Growing your skills and your business

Time to Learn -elfdesigns

Its the new year and we all have new goals set both personal and business, if you are wanting to improve your skill set for your online business, check out this special offer  from the Launch coach, tips on email list building and launching products online…specially priced as donations only. I have purchased and found [...]

Say Goodbye to Real Estate Agents!

A couple of months ago, I was involved in witnessing how the purchase of a condo went and what it entailed. I had to deal with a Real Estate, which was standard procedure for anyone involved in the home buying process. Although there are pros and cons to going with a Real Estate Agent, the [...]

The Internet of Things

Technology has evolved at an exceptional speed. Nowadays, a car is more than just a vehicle, it’s an intricate computer system, controlling things like the audio-visual system or the rear-facing camera that assists with reversing. Lost are the days where OnStar was the only roadside-assistance service. Now with virtually any smartphone a myriad of functions [...]

The Evolution of Voice Assistants

Siri for the iPhone 4S may be the primary reason why many are upgrading to the newest iPhone. If you don’t have the latest iPhone, don’t worry, as virtual assistants are not limited to the iPhone 4S. If you have another Smartphone, you may want to check out the following: Vlingo (Android & iOs, free) [...]

The Latest Interest Network

chime.in

UberMedia has a fresh take on Social Networks with it’s latest project Chime.In.  Chime combines Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit to create what UberMedia CEO Bill Gross calls an “interest network”. Like other social networks, Chime.in lets users share content with others. It has a newsfeed, profile pages and a system for following other users. The social [...]

Blackberry Service Restored….Almost

For the past 3 days, anyone using a Blackberry smartphone will have experienced issues pertaining to their email and messaging service. Today it seems like the problems have been resolved. “I want to apologize to all the BlackBerry customers we’ve let down,” Mike Lazaridis told a conference call with reporters this morning, shortly after releasing the [...]

The Evolution of Online Shopping

If you think back five years ago, did you do online shopping? The majority of people were uncomfortable with the idea of inputting their credit card online, for fear of identity theft or fraud. These days, it’s rare to find individuals who aren’t comfortable with purchasing goods online, especially with the rise and popularity of [...]

Picking the Best Name Could Be Your Golden Ticket

It was recently reported that the top two ways to earn money online in 2011 is through 1) mobile app development and 2) purchasing domain names. Let’s explore the potential of purchasing domains. Yesterday, I read that RealEstate.com recently sold for 8.25 million! This made me wonder what the price tag was for some of the [...]

The Evolution of Commerce Online

eBay announced that it’s new commerce platform called X.commerce, aka X.com, will aim at connecting a variety of online and offline services for merchants. This will range from and include: sales, payments, financial management tools, etc. This is the fourth addition to the company, which umbrellas eBay Marketplaces, PayPal, and GSI Commerce. The technology, known [...]

Hello Google Wallet!

Google Wallet

The ability for individuals to tap or swipe their phones to pay for things was made reality yesterday with the launch of Google Wallet, on the Samsung Nexus S. This marks the first digital wallet on the market and the evolution of how we can pay for things. Currently, the only credit card that will [...]