‘General’ Archives
Ernst & Young Survey Shows Optimism and Hiring in Technology
Senior executives expect economic recovery and increased profitability NEW YORK, July /PRNewswire/ -- Expectations about corporate growth turned positive this year, according to a new survey by Ernst & Young LLP that measures attitudes about key economic and performance indicators among US companies with $500 million to $3 billion in total [...]
Google Voice…. I like it!
I have been using Google Voice for about the past three months, and even though the tool seems to still need some work, I have to say that I like it a lot. There are a number of reasons to like Google Voice (GV), such as the single number that I can give out to ring all my numbers. It integrates well with the nexus one phone, and can be used [...]
Pandora raises more funding, as music fans rejoice
Pandora, the company behind the most popular free music application on the iPhone, raised an undisclosed amount of amount of funding to continue its expansion. There is increasing speculation that the company will file for an initial public offering in the coming months, but we believe this latest round of funding will delay that for at least a [...]
May 24: Atlanta’s ATDC Startup Showcase
Georgia Tech’s Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) 2010 Startup Showcase expected to draw more than 1,000 business leaders, investors, university staff and entrepreneurs. ATDC has a strong history of incubating new ventures in Georgia, with more than 100 companies graduating in the past, and this year is no different. The 2010 [...]
Firday Blurbs….. April 23rd
Can't get a date, Get an iPhone - According to a recent survey conducted in the UK, 54 per cent of the ladies asked, said they’d be more likely to give their digits and date an iPhone owner than a non-iPhone owner. iPhone owners were also deemed better groomed, more likely to have a good sense of humor and have the gift of gab than other [...]
SAS to Hold Business Forecasting Conference
For those of you who are in to Data Analyzes and Business Intelligence. SAS is holding it's annual Business Forecasting Conference on June 7-8 in Cary, NC, and learn how better forecasting can lead to better decision making for your organization. F2010 is one of the world’s largest forecasting conferences.
Materials Research Advances Reliability Of Faster Smart Sensors
In military and security situations, a split second can make the difference between life and death, so North Carolina State University’s development of new “smart sensors” that allow for faster response times from military applications is important. Equally important is new research from NC State that will help ensure those sensors will [...]
Friday Blurbs…. April 16th, 2010
They have Ruined Mecca - Scores of Carlsberg workers walked off their jobs in protest Thursday after the Danish brewer tightened laid-back rules on workplace drinking and removed beer coolers from work sites, a company spokesman said. The warehouse and production workers in Denmark are rebelling against the company's new alcohol policy, [...]
Researchers Discover New, Controllable State in Ferroelectric Nanowires
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Researchers at the University of Arkansas and their colleagues have discovered a new phase in ferroelectric nanowires that could be controlled to optimize important properties for future electronic devices. Lydie Louis and Laurent Bellaiche of the University of Arkansas; P. Gemeiner, G. Geneste and B. Dkhil of the [...]
Friday Blurbs…. April 9th, 2010
Search Numbers - The March U.S. search share numbers are out. During march Google dropped nearly half a point to 65% which is unusual as it generally goes up! However, Yahoo gained a tenth of a point, which is not significant and Bing continues to slowly gain higher number with 2 tenths increase to 11.7%. However, according to [...]
FCC! They have no power to regulate Net neutrality….
In what could signify the kicking open of the door, which could lead to the end of an open internet. A three-judge panel in Washington, D.C. tossed out the FCC's cease and desist order against Comcast. Which required Comcast to carry, or allow, services such as Skype to run unrestricted across their network. Even though these systems directly [...]
Alabama – Find Out What Many Already Know!
I would like to bring to everyone’s attention a series of articles and videos from Anderson Cooper's 360 Blog. These postings from the week of March 17th are very positive and really paint a great image of Alabama and what is going on within the region economically. Aside from the stereotyping done in one of the article’s titles, "Is that [...]
Mercer MBA Programs Make ‘Top 15’ Lists
MACON/ATLANTA — Reviews by Master of Business Administration students at Mercer University’s Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics place the program among the top 15 in the nation in two categories of The Princeton Review’s “Student Opinion Honors for Business Schools.” The MBA students cited Mercer’s preparation as [...]
Traditional Search + Banana Slug = Dis-associative Creativity
For those of you who do not know, Banana Slug is a search engine, and not your normal search engine. No Banana Slug is not like Google, Yahoo, Ask or any one of a number of other clone SE's. Banana Slug is a search engine that works with what I call dis-associative creativity. Before I elaborate on the dis-associative creativity of Banana Slug [...]
