Tag Archives: tech boom

Attention All Shoppers

Over the course of the past decade, the retail industry has arguably undergone more change than it had in the previous century. Entrepreneurs like Rowland Macy and Richard Sears probably never could have envisioned their modest businesses blossoming into a more than $4 trillion industry in the US in less than 100 years. The rise [...]

The Tsunami Effect on Technology

While it may seem a distant tragedy, the global nature of contemporary business means that the earthquake off the coast of Japan and its attendant destruction very much impact us as consumers of technology that is manufactured in Japan. Believe it or not, that list is considerable. Endgaget’s intriguing post “Japanese quake will likely affect [...]

Besting Twitter

Well, Dennis Crowley, CEO of Foursquare (a mobile check-in service), is on the venture circuit traveling to the Silicon Valley and Boston. Foursquare is poised to reach more than 1 milllion users faster than Twitter. With the recent news of tool designed to provide real-time data to businesses, Mark Zuckerberg beware. What does this mean? It could [...]