64% of small businesses don’t think social media is necessary.
According to a new study, small businesses don’t seem to be swept up in the social media revolution.
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$2 erasable e-paper aims to replace paper
e-Paper goes a long ways at replacing current paper sheets.
The paperless office is a myth. We all still need to print stuff out occasionally, but a new form of e-paper may go a long way towards replacing the paper sheets we put in our printers and use once before recycling.
The new flexible e-paper is called i2R e-Paper and can be printed on using a thermal printer. It can also be wiped in the same way, or just by supplying electricity to the sheet. That reuse could save on a lot of paper, especially as one sheet is good for 260 re-prints and they only cost $2 each at A4 size…
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You can finally share photos natively using Twitter
Is sharing caring?
Wow. Five years after it launched, Twitter has finally added native photo-sharing to its service. Starting now, all Twitter.com users have a camera icon that lets you add a photo to your tweet.
Images that are 3MB or less in size can be uploaded and embedded into a tweet…
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The diarrhea dance
This video was is part of a series designed to teach Japanese speakers the English language. Songs and dances help reinforce vocabulary lessons, including this very practical dialogue between a sick person and a passerby willing to call an ambulance. Also, it’s an exercise video. Stand up and dance with me. Come on!
U.S. economic uncertainty is the new normal
Many Americans are focused on bargains and careful to spend money only when they need.
Financial fears of most Americans seem to be adding to the nation’s economic woes. The recession. The financial crisis. The housing crisis. The persistently high unemployment rate. And now, the debt debacle. No wonder American’s feel uncertain about the U.S. economy.
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Guests stay in converted drain pipes at the Dasparkhotel
Dasparkhotel
The Dasparkhotel (The Park Hotel) is a concept hotel by Andreas Strauss in which guests stay in converted drain pipe sections that are placed in a city park. There are currently two hotels, one near Essen, Germany, and another in Ottensheim, Austria. Dasparkhotel accepts online reservations from May to October and is sliding scale.
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Morning smokers at an increased risk of developing cancer
Early morning smokers have higher levels of nicotine and possibly other tobacco toxins in their body.
Are you a smoker that needs a cigarette soon after waking up in the morning? Then, you have an increased risk of developing lung, and head and neck cancers, two new studies have warned.
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Digital receipts grow in popularity
A salesman at a Nordstrom store rings up a sale using a custom iPod Touch.
Fabienne Michel was shoppng for a pair of khaki shorts the other day at an Old Navy store in Manhattan. But she left the store without something equally routine: her receipt.
Straight-A students live longer: study
Straight-A students live longer.
Straight A students may live longer, according to the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. The Wisconsin Longitudinal Study has been following more than 10,000 people who graduated from Wisconsin high schools in 1957. Those students who finished in the top 25 percent of their high school class were healthier, decades later, than the ones who finished in the bottom quarter.
Beach volleyball champions to advertise QR codes on their bikini bottoms
Shauna Mullin and Zara Dampney encourage spectators to photograph their behinds in a deal with Betfair to advertise a Quick Response (QR) code on their bikini bottoms.
Female beach volleyball champions in Britain are renting out their bikinis in an advertising deal that encourages spectators to photograph their behinds. Zara Dampney, 24, and Shauna Mullin, 26, have turned their bottoms into their bottom line by advertising a Quick Response (QR) code on their behinds.
Cyber bullies are more dangerous than traditional bullies because abuse is 24/7
Internet bullying is far more intense because it is harder to escape from the 24-hour online world.
Victims of cyber-bullying suffer more than victims of ‘traditional’ bullying, according to research.
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‘Workplace incivility’ a growing problem: study
Workplace incivility is on the rise.
Are you stressed on the job? Do rude, inconsiderate, or unpleasant coworkers add to your list of headaches? “Workplace incivility” is on the rise, said researchers at the American Psychological Association annual meeting on Sunday.
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