if subtle way. Nine years ago,
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Misty Calhoun stumbled across the Belly Bling Web site two years ago while searching the Internet for navel ring vendors. She ordered a titanium piece adorned with colored stones from the online store and has remained a customer of the Cedar Falls-based business for the past two years, according to a story in the WCFCourier.
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Leena Rao over at TechCrunch asks should we be considering virtual goods when evaluating online holiday spending? We’ve seen that e-commerce spending over the holidays was strong, with consumers shelling out nearly $30 billion over a period of a few months. Now, virtual goods platform PlaySpan reports that digital goods have seen a similar, if
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According to a new patent that was just granted to Google, the company could soon extend the reach of its advertising program in Google Maps to Street View, reports ReadWriteWeb. This patent, which was originally filed on July 7, 2008, describes a new system for promoting ads in online mapping applications. In this patent, Google
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One big reason readers choose e-books over ink and paper versions: The digital ones are cheaper, reports CNet News. That wasn’t the case when e-books first appeared a decade ago. But Amazon has made a point of selling its Kindle titles at a discount to physical editions, even if it means losing money. And then
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The Internet is making the world of learning smarter — and more profitable, reports Fortune Small Business. Students who took online courses scored an average 10% higher on tests than peers who received extra instruction face-to-face, according to a recent report by the U.S. Department of Education that analyzed more than 1,000 studies conducted from
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Ford is opening up their API in 2010 to developers to make apps for Sync, according to a story at Gadgetell.com. Since the iPhone, having other people make your devices famous has become all the rage; and now Ford too is jumping on this bandwagon. They plan to release Ford Sync version of the app
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photo credit: pfala With the new year comes new technology, marketing, advertising and yes…social media techniques. Look below for some great keys to this new years social media success. Start observing and researching more this new year. Start paying attention to what your customers are saying to your prospect customers, this information comes in handy
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