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Time for a New Cell Phone Plan?

Every business needs to keep their people connected and communicating. Here is how to select a cell phone plan to meet the needs of your staff while keeping costs low

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Should Facebook Pay You? Or: How To Monetize Friends And Charge People

A new social network, MyCube, thinks that we devalue our information when we give it away for free. Founded by Swedish entrepreneur Johan Staël von Holstein, MyCube offers users the chance to monetize their data, through advertising or a system of "nanopayments." Johan Staël von Holstein doesn't seem to like Mark Zuckerberg. "I have 5,000 friends on Facebook," says the Swedish-born entrepreneur , who lives in Singapore, but was about to board a flight from Barcelona to Germany, and then to Dubai, when we spoke by phone

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iPhone 5 Rumor Round-Up: Late November Arrival, But No NFC?

Though the iPhone 5's arrival is still far away, leaks are getting out about a possible November 21 launch date, a hardware change that'll render your current case unusable, the screen size, and NFC. We've heard a few rumors before about the iPhone 5, most notably that its launch has been delayed well beyond a typical June/July release timeframe

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8 Social Blogging Tips for Business

Use continuous updates and punchy messages to heighten interest and keep your customers informed about products or services which in turn can boost sales.

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Overstock.com Offers $1 Million For Improved Recommendations

The online retailer is pulling a Netflix, dangling the promise of a rich reward--not to mention some serious bragging rights--to the team that increases customer purchases. Overstock.com is about to pull a Netflix

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The Prices Are Right

Even in the information age, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics still gathers much of its data the old-fashioned way. Workers make phone calls to find out what dentists charge for pulling teeth, and they visit stores to write down the prices of CDs and Russet potatoes.

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Visa Is Making The E-Wallet Real

We've heard a lot about the notion of a digital wallet, but the tech itself seems slow to arrive. Now one credit giant is changing all that. We've heard a lot about the notion of a digital wallet , but the tech itself seems slow to arrive apart from one or two regional experiments, and the promise of more exciting tech in the future

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Letter To The Editor: Spoofed Coal Company Making Up Facts

After being the victim of a fake website, coal giant Peabody Energy responded with some "interesting" stats about the benefits of energy use. Yesterday the world's largest privately held coal company, Peabody Coal , was hoaxed by Coal Cares , a Yes Men -sponsored website that promised free inhalers for children with asthma from coal plants. As has become typical with these things, the hoax was revealed and the company issued a statement denying any connection to the satirical site.

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iFive: Microsoft-Skype Deal, Google’s Music Starts Today, Foursquare Tries NFC, Tumblr’s "Share" Button, Twitter Adds Pay Tweets

1. Microsoft is poised to announce , maybe later this morning, that the rumored acquisition of Skype is actually true. New hints suggest the price may have pushed as high as $8.5 billion, and Microsoft is obviously imagining how Skype will plug into its enterprise offerings

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