Archive for 'Business'
Why Yahoo Continues to Fall
Yahoo! at one time the king of search and email, but those days are long gone. The recent executive changes at the top have made no difference. Yahoo continues to struggle and for more than just popularity among users, but functionality. Lately, the problems have escalated to the point that Yahoo has lost control of [...]
Full StoryThe Impact of Data Centers on the Environment
Many people who surf the web, download music, never even think of what goes on in a data center environment when they push and pull data to their communication devices. Many of us take for granted that when we request data from our computers, smartphones, or other communication devices, there’s a lot that goes on [...]
Full StoryHow to Improve Your Company’s Productivity with WiMAX
WiMAX, which is a short form for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, is another means of transmitting information over significant distances, and the current revision is programmed to provide a connection speed of up to 40 megabytes in a second. This form of internet connection has proved to be more useful in the internet world [...]
Full StoryYoo-hoo to Buy Yahoo?
It looks like the favorite soft drink company has interest in Yahoo. It seems like a coincidence being that both the brands sound closely similar and are close in spelling, but why would Yoo-hoo want to get into the search space? This makes no sense or at least it seems odd, but in this day [...]
Full StoryT-Mobile Billing Non-Customers
My wife noticed a charge of $158.46 on her online banking statement from T-Mobile and she isn’t even a customer. Her current carrier is AT&T/Cingular. She called the bank to dispute the charge, but was told by the bank that the charge was still pending and that she would need to call T-Mobile direct. She [...]
Full StoryWeb Hosting Nightmare
When choosing a web hosting company, make sure the company only focuses on web hosting and not an array of services outside of web hosting like Yahoo. A friend of mine needed assistance to setup a WordPress blog on Yahoo’s small business web hosting and I was amazed that such a simple WordPress installation can [...]
Full StoryFacebook Suing Over the Use of Book in a Domain Name
This is absolutely ludicrous! Facebook doesn’t want anyone to register a domain name that uses ‘generic plus book’. There are many domains that have generic plus book such as; Macbook.com SEObook.com (Excellent resource for SEO) lookatbook.com eBook.com Techbook.com (Parked domain) Teachbook (Currently being sued) iownbook.com (Newly registered) According to Facebook: “If others could freely use [...]
Full StoryClassmates.com – Taking Advantage of Unethical “Automatic Renewals”
Just a few weeks ago, a colleague noticed a charge on her credit card statement from classmates.com for $34.95 for an annual gold membership. About a year ago, she purchased a gold membership to facilitate planning of a class reunion and encouraged hundreds of people to register for and use the site to respond to [...]
Full StoryEntrecard Purchased By Who?
If you haven’t heard, Entrecard the ‘blogging network’ was acquired by ZipRunner. Who is ZipRunner? I looked up the name in Google and found nothing other than someone else asking the same question. I was a member of Entrecard, but only for about 6 months when things just seem to go south. My decision for [...]
Full StoryWhy Cybercrime Hurts Online Startups
There are many new startups launching online businesses each day. These new startups are finding out that it’s a lot harder to market their products and services using marketing techniques such as; Email campaigns, PPC (Pay Per Click), and Banner Ads. Why is it so hard? The latest increase in cybercrimes has put potential consumers [...]
Full StoryShame on You Yahoo!
The popular free web hosting site GeoCities will close later this year. Yahoo announced that no new accounts will be accepted, in other words your SOL. This move is just another way to drive visitors to purchase hosting from Yahoo as designed. The GeoCities homepage spells that out very clear. When you visit the help [...]
Full StoryeBay No Longer Owns StumbleUpon
eBay was attempting to sell off its stake in StumbleUpon, the website recommendation service it bought for $75 million in 2007. That didn’t happen. Instead, the company has been bought back by its investors and original founders. It emerges once again as an independent startup. The new company is led by co-founder Garrett Camp, who [...]
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