Top 10 Android Apps
By BOB TEDESCHI Published: December 1, 2010 A few weeks ago, I compiled a list of essential iPhone apps for people who are too busy to sift through the roughly 300,000 titles in the App…
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Top 10 Must-Have Apps for the iPhone, and Some Runners-Up
By BOB TEDESCHI Published: November 10, 2010 I’m always surprised when I come across people who have yet to fill their iPhone with apps. The most often cited excuse? Not enough time to sift through…
Mac App Store Opens for Business
By NICK BILTON The Mac App Store officially opened for business on Thursday, with Apple offering customers a new way to instantly purchase and download software for their Mac computers and laptops. Steven P. Jobs,…
Tech Show Surprises, and the Stale
By DAVID POGUE Published: January 12, 2011 The star of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show wasn’t even there. That might sound like an odd remark, but it’s true. Look, summing up the major trends of…
With New Software, Headsets Are Outsmarting Phones
By ANNE EISENBERG Published: January 15, 2011 HEADSETS are staples for call-center workers, travel agents and many other people who have to talk frequently on the phone. With a headset to listen and speak through,…
Wireless, but Leashed
By JOSHUA BRUSTEIN Published: January 15, 2011 Americans were liberated from AT&T last week. The news that Apple was ending its exclusive relationship with AT&T and would begin selling the iPhone 4 on Verizon’s network…
Verizon Deal May Expose iPhone Flaws
By JOE NOCERA January 14, 2011 With this week’s announcement that Verizon Wireless is going to begin selling the iPhone — something its customers have been panting for ever since AT&T got that first, exclusive…
CNBC Documentary to Include BMM
On Wednesday, December 15th CNBC will air an hour long program, “Behind the Counter: The Untold Story of Franchising.” I can’t recall any television program devoting this much time to the franchise industry. The documentary…
The UFOC is Now Called Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD)
The documentation that is provided by the franchisor to a potential franchisee prior to the completion of the sale is being replaced by a new document not only with a different name but also with…
Franchise Trade Secrets
Written by Garth Snider on October 22nd, 2010 There has been a lot of ink spilled recently about the plight of the small businessman in the recession. In particular, there has been a great deal of…
10 Ways to Get the Most Out of Technology
By SAM GROBART Published: December 29, 2010 Your gadgets and computers, your software and sites — they are not working as well as they should. You need to make some tweaks. But the tech industry…
IFA Submits Letter to CNBC for Upcoming Franchising Industry Documentary
December 2, 2010 Darren Rovell CNBC 900 Sylvan Avenue Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 07632 Dear Darren: Thank you for the time you have recently spent with members of my staff to discuss your upcoming CNBC…
A Cautionary Tale About the Franchise Business
By: Jessica Golden Laurie Valadez spent years in corporate finance but had always been a passionate dog owner and dreamed of starting her own dog business. For more than two years she researched various dog-oriented…
Phys Ed: The Benefits of Exercising Before Breakfast
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS The holiday season brings many joys and, unfortunately, many countervailing dietary pitfalls. Even the fittest and most disciplined of us can succumb, indulging in more fat and calories than at any other time…
Coming to Grips With Lugging an iPad
By JENNIFER LEE CALL it the male iPad dilemma: too large to slip into a pants pocket, too stiff to be curled up like a magazine and too precious to leave unprotected. With its rigid tablet…
YouTube Said to Seek a Producer of Web Video
By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER and BRIAN STELTER SAN FRANCISCO — YouTube, the video site owned by Google, is in talks to buy Next New Networks, a Web video production company, according to two people briefed on the discussions. The…
Google Fashion Shopping Site Makes Debut
By CATHY HORYN YOU know how remote and strange the fashion world is when you go to Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. For one thing, employees are zipping around the sprawling campus on scooters…
When the Mind Wanders, Happiness Also Strays
By JOHN TIERNEY A quick experiment. Before proceeding to the next paragraph, let your mind wander wherever it wants to go. Close your eyes for a few seconds, starting … now. And now, welcome back…
Turkey-Sweet Potato Pot Pies Recipe
Dolly Craig Denver, Colorado Sweet potatoes and curry give this comfort food a new twist. Prep Time:15 Min Total Time:55 Min Makes:4 servings INGREDIENTS: 1can (15 oz) sweet potatoes, drained, cut into bite-size pieces (2…
Brown Butter Creamy Apple Pie Recipe
Lola Nebel Cambridge, Minnesota A crumbly brown sugar streusel tops a classic apple pie made easy in a frozen pie crust. Prep Time:30 Min Total Time:3 Hr 40 Min Makes:8 servings INGREDIENTS: Filling 1/4cup LAND…
Pumpkin Pie Recipe
Ingredients: For the Dough: 11/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting 2 tablespoons granulated sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons vegetable shortening 4 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces 2 tablespoons beaten…
Great Thanksgiving Turkey Recipe
by Alton Brown Ingredients: 1 (14 to 16 pound) frozen young turkey For the brine: 1 cup kosher salt 1/2 cup light brown sugar 1 gallon vegetable stock 1 tablespoon black peppercorns 1 1/2 teaspoons…
Sticker Shock for Travelers as Airfares Climb
By NICOLA CLARK In the 10 years they have been together, Charissa Benjamin and her Serbian husband have always flown from their home in Washington to spend the winter holidays in the warmth of her…
Las Vegas Casinos Are a Last Bastion for Smokers
By ADAM NAGOURNEY LAS VEGAS — The notice on the door to the hotel-casino was emphatic. “The Westin Casuarina is a Smoke Free Environment. Thank you for not smoking.” Just beyond, four people were hunched…
Assessing Franchising Opportunities
By KERMIT PATTISON Jim Denney faced a common choice: buy a franchise or start an independent company? He was an experienced business owner in Scotia, N.Y., near Albany, who had spent a year investigating a…
Tight Credit Is Turning Franchisers Into Lenders
By KERMIT PATTISON When Remi Tessier recently decided to open a pizza franchise, he got a big surprise: it was not going to be easy to get financing from a bank. Mr. Tessier had owned…
Gymnastica: Madonna Plans Her Own Fitness Franchise
By DAVE ITZKOFF As Madonna would be the first to tell you, there are all kinds of incentives to improve one’s physical fitness, from increased energy and improved health to the possibility that your personal…
Google Presents New Image Ads to All Advertisers
By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER Google’s bread and butter has been search ads — the few lines of text that show up alongside search results that are based on the keywords that people search for. But…
For Sale: A $160,000 Apple Computer
By NICK BILTON True computer nerds, do I have a deal for you! Christie’s, the tony auctioneer, is hawking a snazzy computer that it hopes will sell for between $159,800 and $239,700. You’re probably wondering…
Facebook to Start an E-Mail Service
By MIGUEL HELFT Facebook has more than 500 million users around the world. And Americans spend more of their time online with Facebook than with any other Internet company, including Google and Yahoo. Now the…
Hard to Kill: Houseplants for the Inept
By MICHAEL TORTORELLO FOR years now, my foyer has been a halfway house for indoor plants — that is, halfway between a cozy berth in someone else’s home and a pauper’s grave in my backyard….
Top 10 Must-Have Apps for the iPhone, and Some Runners-Up
By BOB TEDESCHI I’m always surprised when I come across people who have yet to fill their iPhone with apps. The most often cited excuse? Not enough time to sift through 300,000 apps to find…
While Warning About Fat, U.S. Pushes Cheese Sales
By MICHAEL MOSS Domino’s Pizza was hurting early last year. Domestic sales had fallen, and a survey of big pizza chain customers left the company tied for the worst tasting pies. Then help arrived from…
Calories Burned From Jumping on a Trampoline
By Clint Hale People attempt to burn calories in a number of ways. Some prefer standard forms of exercise such as weightlifting, jogging and aerobics, while others have gotten into alternative forms, such as Pilates…
Risks: Smokers Found More Prone to Dementia
By RONI CARYN RABIN Middle-aged smokers are far more likely than nonsmokers to develop dementia later in life, and heavy smokers — those who go through more than two packs a day — are at…
McDonald’s Workers Are Told Whom to Vote for
By SABRINA TAVERNISE WASHINGTON — When workers in a McDonald’s restaurant in Canton, Ohio, opened their paychecks this month, they found a pamphlet urging them to vote for the Republican candidates for governor, Senate and…
The Trampoline – Sports Science
The trampoline is a gymnastics device, constructed from a very strong, tightly stretched material, attached with springs to a frame. The trampoline was invented by American George Nissen in the period after 1930, when as…
Trampoline Exercise Routines
What’s a trampoline for if not to have fun on? Sure enough, trampoline exercise routines are good for people who avoid gyms like the plague and are bored by normal, mundane routines. A trampoline is easy…
What are Some Trampoline Exercise Ideas?
Trampoline exercise is a great way to stay fit. It is much easier on the joints than walking or jogging on a hard surface. Additionally, most trampolineexercises can be done on a backyard trampoline or a mini trampoline, making…
Trampoline Exercise Tips
A trampoline workout is a simple, low-impact way to get some cardiovascular exercise. Choose a trampoline model that works well for your situation. For example, if you want to work out inside your home, a…
So, you want your kids to exercise? Get a trampoline.
They never have to know it’s good for them! When parents say, “it’s good for you,” kids usually run the other way. To them, it’s good for you means that it’s no fun, boring, or worst…
Trampoline Exercise – Miraculous
By fay roberts So you’ve had your morning jog? Got your heart rate up? Paid your dues at the Gym? Worked your biceps, your quads and abdominals? But did you exercise your cells? Did you give…
Trampoline Bouncing Benefits
Bouncing on a trampoline is a lot of fun. You only have to hear the laughing and shrieking that accompanies children on a trampoline to know that it is something they enjoy a lot. What…
Trampoline exercises for weight loss
Trampoline exercises are a great way to provide steady weight loss when used in conjunction with a good, healthy meal plan. As with any exercise program, always consult your physician before you begin. The trampoline…
Trampoline
A trampoline is a device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric stretched over a steel frame using many coiled springs. People bounce on trampolines for recreational and competitive purposes. The fabric on which…
Google Place Search Emphasizes Local SEO
by Laurie Sullivan Google began rolling out Place Search to combine local and organic listings on Google.com when searchers look for information around location. It aggregates results based on places, so searchers can compare information,…
Google Searching Gets More Local
By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER This week Google is introducing two new features. One is a new way to search — Place Search, for finding local businesses along with maps and reviews. The other is a…
Marijuana Web Names Snapped Up, in Case of Legalization
By MALIA WOLLAN SAN FRANCISCO — It was just about a year ago that Kevin Faler came up with his get-rich-quick marijuana scheme. No, he does not plan to sell the drug, even if Californians…
Halloween Horror Nights: Universal to live stream 2 scare zones Friday
Universal Orlando, Florida will live-stream scenes from two scare zones at Halloween Horror Nights for one hour Friday evening. Folks not wanting to face Fear in person at the theme park can go to www.halloweenhorrornights.com/orlando/news_index.html…
Google, Facebook battle for ‘future of the Web’
Sharon Gaudin Microsoft advanced its partnership with Facebook this week, a move that could be the biggest threat to Google’s search standing yet. Microsoft and Facebook announced that they’re teaming up to make Internet searching more…