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Which Airlines Have Wi-Fi?
First Class – Delta plans to offer Wi-Fi on all domestic flights by the end of September, and Virgin America will by the end of June. Aircell provides the service on both airlines; Aircell charges $10 for flights of less than three hours, $13 for longer flights, and $8 for hand-held devices. Coach – American [...]
Google Local Lures Small Businesses With Their Own Web Dashboard
Google wants more small businesses to claim their listing profiles on Google Local (which is basically listings that pop up in Google Maps and local search results). To entice them, Google gives local businesses in the real world with physical addresses a free dashboard akin to what Websites get for free with Google Analytics. Except [...]
Nintendo Goes to School: DS Classroom Turns Handheld Console Into Teaching Tool
Nintendo, never content to create gaming products that are simply for gaming, is taking its portable DS system to school. Partnering with program developer Sharp System Products, the company that turned the Wii into a home gym is debuting Nintendo DS Classroom, a program that will help educators in Japan communicate with students through Nintendo’s [...]
University Of Dreams
A slew of businesses have popped up to help match students with internships, charging hundreds to thousands of dollars to help them write résumés, identify potential employers and find summer housing. University of Dreams uses its staff’s personal contacts at 500 companies to get students internships with employers they couldn’t otherwise get into, said CEO [...]
Post Office, SBA Offer Entrepreneurship Videos
The Small Business Administration and the Postal Service have co-created a video-on-demand resource for entrepreneurs with advice and inspiration from successful business owners, the agencies announced Wednesday. Delivering Success, which is available online at http://www.sba.gov/deliveringsuccess, provides a video library of interviews with successful entrepreneurs sharing their experiences and insight into business plans, financing, business promotion, [...]
Free Online Fax
The folks over at FaxZero don’t think you should have to pay to send faxes, and offer free (ad supported) faxes from your computer in a one-page form. Faxes can be sent to any U.S. phone number (Puerto Rico included). You can type in text to fax or you can attach a PDF file, Microsoft [...]
5 Things Trade Show Attendees Don’t Want You to Know
Successful selling at trade shows depends upon two things. One is your products and personnel: How good are your products and services, and how well do your people represent them. The second has nothing to do with you at all. It has everything to do with secrets. Not all attendees are the same, and not [...]
