Ellisa Brenneman
July 30th, 2009
Good news for small business owners: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was signed into law by President Obama in February 2009, which is the first step in mending an ailing economy. The benefits of the bill will provide $730 million to the SBA to reach out to small businesses in need of funding in order to stay afloat…
Merrin Muxlow
July 28th, 2009
One of the most common misconceptions about going “green” is that it’s expensive. It doesn’t need to be- in fact, conserving resources is also a great way to conserve cash. We know- you’ve already heard that purchasing a recycling bin or emailing memos instead of printing them can add up to huge savings (yeah-just like you’ll be able to save…
Merrin Muxlow
July 21st, 2009
It’s that time of year again- Comic-Con descends on Southern California this week for it’s 40th Anniversary Convention. Why all the fuss about trade show displays? For one, Comic-Con is fun- from sneak television and movie previews to presentations by award winning authors, the show doesn’t have the feel of your typical industry convention. So in the spirit of Comic-Con week,…
Merrin Muxlow
July 14th, 2009
Even if you missed Google’s official announcement last week you’ve probably heard by now: Google Chrome, an operating system designed to work seamlessly with the Google Chrome browser, will roll out in 2010. Chrome is the company’s attempt to “re-think what operating systems should be-” it relies on cloud computing, and will be targeted at net books- inexpensive laptop computers purchased…
Merrin Muxlow
July 8th, 2009
While Microsoft is busy fighting the search engine war, it might be losing ground on another front: Use of Microsoft’s internet Explorer has dropped below the 60% mark, dropping from 62.09 % to 59.49 % in June. It seems like some who jumped the Microsoft ship are switching to Firefox- the free, open-source, downloadable browser that launched version 3.5 weeks ago. …
Merrin Muxlow
June 30th, 2009
A firm handshake, a welcoming smile, steady eye contact- all of these are the signs of a confident, competent leader, right? Well, maybe. Turns out, a strong handshake matters less than how you shake hands, smile wattage should depend on personal proximity, and steady eye contact can be read as confrontational in some settings. We’ve all heard that somewhere around 90% of communication…
Merrin Muxlow
June 22nd, 2009
The numbers are in- both Statcounter and ComScore show Microsoft’s Bing search engine, launched two weeks ago, chipping away at the solid hold Google has long maintained on search engine traffic. Within a week after it launched, Bing had jumped Yahoo! for the #2 spot, and caused Google’s market share to drop 6 points. Granted, the drop was from 78% to…
Merrin Muxlow
June 17th, 2009
It’s official- Facebook has become the most popular social networking site in America, edging out MySpace by a slim margin: 7.278 million U.S. users are now on Facebook, compared to 7.255 million using MySpace. To many, Facebook’s surge was inevitable, especially now that it offers one of the key features that differentiated the two sites: personalized URLS.
Over the weekend, over…
gbravo
June 10th, 2009
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is a universal term for the technologies involved in the transfer of voice communication over an IP network. For the most part, VoIP system users can make and receive calls just as they would from a traditional telephone network with only a home or business broadband internet connection. Here are eight features that make VoIP attractive…
Betsy Brottlund
June 8th, 2009
Entrepreneurialism is characterized by an ability to find a way to flourish regardless of the setting or circumstances one finds oneself in. It is this individualism and spirit of resourcefulness that make the entrepreneur such an import icon in American economics, and world economics as well. So it is no surprise to find that the places where some of today’s…
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