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As a new iPhone owner, I'm not wild about the idea of paying Apple $30 for a desktop dock. Sure, there's always the binder-clip dock from a couple months ago, but that's a pretty ugly solution (both literally and figuratively). For something a little more elegant, less expensive, and easier to make,...
This holiday season, online sales may be worse than last season's tally. For e-retailers that expected online sales to keep beating the previous year's total, the economic slowdown has been shocking, according to a story in today's BusinessWeek. First the Bad According to BusinessWeek, the ou...
Daniel Nackovski is the President of Across Systems, a translation software platform with more than 20% of the translation tools market in Europe. Daniel gives us some insight into the process of translation and localization and talks about the importance of global sales when domestic markets suffer...
The financial crisis means most companies are tightening their belts. Strategies include laying off employees, focusing on core businesses and building cash reserves. Most firms have put expansion plans on hold. But not the Dollar Tree. Profits Up As Shoppers Trade Down In a sign of the ti...
For the majority of the 5.4 million managers working in 30,000 companies, this certainly appears to be the case. As a country we are facing a crisis in management at proportions we have never seen. The magnitude of its effect is hard to predict and magnified due to the current economic meltdown. ...
Here's a late contender for Best Firefox Add-On of 2008: ThumbStrips, which provides thumbnails of your browsing history, making it easy to revisit previously viewed sites. Actually, this add-on has been around since 2007, but under the radar -- perhaps because it comes from Intuit Labs. Yes,...
It's no secret that Adobe Reader has turned into a big, bloated slowpoke. Of course, PDFs are a part of everyday business life, so what's the alternative? Foxit Reader, a free PDF viewer that's faster, smaller, and in some ways more versatile than its Adobe counterpart. Version 3.0 just dropped,...
Seemingly tailor-made for Business Hacks readers, Productive Magazine offers various productivity tips culled from the blogosphere. Um, kind of like we do, which begs the question: Who needs a magazine? We'll leave that for you to decide, as the first issue is free to check out [PDF link]. The is...
Reader screamcap has a problem: Because his BlackBerry lacks a traditional alphanumeric dial pad, it's impossible (or at least very difficult) to dial numbers like 800-GO-FEDEX or navigate an automated phone directory (e.g., "enter the first three letters of the person's last name"). Fortunately,...
Mike Schwartz is the CEO of WirelessWatchdogs.com, a company helping businesses keep their wireless costs under control. If you are looking for places to cut spending in these difficult economic times, Mike claims to be able to cut wireless costs by as much as 40% with his service.
Well, you can't swing a cat this week without bumping into the BlackBerry Storm, RIM's first touchscreen 'Berry. Obviously there are reviews aplenty to be found around the Interwebs, but I recommend the above video review from jkOnTheRun. You'll see the Storm up close, in action, and compared with t...
Gregg Wind, CPA is a partner at Wind Bremer Hockenberg, LLP, and is a noted expert in financial planning and business management. With more than 23 years experience, Gregg gives us some sound advice for how to set your business on the road to success, growth and prosperity.
A Note From Vince: Thanks for the good words and further interest in our interview with Rubicon Project's CEO, Frank Addante. Frank's a terrific entrepreneur and really committed to high functioning teams. During the interview Frank spelled out a couple of the cultural values at his compan...
Remember Searchme, the search engine that uses giant, scrolling thumbnails to display search results? It borrows heavily from Apple's Cover Flow concept, so it seems only natural that it should make an appearance on Apple's iPhone. Which it has: Searchme is now available as an iPhone app [iTunes lin...
Remember Google Redesigned (nee Gmail Redesigned), the sexy skin that made Gmail look so purty? Well, Google itself just rolled out 30-odd themes for Gmail, some of which are seriously cool. To browse the choices, sign into your Gmail account, click Settings, and then click the new Themes lin...
