Only 16 percent of British small business managers think that the Internet has increased their operational efficiency, while nearly half think that it has made running their businesses more complex. That’s according to a study carried out by the Cranfield School of Management on behalf of Pipex Business.
The survey of 422 SMEs, conducted by Cranfield, showed that despite a high level of SMEs embracing the Internet for their business (97 percent have email, 94 percent have broadband, and 84 percent have a website), 60 percent do not feel that the Internet has increased their operational efficiency.
The New York Times ran an interesting piece last week about the rise of for-profit colleges and the surging enrollment numbers they’re seeing during the recession. In New York state, there’s been a 61 percent increase in the number of students attending for profit schools over the last decade (compared to a 15 percent increase at SUNY). For-profit institutions like Devry and the University of Phoenix are luring students by touting their career placement numbers (Devry claims that over the last 30 years, 90% of its graduates had jobs within six months of finishing their studies) and their tight focus on giving students ready applicable skill sets.
WASHINGTON The White House is tapping America’s business brainpower to figure out how to use technology to save money and make the government more efficient. President Barack Obama and White House Budget Director Peter Orszag summoned executives from more than 50 firms to a forum Thursday on modernizing government. The event features discussion groups looking at ways to close the technology gap between the public and private sectors.
Here is your zen moment for the day. Pour yourself a cup of tea, relax, sit back and enjoy a year of seasons captured by Eirik Solheim and edited into a time lapse video which captures the pure beauty of nature’s changes over the course of 2009.
"HTC has always focused on listening to customers and setting the stage for new mobile categories and HTC Smart is the response to customer demand around the world for an easier-to-use, affordable smartphone," said Peter Chou, chief executive officer, HTC Corporation. "Just adding a touch interface doesn’t mean a phone is a smartphone; The integration of HTC Sense brings an unparalleled smartphone experience for people looking to do more on their phone."
Pulitzer Prize for Criticism winner, art critic Holland Cotter known for publicizing Ryan Trecartin and contemporary Chinese is a an interesting candidate. Check out his biography at pulitzer.org
Posted: January 14th, 2010
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On Jan. 12, Google announced it will stop censoring search results on its Chinese site, Google.cn, in response to what the company calls "highly sophisticated" hacking of its Web site from China and the infiltration of Gmail accounts of human-rights activists in China and other countries. Google, the owner of the world’s most popular search engine, announced on its corporate blog that due to issues including censorship and recent cyber-attacks, the company could shut down its China-based operations.
Posted: January 13th, 2010
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What is a smart athlete?
Posted: January 12th, 2010
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It’s an interesting question: why, when you, your chair, and sometimes even your computer move throughout the day, does your desk stay put? Herman Miller found it curious as well, and developed the Envelop Desk ($TBA) as an answer. Able to work with any seat but best paired with the company’s Embody Chair, the Envelop’s suface moves towards and away from you with a smooth sliding motion, keeping your work area ergonomically friendly even when you’re reclining. We had a chance to try one out this past week at CES, and foresee a few landing at Uncrate HQ in the very near future.
Posted: January 12th, 2010
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