Category: Business

  • Political influencing just had a major shift

    In the blogosphere, you’ll always hear talk about how people who write blogs or otherwise use social media can wield some influence in affecting the opinions of others. There is plenty of evidence to indicate that social media does have…

  • An abrupt ending for Blognation

    This is what you now see if you go to any of the websites of Blognation, the blog network that’s been embroiled in scandal and controversy for the past few weeks. It’s too bad. If there’s one thing that disgraced…

  • Maybe size doesn’t matter after all

    On the face of it, it would be hard to imagine a car with an overall length of just 106 inches (that’s less than nine feet), and with an engine capacity of just one litre (a little over 61 cubic…

  • T-Mobile banning Twitter makes no business sense

    If you don’t understand it, don’t allow it. That could be the thinking behind why mobile operator T-Mobile has begun blocking Twitter usage in the US, and opening up a customer service debacle, not to mention a public relations one.…

  • The tipping point for XBRL

    This could be a milestone in illustrating the benefits of using XBRL for companies filing financial data. Last week, Microsoft submitted a Form 8-K filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) comprising financial data for shareholders, using XBRL.…