Business

President Obama’s Proposal to Raise SBA Loan Limits

October 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Statement by Administrator Karen Mills on President Obama’s Proposal to Raise SBA Loan Limits Karen Mills WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration today issued the following statement by SBA Administrator Karen Mills on today’s proposal by President Barack Obama to raise the maximum loan size for SBA-backed loans to small business: “America’s 29 million small businesses have been hard hit in this recession. Nine months ago, President Obama sent small businesses a life line: the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Since then, the SBA has supported more than 33,000... [Read the full story]

News

Net Neutrality Sounds Good in Theory Only

October 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The new FCC Chairman, Julius Genchowski, is pushing hard for changes that will affect the internet forever. He recently introduced ”net neutrality rules”, that would prohibit Internet service providers like AT&T, Verizon, Comcast and Time Warner from acting as gatekeepers of content on the Web. Put another way it would force these broadband providers, private companies, to treat all internet traffic the same and allow it to flow freely through their networks. Sounds great right? I have two problems with this: I always reject the federal government intruding on private companies... [Read the full story]

Masters

Matt Cutts Offers SEO Tips for WordPress Users

August 19, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Here is a 46 minute video of a presentation Matt Cutts delivered to WordPress users at the recent “WordCamp” in San Francisco. Matt is on the Web Spam team at Google so he’s become one of the most closely followed people by SEO experts and Webmasters. His presentation describes how WordPress is seen through the eyes of Google, and explains how you can improve your blog’s results in Google searches. Matt keeps it interesting with some humor and I picked up several new tips that will pay dividends in the years ahead. If you have a Website you will benefit from watching this video... [Read the full story]

Revolution

Get a Free Excerpt of The Google Story

June 27, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Get a free excerpt of The Google Story – Inside the Hottest Business, Media and Technology of Our Time by David A. Vise and Mark Malseed SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Get a Free Excerpt of The Google Story", url: "http://izit.com/get-a-free-excerpt-of-the-google-story" }); Read More →

Technology

The Touchtable Demonstration

August 16, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The PBS Video below is a demonstration of a TouchTable. Very cool technology and worth watching for that alone, but I was impressed with the portion showing clear evidence that Iran is definitely not coming clean about their nuclear programs. About the TouchTable: TouchTable is an easy to use display device that detects the location and movement of users’ hands on its surface to dynamically change a projected image in real-time. Moving a hand across the surface pans the display, two fingers moving apart zooms it out, and two fingers moving together zooms it in. This simple interface allows users... [Read the full story]

Websites

The Best Online Dating Site

June 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Having been married for over a quarter century now (you may recall seeing Walter Cronkite’s special report about us getting married before we were teenagers…) I haven’t found the need to throw my heart out there in a digital format in the hopes that I might find someone worth getting to know better. But, if I were single and looking for friendship, or perhaps love, I think I’d try Plenty of Fish. Plenty of Fish is free. That makes it an attractive option as you can kick the tires and if you’re smart enough to be even slightly cautious with your personal details it... [Read the full story]

News

Net Neutrality Sounds Good in Theory Only

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Facebook Chat Delivering Over 1 Billion Messages Per Day

Launched a little over a year ago (April 2008) Facebook chat has grown extremely fast and now delivers over a billion messages each and every day. That’s > 1,000,000,000. Still behind the long running leaders, but gaining ground, and attention. Source: Mashable SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Facebook Chat Delivering...

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Video lesson on how to behave in online communities

This short video should be required homework for anyone registered in a forum or online community. A jerk or two can really foul up an online joint for others in a hurry and although they won’t pay any attention to the lessons in this video it may help others maintain order when things get out of line. (Rated...

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