The amount raised since October is in addition to the $69.9 million it received in May from three venture
firms on the coasts, in what was the third-largest venture deal in the nation during the second quarter,
according to the National Venture Capital Association.
More than 53 percent of workers with Internet access, or 68.8 million, are expected to shop online Monday, according to
the Washington, D.C.-based National Retail Federation.
Internet phone service provider Vonage Holdings Corp. will pay $3 million to 32 states, including Indiana, and provide refunds
to affected customers.
Every neighborhood has its battles, but the 1,017-resident Centennial subdivision in Westfield is embroiled in one of the
most unusual: a very public fight over the adequacy of its phone, Internet and video service.
A half-hour perusing the various social media sites can give you carloads of information about your sought-after individual.
Cantaloupe.TV, known for
its video marketing expertise, has been working closely with locally based ExactTarget, the well-known e-mail marketing firm,
to give ExactTarget’s clients an easier way of embedding video into e-mails.
Many micro-businesses stuck a toe into the office-rental waters, regretted it, and they’re retreating to home
offices.
Upstart software company rolls out software that enables homeowners’ associations to create community
Web sites without technical assistance.
I’m wary of the “send” button. I’ve sent thousands of e-mails, and a fair number of them proved
to be problems later on.
Rushville-based Omnicity Corp. said this morning that it plans to create 100 jobs there within the next three years by investing
$2.5 million in wireless infrastructure and a new corporate headquarters.
Marsh Supermarkets’ decision to stop honoring a $10 online coupon just days after introducing the promotion has angered
hundreds of followers of the grocer’s Facebook page.
Health care marketers can adapt to, and even use to their advantage, the online search habits of consumers.
Understanding when and why people search for specific health-related terms is vital to attracting more
visitors (i.e. patients) to a Web site.
Growing by leaps and bounds, smallerindiana.com will host its first-ever “Bigger Ideas” conference for the high-tech and Internet-savvy
crowd.
It’s getting so you have to use a search engine on the Internet to find a search engine. There are now dozens, perhaps hundreds,
many of them highly specialized.
Stitcher bills itself as “a leading mobile audio company that provides a revolutionary media service which allows audio content to be easily aggregated, organized and shared on mobile devices.” It’s sort of like DVR for radio.
IQuest Internet LLC, the largest Indiana-based Internet service provider, is going global, having bought a British company
that monitors and manages data, voice and video networks.
Why discuss the swine flu in a Web column? Well, with information regarding the current situation changing on a daily, even hourly,
basis, the Centers for Disease Control is working hard to keep people informed, including "broadcasting" updates via Twitter.
A friend of mine is a minister and an expert on church management and growth. During one of our discussions, it struck me
how much starting and running a church is very like running a business. There are the same problems with morale, with retention,
with site selection, finance, marketing and growth pains. And with technology.
Twitter is attractive beyond the buzz. It “feels” like it is going to be something important.
Rating doctors via online services helps consumers make better health care decisions.
