One of my favorite thought leaders (Nobel Prize winner), Paul Krugman , explains how he thinks about the current China syndrome, and why he believes that most of the responses that he hears from fans are missing the point. He focuses on three questions: The macroeconomics of Chinese currency intervention, the fallacies of elasticity pessimism, and the political economy issue … Read More

L ately, I’ve been receiving a few questions regarding annuities. As I only have a basic understanding of annuities , I emailed Brian Poncelet (CFP and insurance specialist) to provide more details on on the types of annuities. For those of you fresh to the concept, investors who purchase an annuity would pay a lump sum to an insurance company and receive … Read More

Microsoft WorldWide Telescope has been around since February 2008 as a standalone app, sort of like Google Earth. It allows you to pan around space thanks to images taken from Earthbound telescopes as well as the Hubble, but that’s not the only feature. It also gives a very Google Earth-like option to zoom around our own planet, it has 3D … Read More

Many have speculated that the two lawsuits Apple filed against HTC were merely a thinly veiled attack on Google , who designed the software on HTC’s phones. But HTC is quick to remind us that despite their recent surge in popularity (and subsequent placement on our Most Innovative Companies list), they’re by no means new to the game. Before HTC … Read More

The Team: Google : The mastermind. Of the three major connected screens users have (TV, mobile, and computer), Google has made firm stands in only the latter two–and now they’re coming for TV. Google will be supplying the software for the range of devices (more on that below), which will be based on its mobile Android OS, but use Chrome … Read More

http://www.greatsmallbusinessadvice.com : When marketing (meant for adults) works on a 7yr old, you know it must be effective. Find out more in this week’s video… Encore – It Works! http://tinyurl.com/yz6tqrq Related posts: The Importance of Authentic Marketing for Your Coaching Business Social Networking Works for Business What’s Your Motivation for Marketing Your Coaching Business?

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Swearing kids and boobie jokes may be the secret to the success of their videos, admitted Funny or Die ’s CEO Dick Glover and creative director Andrew Steele at SXSW this past weekend, but the smart business model behind them may hold a few secrets to the future of entertainment.

Many businesses that target the small business market agonize over how carving out a leadership position in the SME space. Some put on awards programs (think of Ernst & Young with its Entrepreneur of the Year program), some put out specialty publications and newsletters (think Visa , some of the banks), some sponsor SME websites and blogs. I’d like to … Read More

As blogs proliferate, does their usefulness decline? Blogger Brian Cray has a bone to pick with all you other bloggers out there, and to illustrate his problem, he created the graph above. As he explains: Everyday I see more crap clogging my Twitter stream and delicious iGoogle boxes. “Top 10 things widgets for your Web site.” “5,000 ways to do … Read More

Can infographics help generate ideas for government–and make us into better citizens? That dizzying infographic you see above isn’t some interaction designer’s master’s thesis. It’s actually on the U.S. State Department’s Web site: Opinion Space , launched on Monday, attempts to gather up thousands of people’s opinions on foreign policy, graph them relative to each other, and spur dialogue about … Read More