Google Merchant Accounts: How do you change your business address?
Update: Multiple updates, below. Today (November 11) I received a reply from Google that says in order to change my address, I have to set up a new merchant account…
Why does Android’s Google Maps need access to your personal contacts list?
Google has updated the Maps app for Android. The update says the app now requires access to your contacts list. Why? To share with their business partner, the NSA? Who…
#NSA’s PRISM enables staff to query Internet service providers data using NSA gear installed at corporate sites
According to the Washington Post, the PRISM system enables NSA staff to enter search commands that ultimately go directly to equipment that spies on US cloud-based servers: U.S., company officials:…
The Guardian has released an additional NSA slide on PRISM
It reinforces that the NSA is intercepting fiber communications within the Internet and has direct access to the server farms of major companies including Microsoft, Google, Facebook and so on:…
Health Care and Insurance Fees to Consume 1/3d of typical family income by 2022
Look for insurance savings – San Francisco Chronicle. By 2022, the typical family will pay 1/3d of their income to the health insurance and health industry industrial complex: It is…
HR is often a road block to hiring good workers
Ask The Headhunter: The Talent Shortage Myth and Why HR Should Get Out of the Hiring Business | The Business Desk with Paul Solman | PBS NewsHour | PBS. At…
Self-Published Authors should charge $2.99 to $9.99 for their e-books
Self-Published Authors Say ‘Don’t Overcharge for E-Books’ | Creatives at Work. Interesting but this conclusion appears to be based on opinion (which I agree with) but there’s no hard data…
The difference between software engineering and computer science
Computing Now | Putting the Engineering into Software Engineering Education. (I have an undergrad degree in computer science and one of my graduate degrees is in software engineering. They are…
Robotic Snowplows
I dreamed up some ideas about this a few years back: Design and Development: Robotics Teams Compete for Best Robotic Snowplow | Robotics Trends. In my concept, we only need…
How to Use Contests and Giveaways to Get User-Generated Content
Good ideas! How to Use Contests and Giveaways to Get User-Generated Content. User generated content contests – and voting polls – encourage users to pass a link on Facebook and…