New Technologies
Phone-Based Yellow Pages Search
Jingle Networks, a Menlo Park, Calif.-based directory assistance service, has added a new feature that allows users to search the Yellow Pages for phone numbers and addresses by business type and location from any phone at 1-800-FREE411. The free service also allows advertisers to reach consumers looking for their type of business, and as such [...]
Cellphone Billboard
“We’re calling the phone ‘the brand in your hand’ — you’re never more than a foot away from it, 24 hours a day,” said Fareena Sultan , associate professor of marketing at Northeastern University’s College of Business Administration. The challenge, Sultan said, will be to produce an advertisement for the phone “that excites the person [...]
Make Millions — From Your Living Room
A bold claim, perhaps. But new technology and opportunities make it easier than ever to start a lucrative business at home. Gone are the days when a fledgling business required a large investment of start-up capital. With a phone, a computer, and a great idea, it’s possible to join the legion of people who have [...]
Sick of driving? This robot car takes the wheel
“Leave the driving to us” was a clever slogan for Greyhound buses – but Sebastian Thrun foresees a day when it’ll work for the auto industry. The 39-year-old Stanford professor of electrical engineering is the world’s most successful manufacturer of self-driving vehicles: He and his graduate students built Stanley, the first car to complete the [...]
All The Internet’s A Stage
Roy Raphaeli’s colleagues often ask him to do a magic trick. Usually, he obliges. “I take the opportunity to show people my new stuff and see how they react,†said Mr. Raphaeli, 23, a Brooklynite who works for a mail-order camera retailer. While Mr. Raphaeli, known professionally as Magic Roy, has been entertaining people with [...]
Taking YouTube to the next level
Some of the smartest new companies on the Net are those that are doing the content collectors one better. Mark Hall, a former executive with RealNetworks, fell in love with online video two years ago, thanks to an ultrafast broadband connection in his London home. When he returned to San Francisco last year, he decided [...]
VOIP a Good Idea for Small Business?
You probably get alot of mail trying to get you to convert your small business phone service to VoIP. This is an action you don’t want to take lightly. Make sure you consider the options and the risks before you move your lifeline to your livelihood to VoIP service. RESILIENCY & RELIABILITY. VoIP is dependent [...]
