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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
Read More »Welcome To The 168-Hour Work Week: The Tablet PC Revolution Never Sleeps
A new report says that 41% of mobile workers have a tablet, and another 34% plan on buying one inside six months. We're doomed.
Read More »iPads Are Mingling With TVs, While Kindles Get Busy In The Bedroom: Study
A survey reveals that 70% of slate-style computer owners fiddle with them while watching television. How long before we don't need one of those small screens at all? Good night and good luck, indeed.
Read More »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
Read More »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
Read More »Progressive Uses New Driver-Focused Technology to Determine Insurance Rates
“They had big antennae and wires going everywhere,” says Progressive’s Richard Hutchinson of Snapshot predecessors. The device is now roughly the size of a deck of cards
Read More »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.
Read More »Google Unveils The YouTube 100, Ranks Rebecca Black Right Up There With Lady Gaga
Today, what's hot in music isn't necessarily what's on Billboard's Hot 100--often considered the industry's benchmark ranking index. For one, most indie acts won't ever sell enough CDs to rank among the world's Justin Biebers or Lady Gagas
Read More »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
Read More »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.
Read More »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
Read More »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.
Read More »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
Read More »Hybrid Owners Pay the Most for Car Repairs Nation-wide, Report Says
Americans love cars , especially when they're running well and not in the shop.
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