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Tech Trends columnist John Brandon tests Sprout Social, a Web-based tool that lets you manage and analyze multiple social media accounts.

Glasses that wont give you a headache The "aha" moment: When Hank Green asked his wife to see Tron: Legacy in 3-D late last year, she refused, explaining that watching 3-D movies gave her a headache.

Heres a new way to arrive in style. On your next business trip, ditch the Hyundai. Instead, speed around town on a motorcycle, scooter, or electric bike from EagleRider

Pulse News is a must-have app for Dan Wasyluk, founder and CEO of CollegeBlender. My website aggregates blogs, gossip, and news about college life, so I have to stay abreast of stories that appeal to our audience. As soon as I got my iPad 2 a few months ago, I searched for an app that could help me organize articles on the tablet, and I came across Pulse News.

A review of the Jabra Freeway, a Bluetooth speakerphone that clips to a car visor Most car speakerphones require you to dial numbers on your phone to make a call. The Jabra Freeway, a 5-ounce Bluetooth speakerphone that clips to a car visor, lets you place, answer, and ignore calls by speaking a command, such as "Call office." The phone, which can connect with up to two Bluetooth devices at the same time, announces the name of incoming callers

Website backup made simple Until recently, there was no simple way to back up content on a website. These new, easy-to-use tools automatically archive content regularly. To test them, we set up mock websites and deleted files to see how easily we could retrieve them.

Authors Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer look at how to improve employee morale and productivity.

A look at the companies competing to be top of the class in the digital textbooks market College tuition continues to rise, but textbooks may be getting cheaper—and a lot more portable. Instead of lugging a backpack filled with heavy volumes, some students have begun using electronic textbooks, which typically cost less and can be read on a laptop or tablet

A look at whos taking vacation days, the greatest office pet peeves, what drives e-commerce sales, and other intriguing statistics time off Average number of vacation days employees receive annually: Portion of Americans who typically don't use all of their vacation days: 34% Average number of vacation days per U.S. employee that go unused: 3 Expedia e-commerce Amount spent shopping online in the first quarter of 2011: $38 billion (up 12 percent from the previous year) Share of online orders that include free shipping: 47% Portion of customers who say they are at least somewhat likely to cancel their order if free shipping isn't offered: 61% ComScore pet peeves Employee personal habits that business owners find most annoying: Manta office supplies Amount of paper used in U.S.

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Former Patriot Matt Chatham opens Skycrepers, a fast-serve crepe shop.

Johnny Earle, founder of Johnny Cupcakes, takes a victory lap. One of the perks about having a successful idea is proving the people in the peanut gallery wrong. Johnny Earle , founder of Johnny Cupcakes, a clothing company based in Weymouth, Massachusetts, took a victory lap via Twitter after The Boston Globe named him one of the most innovative business leaders in Massachusetts

People are shopping with a mission, and brands are announcing themselves from behind store walls. The Proximity Era has begun. Mall rats soon may be an endangered species

Meg Cadoux Hirshberg examines the limit on what your spouse should know about the companys problems. In the early years of Stonyfield Yogurt, my husband, Gary, and I acted like the three wise monkeys

Norms next big move: opening a hotel in North Dakota I thought I'd take a break from answering questions this month to tell you about my new business. It's called Black Gold Suites, and there's a story behind it. My wife and I spend part of every year in Telluride, Colorado, where we have a home and where I've gotten into residential construction.