In the summer of 1883, a traveling variety show made a stop at Victoria Hall in Sunderland, England. Near the end of the show, the entertainers announced to the more than 1,000 children in attendance that upon exiting the Hall,…
Stamps Increase: USPS Seeks To Raise The Price
The USPS is seeking to increase the price of stamps, which will certainly be disapproved of by American citizens. The postal service is planning a 3-cent increase, which would raise the price to 49 cents, in order to mail a…
LinkedIn Gets Better for Businesses with New Company Page Analytics
LinkedIn has just launched another tool to help businesses better promote themselves on the network. Starting today, everyone who operates a company page on LinkedIn will gain access to a new set of analytics. Company Page analytics let businesses track…
Pinterest Launches New Analytics Tool for Site Owners
After hinting at it for some time, Pinterest has finally launched its first web analytics product for website owners. With the (currently) free product, site owners can track how pins that come from their site perform on Pinterest. Site owners…
Amazon Announces Whispercast For Kindle
Schools and businesses are increasingly turning to tablets and e-readers to help disseminate information among students and employees. Amazon has one of the more popular e-readers with the Kindle. Bring these two instances together and you have Whispercast. Amazon announced…
WolframAlpha Now Offering Time-Sensitive Business Search
If you’ve got time on your side, what search tool you use to find a particular business really comes down to user preference. Maybe you like the way Google organizes the results, maybe you prefer to use Yelp for searches…
Valentine’s Day Is Good For Online Businesses
Ah, Valentine’s Day – the day where we spend money on those we love the most. It turns out that we’re spending more and more on the ones we love which translates into big bucks for the businesses that promote…