Facebook: The Evolution of a Social Superpower
A look at how a company went from start-up to Internet titan, and changed the way the world uses the Web in the process. Source: New York Times Video
Money & Finance
One company, one store: Why Google axed Android Market for Google Play
BY GEOFF DUNCAN Google is unifying Android Market as well as its book, music, and movie services under the moniker Google Play. But is it clearer, or more confusing? Internet giant Google raised eyebrows yesterday…
Sell Apple?! iPad3 May Provide the Chance
It may be time to buy the iRumor and sell the iFact. With Apple Inc. set to unveil its latest blockbuster device Wednesday, the iPad3, a window isn’t only opening on one of the most-profitable…
iPad 3: What we didn’t get
By David Camoy Inevitably, whenever Apple releases a new product, there’s a little disappointment over what was missing. Here’s a look at some of the things Apple didn’t deliver in this iPad release. The dust…
Apple’s Cook lifts lid on newest, 4G-powered iPad
By Poornima Gupta and Alexei Oreskovic (Reuters) – Apple Inc took the wraps off a faster 4G-equipped iPad on Wednesday, hoping the latest version of its tablet can safeguard its dominance as rivals from Amazon…
Apple Unveils New Version of IPad
By Adam Satariano Apple Inc. (AAPL) introduced a new version of the iPad, beefing up its two-year-old mobile computer with a sharper screen and faster chip to widen its lead over Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN), Microsoft…
Goodbye Android Market, Hello Google Play
By Chris Velazco Google’s Android Market has undergone some tremendous changes over the last year or so. What started as just a standalone app store has quickly grown to encompass e-books, music, videos, and now…
Google Play launches as online entertainment hub
By Chenda Ngak (CBS News) Google launched Google Play Tuesday – an entertainment hub which will house movies, music, e-books, games and apps in one location. Full coverage of Google at Tech Talk “Starting today,…
Does Sex Sell?
By KARYN MONGET Three decades ago, Calvin Klein triggered debate — and a publicity bonanza — when 15-year-old Brooke Shields purred, “You want to know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing.” These days,…
Marketing is Like Sex: Everyone Thinks They’re Good at It
By Steve Tobak There’s hypocrisy in the corporate world that’s begging to be called out. Everybody thinks they’re a marketing expert. Your boss, the CEO, the IT guy – I bet half the people in your…
Your Home Based Business’ Structure
BY PAUL AND SARAH EDWARDS When you’re a homebased business owner, you have several options when it comes to the formal structure of your business: sole proprietorship, limited liability company (LLC) or corporation. If you’re…
How to Make Working at Home Work: A Banker-Turned-Entrepreneur’s Story
BY TRACY STAPP “I really didn’t want a ‘real job.’ I wanted to work for myself,” Bill Buckley recalls. “And I loved working from home.” That was 1995, after Buckley had spent 25 years in…
Drunk Driving and The Law – DUI or DWI
What is a DUI? DUI is an acronym that stands for Driving Under the Influence. What does “under the influence” mean? Drugs (whether legal, illegal, prescription or over-the-counter medications) and alcohol are known to affect…
Financial Plan – save money for your future and retirement
Financial Plan: A comprehensive evaluation of an investor’s current and future financial state by using currently known variables to predict future cash flows, asset values and withdrawal plans. Most individuals work in conjunction with an…
2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid Review
BY LARRY HALL Driving the all-new 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid is pretty much like driving the all-new gas powered 2012 Camry. Now I don’t expect you to take my word on this so, I would…
Facebook claimant Paul Ceglia hires new lawyers
By Jessica Guynn A New York man is not giving up his fight for half of Mark Zuckerberg’s multibillion-dollar stake in Facebook. Paul Ceglia has added new lawyers to his legal team, including Sanford Dumain,…
Why gasoline prices are so high
By Ronald D. White Retail gasoline prices have jumped so quickly that some experts are rethinking their predictions on how high fuel prices could go this year. Gasoline prices are keeping up their record-setting ways….
Spending and Factory Reports Indicate a Slowdown
By REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Manufacturing slowed in February and consumer spending was flat for a third straight month in January, new economic data showed on Thursday, suggesting the economy lost more momentum than expected…
Why Tuition Has Skyrocketed at State Schools
By CATHERINE RAMPELL I have an article today about the states’ long-term divestment from public higher education, and what that means for students. As I’m sure you know, college tuitions have been skyrocketing for decades…
Bank of America Alerts Customers To Possible Breach
Rochester, N.Y. — Some Bank of America customers received letters in the mail Saturday informing them of a possible security breach. The bank states, “We take your account security very seriously and have learned that…
Pawn Shops Thrive In Tough Economy
By Yardena Schwartz July 19 (Source: By Yardena Schwartz, The Miami Herald) – When William Toro’s car stopped running a few years ago, he was short on cash and didn’t have easy access to credit….
The Pawn Shop Regulations for Starting Up a Business in Florida
by Melanie J. Martin Florida pawn shops must obtain a license from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Pawn shop owners must renew their license annually. In addition to obeying state laws, pawnbrokers…
Florida Pawn Shop Laws & Rules
By Roger Thorne The buying and selling of used or secondhand goods has been going on since the earliest days of history. In Florida, pawn shops and other secondhand goods dealers must comply with numerous…
Florida Pawnshops
All pawnshops are required to apply and obtain a license with the Department annually. Each pawnshop must maintain a net worth of at least $50,000 or file security in the form of a surety bond,…
Playing the Lin Card Pays Off for a Collector
By KEN BELSON Linsanity may have cooled a bit after the Knicks lost two games in recent days. But by one measure, the fervor for Jeremy Lin, the sensation also known as the Knicks’ point…
Taxpayers Ask IRS: Where’s My Money?
By Michelle Smith As of last week, the IRS had cut fewer checks and refunded less money than during the same period last year. USA Today reports that taxpayers, who are waiting longer than normal…
Postal Service to Cut 5.4% of Staff by Closing Almost Half of Plants
The U.S. Postal Service, which predicts an annual loss of $18.2 billion by 2015, plans to eliminate 5.4 percent of its workforce by closing almost half of its mail-processing facilities to cut costs. The service…
More drivers than ever may pay $5 per gallon
By Gary Strauss More drivers than ever could soon be paying $5 for a gallon of gasoline. But the national average, up sharply in recent weeks, is still expected to top out at about $4….
We Lose Clean Energy Race without Government Investments
by Richard W. Caperton Continuing and expanding investments in clean energy is the smart choice to meet the next generation of energy challenges and produce a foundation of affordable, reliable, and clean energy alternatives. Budget…
Home Based Business
What do Apple Computer, Hershey’s, Mary Kay Cosmetics, and the Ford Motor Company have in common? These well-known corporations all started out as home based businesses. In fact, more than half of all U.S. businesses…
IRS Releases the Dirty Dozen Tax Scams for 2012
WASHINGTON –– The Internal Revenue Service today issued its annual “Dirty Dozen” ranking of tax scams, reminding taxpayers to use caution during tax season to protect themselves against a wide range of schemes ranging from…
Clean Energy and Green Jobs in 2010
By Robert Ludvig Green energy is taking center stage as 2010 gets underway. The Obama administration is making good on their promises that were made in 2009. There are critics who point out that the…
Bill Gates Calls for More Accountability on Food Programs
By JUSTIN GILLIS The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has brought a distinctive approach to problems of global development: a sense of urgency, a willingness to make big investments in pursuit of ambitious targets, and…
How Companies Learn Your Secrets
By CHARLES DUHIGG Andrew Pole had just started working as a statistician for Target in 2002, when two colleagues from the marketing department stopped by his desk to ask an odd question: “If we wanted…
Ten Reasons NOT To Invest In Facebook
By Kym McNicholas If you’re a Robert Scoble follower, you know he believes Facebook will be worth a half-trillion dollars by 2015. But not everyone’s as confident as Scoble that the social network will be…
How To Use Social Media To Promote Your Small Business
By Kym McNicholas You have a small business and you haven’t bought into the social media craze? Guess what? Silence is no longer an option. People are online talking about your company as you read…
What Are SOPA and PIPA And Why All The Fuss?
By Larry Magid Knowing that Wikipedia would go dark for 24 hours in protest to SOPA and PIPA, I took the precaution of printing it out last night. Just kidding. Wikipedia is huge. I wanted…
Six Attributes of Successful Entrepreneurs
By JAY GOLTZ I recently read an article in The New York Times about a program that had been proving for many years what lots of people had long suspected — that SAT scores are…
Price Cuts Hurt Target’s Earnings
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Target reported a 5.2 percent drop in earnings for the fourth quarter, as big discounts to get tight-fisted shoppers to buy during the holiday season eroded profits. The discount retailer, however,…
Jobless Claims Hold at Four-Year Low
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The number of people seeking unemployment aid was unchanged last week and the four-week average of applications fell to its lowest point in four years, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The…
Obama Offers to Cut Corporate Tax Rate to 28%
By JACKIE CALMES WASHINGTON — President Obama will ask Congress to scrub the corporate tax code of dozens of loopholes and subsidies to reduce the top rate to 28 percent, down from 35 percent, while…
T-Mobile Asks F.C.C. to Block Verizon Deal
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — T-Mobile USA, which just had its acquisition by AT&T blocked by regulators, is urging the federal government to block another deal in the wireless world: Verizon’s planned…
When the Web Page Comes to You
By QUENTIN HARDY The world of Web marketing is based on the idea of search engine optimization, which means building Web pages that search engines can find and then drive readers to. But what if…
What we learned from the ‘Nightline’ report on Foxconn factories
By Joshua Topolsky After teasing the story yesterday, Nightline has aired its report from Foxconn’s factories on ABC. In the report, host Bill Weir speaks directly to factory workers as well as their managers. You…
Here Come the Cloud Cartels
By QUENTIN HARDY What kind of cartels will deliver business computing, and how should businesses respond? Forrester, the technology research company, just released its business and technology outlook for 2020. The short version is that…
A Tech Show Loses Clout as Industry Shifts
By NICK WINGFIELD The International Consumer Electronics Show, which will open on Tuesday in Las Vegas, is impossible to ignore. It will smother the city’s gigantic convention center with gadgets and those who make and…
U.S. Economy Gains Steam as 200,000 Jobs Are Added
By SHAILA DEWAN Maybe it is time to start calling the glass half full. Employers in the United States added 200,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said Friday, a report that came on the…
19 Web Sites for Travel Savings in 2012
By MICHELLE HIGGINS HIGHER hotel prices, airline capacity cuts and rising travel demand mean travelers will have to work harder to find a good deal in 2012. But there are plenty of online tools to…
The Critics Rave … for Microsoft?
By NICK WINGFIELD “GORGEOUS,” raves The Huffington Post. “Best-looking smartphone operating system in the industry,” gushes Slate. “Far superior to most if not all the Android smartphones,” says TechCrunch. Sounds like the usual adulation for…
Young, Obese and in Surgery
By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS Though Shani Gofman had been teased for being fat since the fourth grade, she had learned to deal with it. She was a B student and in the drama club at school….