by Minter Dial | May 29, 2009 | Business, New Tech
In the years to come, will this month be declared the month that forever changed the face of Internet search engines? There have been at least two significant launches that I have read about. Based on sophisticated algorithms, these two new search engines promise more...
by Minter Dial | May 2, 2009 | Marketing, New Tech
State of the Spam Business How many legitimate (non junk or spam) emails do you receive in your inbox? It may come as a surprise to you that only 3% of the world’s supply of emails are legitimate, at least that’s what a recent Microsoft survey says. On a...
by Minter Dial | May 1, 2009 | New Tech
If you are looking to import your Hotmail address book into your Apple Mac Mail, here is a nifty application created by Steve Roy: Address Importer Software. It is free for the first use (he asks for a $10 donation thereafter). I have used it just once and it took me...
by Minter Dial | Feb 17, 2009 | Branding, Marketing
News is out that Microsoft is going to start opening its own stores. (Seattle Times 12/2/09 or Mercury News, 13/2/09) Having hired David Porter, a 25-year veteran of Walmart, Microsoft wants to go down the Apple path to create a retail outlet to express, educate and...
by Minter Dial | Nov 29, 2008 | New Tech
Out of every bad thing, something good! I was doing a scan on Google this morning and found a new link to my name. The link opened up in a new tab and immediately said it was searching for viruses, powered by “Microsoft Defense-Live-Scan.” The dangerous...