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Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Starbucks reported last week on its ambitious plan to provide free Wi-Fi at more than 7,000 company-owned locations across the nation beginning this spring. That means you can get your fill of a double-tall non-fat no-whip half-the-mocha mocha plus a serving of free broadband to boot.
Monday, February 18, 2008
One year from today all television broadcasting is mandated to be digital. According to Nielsen Media Research figures, there are still over 13 million U.S. households that are unprepared to receive these digital signals.
Eric Rossi, a senior manager at Nielsen explains, “The change to all-digital broadcasting is the most significant change in the history of television, because unlike other advances such as color, older television sets will no longer be able to receive television signals without a converter.”
Monday, February 11, 2008
Most marketers wish there were more holidays. As Forbes reveals, this Valentine’s Day will be worth about $17 billion. President’s Day weekend will be worth billions, too. So will Easter, Mother’s Day, Memorial weekend, the 4th of July, etc. Then of course there is the granddaddy of all holidays—Christmas—when consumers spend a whopping $475 billion. Every holiday provides reasons (well, actually implores) people to spend money in one way or another. The spending might be for gifts, food, travel, entertainment, or for all of them combined.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Over a year ago I posted here about an outstanding free public educational resource called the Open Courseware Consortium. A story on Wise Bread recently made me realize how much this program has grown.
The Open Courseware Consortium offers free access to thousands of classes at over 100 world universities. MIT alone offers 1800 courses!
There’s nothing like a little Quantum Physics to get your Sunday off to a good cerebral start.