On May 14, 2010

Why Online Ads Are Not Going to Save the Media

Although I always take third party metrics of online activity with a shaker of salt, some advertising numbers that comScore (SCOR) released yesterday were pretty scary. On the surface, online ads seem to be rebounding, but when you look at


On May 14, 2010

Advice Against Hiring A PR Agency

However tempting it may be to toss some cash at a PR agency - lots and lots of new customers are worth a little money, right? - that's perhaps not the best route to success.  In fact, a principal at…


On May 14, 2010

Court Defeat Puts LimeWire Back in the Limelight

Is it 2005 or 2010? That's what many music industry observers may be asking themselves after U.S. District Court Judge Kimba Wood ruled Wednesday that online file-sharing software provider LimeWire has been infringing on the copyrights of


On May 14, 2010

Adobe Gives Apple Some Sugar

Is it sarcastic, ironic or just a bit disingenuous? A rotating splash screen on the company's main Web page displays a variety of "We Love" slogans, changing just the word after the heart. Adobe announces that it


On May 14, 2010

The Ongoing Small Business Recession Has a Cause: Banks

It's a scandal that we're even talking about the recession drawing to a close at a time when the financial system is starving small businesses for credit and forcing them to shed jobs. Thank your friends, the banks. And consider


On May 14, 2010

Cloud Computing For Beginners

8 tips to getting started in the cloud. What's not to love about cloud computing? As Guy Kawasaki points out in his latest OPEN Forum blog post, cloud computing has changed the way small businesses operate. He explains that cloud…