Archive for February, 2009

Live From the Greener Gadgets Conference

  By Parker Brugge
From Crackle: Parker at Greener Gadge

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Greening the Workplace

By Carolyn Slater
I have a guilty little secret – I love to recycle. I take special pride looking out on garbage pick-up day to see my always full to over-flowing recycling bin and my almost empty trash can. My neighbors even comment on my zealous recycling habit.
My less guilty secret is that I’ve always [...]

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

The DTV Delay Act

By Jason Oxman
President Obama yesterday signed into law S. 232, the DTV Delay Act, which extends the digital television transition date from February 17 to June 12. The President said that the four month extension of the DTV transition will ensure that all Americans benefit from DTV, including those consumers who will benefit from [...]

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

How Young is Too Young for an iPod?

By Ellen Savage
Like most parents, I want to foster my children’s interests.  My five year-old, Matthew, has loved music since infancy –  he sings along with the radio in the car, frequently creates his own songs, and even requested piano lessons a few months ago.  But when he asked for an iPod for Christmas, [...]

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

Forget Sir Isaac, we have iLounge

  By Dan Cole
I respect gravity, but sometimes I just don’t love it like others do. Gravity is important for a number of reasons; most important of which is that it holds us down; keeps us in place.Â
That’s great in general, but not for business. In times like these, it’s easy to give in to [...]

Monday, February 9th, 2009

CES + Social Media = Amazing!

By Mark Gillins
When I started tweeting on September 4th of last year, I didn’t understand what Twitter was all about, and once I started noticing that some individuals like @melissapierce were following over 500 people, I became overwhelmed. How could I fathom reading through so many tweets on a regular basis and effectively keep [...]

Friday, February 6th, 2009

The Consumer Product Safety Improvement ACT (CPSIA)

By Megan Hayes
Over 60 organizations have signed a petition requesting the delay of implementation of a bill passed by Congress.  You’re thinking that this is about the DTV transition and the organizations are pro-consumer.  You’d be wrong. I’m talking about the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) of 2008.This is a far-reaching, sweeping overhaul [...]

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009