March 8, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
American 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.
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Tags: adoption, Robert H. Smith School of Business, small business, social networking, University of Maryland, Web sites
February 19, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
There’s plenty of evidence that social networking is fast outpacing e-mail as the online communications tool of choice. Further evidence:
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Tags: 2010, Facebook, Linkedin, Microsoft, Myspace, Outlook, social networking
January 26, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
That much-touted marketing tool called “buzz” doesn’t seem to have helped cloud providers get businesses to adopt the technology as their storage solution.
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Tags: adoption, cloud computing, Forrester Research, storage
January 18, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Hackers are getting past some of the toughest tactics used in online banking security, say the analysts at Gartner.
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Tags: Gartner, malware, online banking, security, threats
January 11, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
While he’s lost his lucrative jobs with AT&T and Accenture, Tiger Woods is hanging on to at least one endorsement deal:
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Tags: Accenture, AT&T, Brit Hume, Electronic Arts, game, golf, online, Tiger Woods, video
December 28, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
The latest survey of computer users found that Internet usage has nearly doubled in the decade that’s ending this week. Today’s user now spends nearly two full workdays a week on the Web. Compare that to
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Tags: Harris Interactive, Internet, poll, usage
December 28, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
Looking for signs that the economy isn’t as bad as you thought?
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Tags: Android, app store, Apple, droid, Google, iphone, iTouch
December 11, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
Okay, so Facebook’s got new privacy features that actually makes your profile info less private than it was in the past. And Rupert Murdoch’s whining that free content on the Internet’s gonna slurp up his billions made selling faux news on TV. Does anybody get what they want online anymore?
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Tags: controls, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Facebook, information, privacy, Rupert Murdoch
December 7, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
Everybody’s talking about the Cloud, wishing they could be in the Cloud, but scared to venture to the Cloud. Except Apple, which appears to have moved to the computing stratosphere in a big way.
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Tags: acuqisition, Apple, cloud computing, Lala, music, streaming
November 23, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
You’ve probably heard the Google motto: “Don’t be evil.” But how many companies take their own, self-proclaimed philosophy seriously?
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