March 12, 2010 by Valerie HelmbreckAny idea how fast your broadband connection is? Care? The U.S. Federal Communications Commission does and thinks you might. So it’s decided to help. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: broadband, connection, FCC, measure, speed
March 9, 2010 by Valerie HelmbreckWant to give money to worthy causes without actually giving any money? There’s an app for that. It’s called CauseWorld and is currently available for both the iPhone and the Droid. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: CauseWorld, Citi, droid, iphone, Proctor and Gamble
March 8, 2010 by Valerie HelmbreckAmerican small businesses have tapped into that entrepreneur spirit during the downturn and are looking to new and creative ways to keep their bottom line from sinking too far, too fast. One popular tactic: social networking. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: adoption, Robert H. Smith School of Business, small business, social networking, University of Maryland, Web sites
March 8, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
In its glory days, nobody ever thought eBay would hit a slump — especially not in a recession when everybody needs a good deal or wants to unload stuff and raise cash. But eBay did, slump that is, in recent months. And with profits sinking and its market share shrinking, the company’s recasting its online presence: It’s going green. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Ebay, green, Greenpeace, marketing, technology
March 4, 2010 by Valerie HelmbreckEmployers with the urge to listen in on workers’ phone calls, take heart: A city that maintained an automated system for recording workplace phone calls isn’t liable for violating its employees’ civil rights. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: court decision, phone calls, Providence, recording, RI
March 2, 2010 by Valerie HelmbreckThere’s a new report out warning that hackers have become “industrialized” and represent an ever increasing threat to people, organizations and Government. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: botnets, cybercriminal, hackers, Imperva, industrialized, study
February 23, 2010 by Valerie HelmbreckThe whole “cell phones cause cancer” argument is beginning to feel a lot like the smoking and cancer dust up that went on decades ago. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: cancer, cellphones, links, research, smartphones
February 22, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
A massive Nielsen survey has asked consumers the burning question many Web site content providers are dying to hear the answer to: Will you pay for the news and entertainment you now get online for free? Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: consumers, content, Nielsen, pay, survey
February 19, 2010 by Valerie HelmbreckThere’s plenty of evidence that social networking is fast outpacing e-mail as the online communications tool of choice. Further evidence: Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 2010, Facebook, Linkedin, Microsoft, Myspace, Outlook, social networking
February 15, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Businesses on the East Coast got a taste of what a small natural disaster can do to productivity and communication when back-to-back blizzards struck. The heroes of the week — besides road crews and power company employees? Companies with telecommuting programs. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: blizzard, calculator, program, remote, telecommuting, Telework Research Network, workers
