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Must haves: Laura Downs, owner of a computer-repair service explains how she consolidates all her forum accounts when on the go.

New Bluetooth-connected smart watches act like remote controls for your smartphone. Heres how to use them. These watches let you monitor calls, read text messages, check your calendar or e-mail, and even control a PowerPoint presentation with just a tap on your wrist.

Delivering desktop productivity to the iPad. OnLive Desktop, a free app available on iTunes, lets you run virtual versions of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint on your iPad. The programs run on remote servers, but given a reasonably fast Internet connection, it feels as if you're working on a desktop.

With airlines charging domestic fliers around $100 for bags of 71 poundes or more, some luggage-shipping services are stepping up to compete. With airlines charging domestic fliers around $100 for bags of 71 pounds or more, some luggage-shipping services are cutting prices to compete

Bullet points don't get people excited, cautions Leyl Master Black of Sparkpr.

What does a real-life CEO have in common with the central figures of a fictitious Mafia crime family in The Godfather? According to Justin Moore, CEO and founder of Axcient , plenty.

Big businesses need to lighten up, get creative and take a few cues from small business owners. It's usually assumed that when it comes to marketing, small businesses can always learn from their larger counterparts, right?

Just because you had a disaster, doesn't mean you'll ultimately fail. In fact, you can learn what you need for eventual success. Google will sell co-branded tablets through online stores in an attempt to compete with Apple's iPad, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

Every new business initiative needs a champion--someone who takes responsibility for driving its success forward.

Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week Sure Prep Learning is taking it's tutoring services global and expanding help for underserved communities

Meet Ziad Dalal, CEO of Nestlé Toll House Cafe By Chip, and a man with a mission to make the humble chocolate-chip cookie go global.

And other thoughts from Steve Jang, avid surfer and co-creator of the social music app SoundTracking. "You get that timing, you pop up, you find your balance, and you ride that wave--and you have to do that over and over." Steve Jang is the cofounder and CEO of Schematic Labs , whose social music app SoundTracking just hit its one-year anniversary. The app is steadily approaching 2 million users, and its ranks include the likes of Snoop Dogg

Want to spend more time working on a project than managing it? Try this tool. For a small business owner, collaborating on projects—especially ones with multiple users in multiple locations with a variety of employees, vendors, and clients—has never been easier.

Sales at Everyday Health were flat for two years. The company needed closers to help it execute on a new strategy. But how could it recruit them?

It doesn't matter what industry you're in. This is the one thing all successful people know how to do well