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US-based SMobile Systems has released an antivirus called SMobile VirusGuard to protect Google Android phones. According to SMobile, its VirusGuard for Android will enable users to scan their devices and memory cards for over 400 known instances and variants of mobile Malware. New Malware can infect devices via the web-browser, memory card and the  More...
The origin of telemarketing (TM) may be lost in the mists of time. Lots of folk credit Murray Roman for being the father of telemarketing but I don’t believe he ever confirmed parenthood. As an executive for the Ford company however, he was involved in the first mass telephone campaign in 1964.  More...
Small businesses have been having increasing trouble getting loans as the credit markets have seized up. But some, such as Tio's Mexican, are finding that smaller community banks and credit unions are more open to offering financing. For one thing, many smaller lenders are in relatively strong financial shape because they didn't make the types o  More...
Search engines keep their methods and ranking algorithms secret, to get credit for finding the most valuable search-results and to prevent spam pages from clogging the results. A search engines may use hundreds of factors while ranking the listings where the factors themselves and the weight each carries may change continually.  More...
Small business is driving this economy moving forward. Here's some reasons why.  More...
Probably the single biggest rip-off in the merchant account industry is the leasing of credit card terminals (or credit card machines) to business owners. The article outlines 3 reasons why most business owners sign up for a lease, as well as disclosing the true cost of a lease for the business.  More...
Well America has a new President, Barack Obama. Some of Obama’s plans for small business include: - Increase the minimum wage and index the rate to inflation so that it goes up every year - Wants to eliminate all capital gains taxes for new business start-ups - Give a $500 credit to business owners to offset the self-employment tax  More...
Small merchants have long chafed at the fees they must pay banks every time a customer swipes a debit or credit card. But now, with business slowing and every dollar important to their bottom line, some merchants are pushing for changes.  More...
Historically, the computer guy, like many other service professionals, has been undervalued and under appreciated. But beware, we computer folk hold a lot more of the cards then some may realize. For those people who tend to treat their computer guy like a second class citizen, here are the top 10 reasons why you may want to reconsider giving us  More...
Slate's BizBox reports on the significant drop in SBA-backed loans during FY 2008, and what Congress could do to rectify the situation.  More...
Guy Kingston gives more advice and guidance to entrepreneurs on dealing with the current cash crisis.  More...
Are you wilting in a market meltdown? If you’re a real estate agent, there is a good chance that a daisy chain of financial disaster–collapsing housing bubble, wave of sub prime defaults, frozen corporate credit markets–has become your worst nightmare.  More...
It looks like US entrepreneurs are increasingly turning to microloans as banks tighten lending standards. To be sure, microlending is a tiny, tiny piece of small business credit in the US. Microlenders tend to be small nonprofits, and all their loans combined probably wouldn’t be a blip on the portfolios of one of the big banks. That said, ther  More...
Biz Box Blogger and small business owner Michael Taylor cuts through the political speak to name the real cause of the credit crisis - people defaulting on their debt obligations. Why pretend its anything else?  More...
Club E (www.clubenetwork.com), the 7000 strong online social network and multi- ground chapter entrepreneurs organization is reaching out to eligible military veterans to join forces in a unique small business funding scenario. In these trying economic times, with traditional sources of business credit nearly completely wiped out by the banking cri  More...