The FTC has ruled that third-party companies can search for information about you on social networks, and save anything they find for seven years. What does that mean for people and for business?
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3 Crucial Lessons Learned from Adorable Internet Animals
How to gain business savvy by looking at pictures of corgis in lobster costumes.
Read MoreIt’s Fri … I mean Monday, Monday, Gotta Get Down on Monday
How to market yourself like an accidental pop star.
Read MoreDavid Ogilvy, Eminem and Website Speed
Time for a little Monday-afternoon linkroll, wherein I share some of my recent favorites from my travels around the Internet.
Read MoreSmallbusiness.com
Thoughts on the small-business wiki Smallbusiness.com.
Read MoreShould the Government Run the Internet?
On Tuesday, a federal court ruled that Comcast had the right to limit its users access to certain types of content. At issue was users access to a file sharing service called BitTorrent, which uses a high amount of bandwidth, slowing the speed at which other users access other content.
Read MoreYou Just Logoed My Facebook
Everybody loves to ride the wave. In just about 20 or so years the world has gone from the lovable (then annoying) you’ve got mail to a place where we can’t seem to live without the Internet to support our social and work interaction. Need an answer from a co-worker two cubes away, fire off an E-mail. Need to update Aunt Sophie on how the kids are doing—shoot a quick video and send her to You Tube. Want to get new car insurance, drop by Geico.com today.
Read MoreSleuthing with Google Alerts
Well hey everybody, welcome to week two of “Mike talking about handy computer programs.” If you missed it last week, I explained that for the next few weeks [link] I’ll be using my semi-substantial nerd powers to dig up some Web tools that you might find useful. This week, we’re going to cover Google Alerts.
Read MoreNerrrddd!
Internet confession time: I’m pretty nerdy. This may not come as a surprise to those of you for who have been following this blog for a while, but for new readers, let me bring you up to speed.
I just recently moved, and I had to pack up about 1,500 comic books*. One of the best gifts my girlfriend has given me is an Xbox 360, which I don’t use to play sports games or shooters, but usually old Genesis games like Altered Beast and Shining Force. And maybe most tellingly, when my girlfriend first met me, she asked why there were so many toys in my room. In my defense, they were awesome “toys,” like old Transformers and classy Marvel Legends figures, but I suppose her point still stands.
Read MoreSearching Should Be Free
That’s my motto now and has been since I started here just over a couple of years ago. I don’t know if it’s considered old-fashioned Internet think or new-fangled Internet think, but I believe no one should have to pay to simply search for promotional products—ever.
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