Friday, December 28, 2007Year in Review, Part II: Top Software and Web Services
Today we continue our run-down of the best of 2007 with picks for the year’s best software and web services, courtesy of BNET Insights.
Rick Broida, writing for BNET Insight’s “Business Hacks” section, lists his favorite software apps for 2007:
GIMP 2.4: Photoshop-caliber image editing without the high price. In fact, there’s no price at all: GIMP [...]
Thursday, December 27, 2007Consumer Technology: The Year in Review
The iPhone. Windows Vista. Google Android. 2007 was quite a year for consumer technology. And according to the Washington Post’s resident tech expert writer Rob Pegoraro, Apple came out as the clear winner by the year’s end — “often at the expense of Microsoft”, he wrote in today’s year-end consumer technology review:
Apple’s successful switch to [...]
Wednesday, December 26, 2007ICANN’s 2007 Annual Report
Earlier this week, ICANN issued its 2007 annual report, a slickly put-together PDF document outlining the organization’s goals, achievements, and initiatives for the new year.
While not exactly red-hot news (overviews of board membership changes, bylaw fulfillment, litigation status, that sort of thing), the report is interesting reading, and anyone involved in the domain registration or [...]
Monday, December 24, 20072007: Year of the Falling Dollar
As we enter into the final week of 2007, one story is beginning to dominate U.S. business news. It’s a story of unique historical significance, with both positive and negative net effects for Americans.
That story is the decline of the U.S. dollar. Although not new to this year, 2007 has seen the most noticeable drop [...]
Friday, December 21, 2007News Round-Up: The Google-DoubleClick Merger
The news that FTC has ruled in favor of the $3.1-billion Google-DoubleClick mega-merger continued to reverberate throughout the Internet today. Here are some of the more interesting articles we found that went beyond the simple details of the business transaction:
Tameka Kee, writing in MediaPost’s Online Media Daily, claims that most Internet industry executives are viewing [...]
Thursday, December 20, 2007Breaking News: FTC Approves Google-DoubleClick Merger
It’s official: The much-reported on (by us) Google-Doubleclick merger has been approved today by a 4-to-1 vote by the FTC, reports the E-Commerce News’ Keith Regan.
Acquiring DoubleLick, the leader in click advertising, is seen as a huge step for Internet behemoth Google, and is expected to extend its long reach even farther across the Internet.
The [...]
Tuesday, December 18, 2007Seth Godin’s “14 New Marketing Trends to Embrace”
Bestselling author, “New Marketing” expert, and author of the self-described “most popular marketing blog in the world,” Seth Godin is a business blogger and guru dedicated to the idea of re-evaluating traditional business marketing practices.
He’s best known for modern marketing philosophies that, among many other things, work to discredit spam while promoting the idea that [...]
Monday, December 17, 2007America Going Green: Email Without the Paper Trail
In a recent article, L.A. Times staff writer Abigail Goldman tells of a relatively new “green” movement to save paper: Stopping the excessive printing of emails.
It’s the kind of idea that may seem like small potatoes, but that could add up to something significant if it gains enough traction.
From the article:
The trend took off in [...]
Friday, December 14, 2007Opponents Line Up Against Google and DoubleClick
The controversies surrounding major Internet companies and their methods of advertising continue. Today CNET News printed the latest on the proposed Google/DoubleClick $3 billion merger and the criticism it’s getting from industry observers.
The merger has plenty of opponents — from consumer advocates who want to limit Google’s power to competitors such as Microsoft who fear [...]
Wednesday, December 12, 2007ComputerWorld’s “8 Most Dangerous Consumer Technologies”
In a world of runaway consumer technology, an article proclaiming to name the 8 “Most Dangerous” items among them may seem … alarmist? Sensationalistic?
Be that as it may, when viewed from a business owner or manager’s perspective, the threats posed by everyday (and seemingly harmless) consumer technologies are signifcant. From security breaches to stolen information, [...]