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Technology and Consumer Electronics
With the continued development of technological devices comes the demand to provide power. Power for you cell phone, laptop, desktop computer and monitor, I-Pod, game consoles, flatscreen TVs (which...
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Bloggers Required to Disclose Vendor Connections
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on Monday that bloggers and those who use social media to review products (given to them by vendors to review and post their opinions) must provide full...
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Microsoft’s Monopoly on News Online
I couldn’t believe one of the headlines in today’s NY Times: “News Corp. Weighs an Exclusive Alliance With Bing.” I originally thought that this was not what the title of the article meant, and there...
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E-Commerce and Google Ads
Have you ever wondered how some of these search engines generate money? How do they match adds to suitable customers? Basically, how do they manage the business of advertisements? Below are two short...
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Advertising Logo
Here is a nifty little icon that we will start to see a lot of in the near future. This new blue icon with a white encircled “i” in the middle will be present by advertisements. According to a NY...
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Solar Power Dyed-Fibers
Mimicking how leaves use chlorophyll to begin photosynthesis, new solar panels on sports bags can be used to recharge music players and cellphones. (Image source from the NY Times) I had to post a link...
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The Hidden Costs of Books
This post is more for myself to refer to for future use than for the general public. This talks about this cost of producing e-books and how the general public often neglects to factor in these...
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Browser Selection in Europe
Microsoft recently opened options for users to choose different Internet browsers for Europe. I was curious what the process would look like and what users would actually see. I found the following...
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Google Advertisement
Here is a cute little Google advertisement that aired during the 2010 Superbowl. It is entitled “Parisian Love,” and is supposed to be about an American who finds love in Paris. It appears to have...
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Process of Buying and Selling Property
I recently received a resource guide in the mail from a local real estate group (Gladys Blum Group), and two of the pages in particular caught my eye. The entire process of buying or selling a home or...
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Online Coupons Probably Contain Personal Information About You
If you do a lot of online shopping and take advantage of those coupons found online, you might be surprised to find out that they probably contain personal information about you. I ran across an...
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Defamatory Remarks and Opinions
As I was reading an article from the NY Times about the rising number of companies that are taking people to court over criticism posted online. One example mentioned in the article is about a towing...
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Terms of Agreement Example
A friend of mine recently purchased an Asus Netbook, and she noticed some interesting conditions while she was reading through the terms of agreement for the Asus E-Membership Agreement. I thought...
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Amazon’s Low Price Business Model
Here is a video by Colin Robinson on how Amazon’s drive to become the worlds’ largest book seller and its business tactics to get the lowest price has negative consequences for writers, publishers, and...
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E-Books Through HarperCollins
The e-book world was shaken up by recent policy changes from HarperCollins regarding their e-book collections. In February and March, messages from various library-related email started to fly that a...
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