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Retailers disappointed, but e-commerce spending is up!
The physical store retailers may be disappointed in their December sales numbers, but for those e-commerce site owners, spending is up! That’s right…according to ClickZ.com, online retail was up 24 percent in 2006. Here’s what the article said: Sales at e-commerce sites in 2006 reached $102.1 billion, a 24 percentincrease over 2005 sales. The previous […]
A sex trial could dictate your privacy on a blog.
According to a fascinating and potentially unprecedented lawsuit published on CNN.com, it turns out that an upcoming sex lawsuit may have the ability to regulate how you are to treat other’s privacy when mentioning them on your blog. In a rather bitter breakup between two senatorial aides in the United States Congress, one aide had […]
YOU are Time’s Person of the Year…
In 2006, we made some considerable headway in connecting the world via the Internet. This year, Time Magazine has saw it fit to name YOU their Persons of the Year. How many ways can you access the Internet now and send a message to a client, co-worker, friends, and/or family members? Well let’s count the […]
Is Microsoft extending its reach TOO far?
I recently came across a post on Molly.com and she had published an interesting “rant” on an old 2005 Business Week article about Microsoft’s interesting (and somewhat naiive) claim to want to rule the web. In light of the massive “escapes” in Microsoft from its associates to other and/or better opportunities, Steve Ballmer, the CEO, […]
By avoiding the crowd, you’re spending more money…
Well technically you’re not spending MORE money per se, but you’re diverting that available disposable income from the gas you use in your car, the time you take waiting in line at the cash register, and the gift wrapping effort…all of this is being taken and placed online. Companies like Amazon.com, Target.com, Toys ‘R’ Us, […]
Wanted: The Next Generation of Webmasters
No, we’re not just your 1990’s common web guy that you usually turn to…in this new century of technology, the world is rapidly advancing and just having any web-skilled individual just doesn’t cut it. Just as going to get an advanced degree would have given you the edge in an interview or put you in […]
Could the Internet be the downfall for basic human speak?
It seems very apparent that some people have experienced a diminished capability of speaking proper English. Why? Well in some news sites and in some other parts of the world, “text-speak” as it is being come to be called, is being integrated into our everyday lives. So when you receive a text message from one […]
Websites vs the Court
Are you libel for what you put on your website? Well according to a recent court ruling by the California Supreme Court, it turns out that you may be immune from it all. A California woman was sued by two doctors who claimed that she posted on two websites an libelous e-mail. However, the court […]
Watch your attitude online…
First we had road rage, then we had sports rage, and now we have web rage. According to an article on CNN, a man has been jailed for allegedly committing a “web rage” attack. The article indicates that there was an argument in an Islam chat room and they had been exchanging verbal abuses online […]
The web is not as pornographic as originally thought…
If you’ve been surfing the news sites, you’ll most likely have come across an article that reads “Government study: Internet 1 percent porn“. It turns out that out of all the sites indexed by Microsoft and search-engine giant Google, only 1% has been deemed sexually explicit. So out of all the spam e-mails you get […]