Working Your Way to a Greener SMB

This article points out some of the small steps businesses can take to go green, such as saving power by turning off computers, saving paper, replacing incandescent lights, and outsourcing data and services. I'm surprised people still leave their computers on all night. See Working Your Way to a Greener SMB

Google Captures reCAPTCHA to Boost Book Project

The next time you decipher some words before logging in to a web site, you might be helping Google's book scanning project. Google will show words that have not scanned well and let the rest of us figure them out. See Google Captures reCAPTCHA to Boost Book Project.

Twitter's Legal Challenges: Lessons for Startups

The price of success in America is . . . lawsuits. Twitter is dealing with patent litigation, trademark issues, and suits from those that have been harmed by fake accounts in their names. See Twitter's Legal Challenges: Lessons for Startups.

5 Easy Steps to Stay Safe (and Private!) on Facebook

Our recent discussions on social networking in Electronic Business prompted me to post this article - 5 Easy Steps to Stay Safe (and Private!) on Facebook

Times Web Ads Show Security Breach

This New York Times article - Times Web Ads Show Security Breach - caught my attention as the same type of rogue ad caught my browser last week. Any third party content on your site, including ads, is somewhat of a risk as your company may be blamed for allowing the rogue ad to appear.

Twitter and the New Social Marketing Game

Another article in the daily struggle to figure out how business can use Twitter for marketing. Do you really want tweets from a tin of popcorn? Twitter and the New Social Marketing Game

The E-Coupon Generation

Apparently I'm not the only one who checks for a coupon code before I make an online purchase. The article The E-Coupon Generation discusses how the Internet has changed the use of coupons.