Audiopoint: Hearing the Internet

Rachel King — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:13:58 -0500

Living without the Internet is a difficult task in this day and age. Accessibility to online media, however, has become easier for those with auditory and visual disabilities. Audiopoint, a voice data solutions enterprise, has been in the business of text-to-voice services since 1998. The reason it’s still around is simple: it listens to its clients and gives them what they want.

How to Schedule Meetings and Network Anywhere

Rachel King — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:09:41 -0500

Networking is essential to business in any industry. However, when traveling on business, meeting people in the same field can be difficult when you’re not familiar to an area. MeetingWave, an online service that helps business travelers connect, allows users to schedule public meetings in locations like hotel restaurants to which other users in those cities can request an invitation.

PlumChoice: Leveling Up on Remote Tech Support

Rachel King — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:06:40 -0500

Not everyone is a computer whiz it always easy to get your computer repaired. It often involves driving somewhere, shipping your desktop or laptop off to some factory, or paying hundreds of dollars to have a repairperson stop by your home or office. PlumChoice offers assistance via secure Internet connection and is upgrading their level of service.

Zapoint Brings the Paper Resume to Life

Rachel King — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:27:49 -0400

Getting Political for Halloween

Rachel King — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:05:54 -0400

Let’s face it: the U.S. presidential election is dominating our lives and won’t stop until November 4. Might as well have some fun with it, right? Luckily, Halloween falls before Election Day, making it the opportune time to get creatively political. Not to mention, its great for business. According to the National Retail Federation’s 2008 Halloween Consumer Intentions and Actions survey, approximately 574,000 adults plan to slip on some sort of political costume on October 31.

Searching What You Say: The Forum Search Engine

Rachel King — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:25:47 -0400

Google may be one of the greatest innovations of the decade, but one could argue there’s a lot of clutter. Smaller, more niche search engines are popping up to cut through all the flotsam. One such site is Twing, a search engine scouting out information in discussion forums.

.tel: Getting Information On the Web Without the Web

Rachel King — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:31:36 -0400

We’re always looking for an easier, more secure way of getting a hold of contact information, whether its personal or professional acquaintances. Telnic, a UK-based registry operator, launched what their developers call the “webless web” platform, opening the door to resources and open source code for third-party developers on October 15.

The Designer-Small Biz Connection

Rachel King — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:49:06 -0400

If you want your business to be noticed, design is everything. However, a lot of startups and small businesses often don’t have the budget for an in-house design department. In an effort to facilitate the connection between freelance designers and small businesses, there’s 99designs, an online crowdsourcing contest that creates a forum for designers to showcase their work and win new clients. The Melbourne, Australia-based operation just opened up their American headquarters in San Francisco.

T5 Has Landed: The new New York JetBlue Hub

Rachel King — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:06:47 -0400

As a frequent flyer between American coasts, I have become a regular customer of JetBlue, with its typically cheap(er) nonstop flights from New York’s JFK airport to San Francisco. I still remember the first time I landed in JetBlue’s Terminal 6 in August 2007. I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a dingy, crowded, sorry excuse of a baggage claim area and the upstairs departures terminal wasn’t any nicer.

Park(ing) Day Redux

Rachel King — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:22:34 -0400