Archive for the 'Trends' Category

Is your state poised to take advantage of the “New Economy”? Find out here:
The 2007 State New Economy Index Benchmarking Economic Transformation in the States
In a report sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation employs 26 indicators to assess the extent to which the 50 state economies are structured according [...]

United Parcel Service is a master at automation and efficiency.  They have to be with all the packages they have to deliver and all the vehicles they have to operate. Small inefficiencies throughout their world wides system could sink them quickly.
Especially now that gas prices are so high… it’s nice to be able to deduct [...]

Updated 4/7 - Last night a federal appeals court granted a temporary order allowing Vonage to continue signing up new customers until the case could be heard or otherwise resolved. 
Friday April 6th 11:17 AM ET Yahoo News reports that a Judge has barred Vonage from signing up any more new customers as punishment for patent infringement.
A [...]

I don’t doubt that American workers feel powerless and frightened in the face of globalization and many doubt that their children will be better off. One thing’s for sure, if our children try to make a living working in a factory without even a high school education… yes, that isn’t going to work.
What I seriously [...]

While you’re on your Adwords account putting up some keyword ads for the Google search engine, you might just be able to buy television advertising next.
Google has partnered with EchoStart to begin selling advertising to satellite TV customers. 
The press release said:
EchoStar and Google will compile a new, automated auction system that will enable the satellite [...]

What’s the workplace of tomorrow look like?
Anyplace where there’s a wireless connection and a flat surface for your laptop. The new term evidently it’s “telecommuter” for these folks… it’s “RAM” - random and mobile workers. What? You can’t be random in a cubicle?
One bit of good news for the venerable public library. Everyone thought that [...]

In Life 2.0: How People Across America Are Transforming Their Lives by Finding the Where of Their Happiness the publisher of Forbes took up flying a single engine air plane to report on how people are adapting to the changing economy of America.
Amid the layoffs, stress, and other corporate changes - is there still the [...]

What’s selling well in the low cost info product (ebook and software) market recently?It’s good to check the titles at least to remind yourself whether there’s an ebook or software product lurking inside your brain trying to get out.
Remember, these work best when they are used to create a customer list for backend or future [...]

If you want to know possible fields that might allow telecommuting, look at the fields that are growing. The less able companies are able to fill their need for traditional employees, the more teleworking, freelancing, and working at home will proliferate in response to those needs.
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ “2004-2014 Job Outlook for [...]

The LA Times is reporting that India is actually outsourcing some work to the US.
The Indian Embassy is outsourcing the task of processing visas (travel documents not credit cards) to a US Firm.
There are so many individuals seeking India visas to travel to India, the embassy cannot keep up with demand. So they placed an [...]