Lots of good news this week, including the kickoff of Geek Tv and SuperGeeks911.com remote computer support. Get tips on how to jailbreak your iPhone, too.

The following comes from: http://www.stores.org/ Very interesting: More than seven in 10 customers that create an online shopping cart fail to complete a transaction, according to Charles Nicholls, founder and chief strategy officer of SeeWhy. Why do website visitors abandon shopping carts so frequently? The answers might surprise even some veteran e-commerce executives. Research indicates [...]

If you are 40, or older, you might think this is hilarious! When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were. When they were growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to school every morning…. Uphill… Barefoot… BOTH ways… yadda, yadda, yadda And [...]

A picture is worth a thousand words, but a video is worth a million.  And with free online tools like YouTube and cheap video cameras like the Flip camera,  it’s not surprising video is becoming powerful tool for business. Unfortunately, Craigslist does not yet support embedded video.  Sure, you can include a link in your [...]

A woman gets on a bus with her baby. The bus driver says: “That’s the ugliest baby that I’ve ever seen. Ugh!” The woman goes to the rear of the bus and sits down, fuming. She says to a man next to her: “The driver just insulted me!” The man says: “You go right up [...]

It’s vacation time! After nearly two years of economic slump, we’re ready to go places. Here are some free tech tools to help keep those travel costs in check. Use this site to get email alerts on best travel special deals of the week:  http://www.travelzoo.com/ Use Seat Guru to reserve the best seat on the [...]

News + Trends Today is International Geek Pride Day.  Have you hugged your geek yet? Got a website?  Want to sell online?   10 social media tips for selling for ecommerce sites Social media is the new rock-n-roll (or Hip Hop!)  Read why your company needs to embrace social media CRM The golden rule profitability: [...]

Join my webinar tomorrow – “How to Use LinkedIn for Business” If you’re not quite sure how to start using Twitter for business, just follow this checklist: Create a Twitter account. Just get started.  It takes only 5 minutes.  Have fun.  Don’t worry.  You won’t break anything. Be sure to choose a good Twitter handle. [...]

It’s never too late nor too early to get your DNA tested.  So that’s what I did.  I paid the $500 for genetic testing and ancestral origin.  The results are fascinating!