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Truckers Among Wi-Fi’s Early Adopters
Truck drivers in the US and Canada are increasingly using Wi-Fi to stay connected while on the road. According to the Associated Press (AP), 70% of truck drivers own computers and two-thirds have broadband access at home. At truck stops, truckers pay for Wi-Fi by the hour or on a yearly basis for … Read More
SMBs To Spend More on IT
Small and midsize businesses (SMBs) will be spending on average 6.6% more on IT this year. That's according to a recent Forrester Research survey, The State of IT in the SMB Market. The 19-page report surveyed 1,002 technology decision makers at North American small and midsize business and can be … Read More
When Your Office Weighs 5 Pounds
Valdis Krebs, whose interesting study of polarized political books has been written up in the New York Times, describes his office:
"Come to Cafe Ah Roma on Friday afternoons to see how new business is done by Cleveland entrepreneurs. In fact visit any coffee house, with free WIFI, any day of … Read More
Debit Cards Make Inroads in Credit Card Use
Nearly half of US households holding credit cards (48%) still use credit cards for the majority of their card-based purchases. These credit-card loyalists charge $1,000 or more each month, tend to be slightly older, and disproportionately reflect households at both the bottom and the top of the … Read More
Restaurants Adopting Fingerprint Scans
The axiom used to be that if you owned a restaurant, you had to be there all the time or your profits would be "eaten up." That made the restaurant business a physically grueling one for most small business owners. A 60-, 70- or 80-hour work week was not uncommon.Well, now, mom-and-pop restaurant … Read More
We are “Blog of the Day”
Small Business Trends has been named "Blog of the Day" over at -- you guessed it -- the Blog of the Day weblog.Thank you, Arthur!Read More
On the Way Back from the Dotcom Bust
The Internet is on the rise again. Both the number of websites and Internet advertising revenues have increased substantially in recent months.For the first time, the Internet has topped more than 50 million websites according to the May 2004 Web Server Survey issued by Netcraft, an Internet … Read More
Broadband Use Rises to New Highs
Fifty-five percent of all adult American Internet users (34% of all adult Americans) have access to a high-speed, broadband connection either at home or on the job, according to a report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Those numbers translate into 68 million adult Americans logging … Read More
Tech Recovery and SMBs
The most recent issue of the Kiplinger Letter (subscription required) predicts we are in a tech recovery that will last for years. It will be marked by steady growth, instead of the booms and busts of the past decade.
The largest software providers -- Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, SAP -- will be … Read More
Internet Search for Small Businesses
The Search Engine Journal suggests that the typical small business is finding it more expensive to get listed in the search engines. Google still offers free listings. But the second most important search engine, Yahoo, requires paid inclusion for commercial websites:"...[T]he typical small … Read More
WiFi Hotspots for Small Businesses
Boingo and Linksys have banded together to provide Hot Spot in a Box for small businesses. The solution lets small businesses provide commercial WiFi to patrons on their premises. It is targeted specifically for small businesses such as coffee shops, restaurants, doctor's offices, gas stations, … Read More
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