Archive for April 18th, 2007

  • Why Municipal WiFi May Flop

    Why may municipal WiFi flop?
    For one thing, if it’s billed as “free”, it won’t really be free. In the places where it’s being implemented, the browser required is dominated by ugly advertising.
    People who go to coffee shops and other WiFi hotspots can get access without the banner AND get the friendly “third place” environment of [...]

  • Agloco Tool Bar Update 04/18/2007

    Here’s the latest on the development of the AGLOCO tool bar.
    For those not familiar with the service, AGLOCO is a tool bar that pays you to participate in their advertising coop. The more you and your referral network participate (up to 5 hours per month of “surfing”) the more money is allocated to your account.
    The [...]

  • States Plan For Flu Pandemic May Affect Your Business

    Nationwide, state departments of health are planning for deadly flu pandemics.
    You can go to your state government’s website, click the link to the state Department of Health and go from there.
    Usually it will be listed under “communicable” diseases. If you can’t find it – call.
    These plans usually request community involvement and may include discussions about [...]

  • Nationwide Blackberry Network Outage Still Affecting Users

    If you use a Blackberry device for your business, you may still be suffering from Tuesday night’s network outage.
    Be smart… takes steps to follow up on important calls and customer contacts that may have been affected by the outage.
    From EmergencyEmail.org:
    “A service interruption occurred Tuesday night that affected BlackBerry in North America,” according to a statement [...]

  • Are You A WiFi Squatter?

    Are you a Wi Fi squatter?
    That’s someone who works from their laptop some place with free Wi Fi, but never patronizes the business.
    Who are these new cybervagrants trying to get something for nothing? According to one tech expert
    “They spend the whole day there but only spend three or four dollars worth of stuff for [...]

  • IRS Grants Tax Reprieve For VA Tech

    The IRS is giving folks directly affected by the VA Tech shootings a 6 month tax reprieve they’ve said.
    I’m happy for these people who have one less matter to deal with at the time of their shock and grief.
    Here’s the press release if this relates to someone you know.
    Oddly enough, storm victims who might have [...]