Carriers Eye Pay-As-You-Go Internet

• OCTOBER 21, 2009

By CHRISTOPHER RHOADS And NIRAJ SHETH

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In the early years of the Internet, the more time people spent online, the more they paid a provider like AOL for their connection. But as customers have shifted to always-on broadband services, many Web surfers have enjoyed all-you-can-eat Internet for a flat rate.

Some cable and telecommunications providers are trying to turn back the clock and return to usage-based pricing for Internet connections. Carriers including AT&T Inc. and Time Warner Cable Inc. say they may have to switch amid a surge in Internet traffic as more people go online to watch videos and download movies.

Recent efforts to introduce usage-based, or metered, broadband services have met stiff resistance from consumers. But a new push by the federal government to adopt rules that would force Internet providers to treat all Web traffic equally, no matter how much bandwidth they take up, could give ammunition to the broadband providers that want to change how they charge for Web access, Internet experts and consumer advocates say.

"This could come down to carriers saying, 'If you don't allow us to manage our networks the way we see fit, then we will just have to cap everything,' " says Phillip Dampier, a consumer advocate focusing on technology issues in Rochester, N.Y. "They'll make it an either/or thing: give them more control over their network or expect metered broadband."

Mr. Dampier was among those who forced>>>

Why Email No Longer Rules… …And what that means for the way we communicate

• OCTOBER 12, 2009

By JESSICA E. VASCELLARO

Email has had a good run as king of communications. But its reign is over.

In its place, a new generation of services is starting to take hold—services like Twitter and Facebook and countless others vying for a piece of the new world. And just as email did more than a decade ago, this shift promises to profoundly rewrite the way we communicate—in ways we can only begin to imagine.

We all still use email, of course. But email was better suited to the way we used to use the Internet—logging off and on, checking our messages in bursts. Now, we are always connected, whether we are sitting at a desk or on a mobile phone. The always-on connection, in turn, has created a host of new ways to communicate that are much faster than email, and more fun.

Why wait for a response to an email when you get a quicker answer over instant messaging? Thanks to Facebook, some questions can be answered without asking them. You don't need to ask a friend whether she has left work, if she has updated her public "status" on the site telling the world so. Email, stuck in the era of attachments, seems boring compared to services like Google Wave, currently in test phase, which allows users to share photos by dragging and dropping them from a desktop into a Wave, and to enter comments in near real time.

Little wonder that while email continues to grow, other types of communication services are growing far faster. In August 2009, 276.9 million people used email across the U.S., several European countries, Australia and Brazil, according to Nielsen Co., up 21% from 229.2 million in August 2008. But the number of users on social-networking and other community sites jumped 31% to 301.5 million people.

"The whole idea of this email service isn't really quite as significant anymore when you can have many, many different types of messages and files and when you have this all on the same type of networks," says Alex Bochannek, curator at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif.

So, how will these new tools change the way we communicate? Let's start with the most obvious: They make our interactions that much faster.

Into the River>>>

October 7, 2009
by Walter S. Mossberg

A Windows to Help You Forget

October 7, 2009
by Walter S. Mossberg

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In just two weeks, on Oct. 22, Microsoft’s long operating-system nightmare will be over. The company will release Windows 7, a faster and much better operating system than the little-loved Windows Vista, which did a lot to harm both the company’s reputation, and the productivity and blood pressure of its users. PC makers will rush to flood physical and online stores with new computers pre-loaded with Windows 7, and to offer the software to Vista owners who wish to upgrade.

With Windows 7, PC users will at last have a strong, modern successor to the sturdy and familiar, but aged, Windows XP, which is still the most popular version of Windows, despite having come out in 2001. In the high-tech world, an eight-year-old operating system is the equivalent of a 20-year-old car. While XP works well for many people, it is relatively weak in areas such as security, networking and other features more important today than when XP was designed around 1999.

After using pre-release versions of Windows 7 for nine months, and intensively testing the final version for the past month on many different machines, I believe it is the best version of Windows Microsoft (MSFT) has produced. It’s a boost to productivity and a pleasure to use. Despite a few drawbacks, I can heartily recommend Windows 7 to mainstream consumers.

Like the new Snow Leopard operating system released in August by Microsoft’s archrival, Apple (AAPL), Windows 7 is much more of an evolutionary than a revolutionary product. Its main goal was to fix the flaws in Vista and to finally give Microsoft customers a reason to move up from XP. But Windows 7 is packed with features and tweaks that make using your computer an easier and more satisfying experience.

The new taskbar shows small previews of many windows and allows for larger previews.

Windows 7 introduces real advances in>>>

An Hour In The Life Of Google — Via Twitter

By TONY KONTZER, FOR INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILYPosted 09/08/2009 06:32 PM ET

Before you dismiss Twitter as a message board for narcissistic blathering, know this: In a very short time, you can accumulate a wide range of knowledge about companies you might want to invest in.

Take Google (GOOG).

We decided to monitor all tweets (Twitter posts — maximum 140 characters — for the uninitiated) related to Google for a random hour. We chose Google because it's actively traded and, well, interesting.

Mind you, there are plenty of Twitter filters out there that will accumulate all Google posts in one site and let you browse at your leisure. But Twitter's real-time nature is one of its attractions.

So, on Wednesday, Aug. 19, I watched nearly 3,000 Google-related tweets roll in across my screen.

Some highlights:

11:30-11:35 a.m.: The first tweet was a crackup: "I wish Google Maps had an 'avoid ghetto' routing option." A practical concern, for sure, but we're looking to get real information, so the next post about AT&T (T) allegedly killing Google Voice is of much more interest. (AT&T denied this was so.) The embedded link takes us to a Wall Street Journal column suggesting Apple's (AAPL) recent decision to reject a proposed Google Voice iPhone application was an indication that AT&T, the exclusive iPhone carrier in the U.S., is having troubles. That might get an investor's attention, no?

Seconds later, we're alerted that it's the five-year>>>

Successful Affiliate Marketing, Creating a Smart Toilet and "Big Mike" from NBC's Chuck live on DavidKamatoy.com

David Kamatoy Radio Show Streams Live Thursday 4-7 pst on DavidKamatoy.com & Ustream.tv

San Diego,CA 9/24/2009 10:25 PM GMT (TransWorldNews)

San Diego,CA- Entertainer Mark Christopher Lawrence Star of NBC's Chuck talks today about the Emmy's. Internet Marketer Warren Lanier Jr. joins us to talk about creating a successful affiliate marketing program. Entrepreneur David M. Parrish, COO of AquaOne Technologies launches their new product video this week for the H2orb, a water saving device for toilets that stops leaks, overflows and prevents damage. David Kamatoy a juggler both literally and figuratively hosts the show today on DavidKamatoy.com


4-6 pst:Entertainer, Mark Christopher Lawrence plays "Big Mike" on the Creative Emmy Award winning Chuck Comedy on NBC. Mark joins the conversation to chime in about his thoughts on the start of the new television season, his new fitness regime, taking on an aggressive stand-up schedule and the Emmys. Chucks stunt co-ordinator Merritt Yohnka, Chuck’s stunt coordinator won the Emmy for Outstanding Stunt Coordination (”Chuck vs. the First Date”) at last night’s Creative Arts Emmy ceremony. This is the second year in a row Yohnka has won for Chuck.

5-6 pst: Internet marketing expert, Warren Lanier Jr. joins the show to talk about why affiliate programs should be looked at to exponentially grow companies. In one of his last project affiliate sales represented 60% of the sales growth. In 6 years that company went from about 159 customers to over 800,000. David Kamatoy and Warren Lanier Jr. will discuss why it's so often ignored as a strategy and some of the affiliate basics.

"It's amazing how many companies have grown>>>

Successful Affiliate Marketing, Creating a Smart Toilet and "Big Mike" from NBC's Chuck live on DavidKamatoy.com

David Kamatoy Radio Show Streams Live Thursday 4-7 pst on DavidKamatoy.com & Ustream.tv

San Diego,CA 9/24/2009 10:25 PM GMT (TransWorldNews)

San Diego,CA- Entertainer Mark Christopher Lawrence Star of NBC's Chuck talks today about the Emmy's. Internet Marketer Warren Lanier Jr. joins us to talk about creating a successful affiliate marketing program. Entrepreneur David M. Parrish, COO of AquaOne Technologies launches their new product video this week for the H2orb, a water saving device for toilets that stops leaks, overflows and prevents damage. David Kamatoy a juggler both literally and figuratively hosts the show today on DavidKamatoy.com


4-6 pst:Entertainer, Mark Christopher Lawrence plays "Big Mike" on the Creative Emmy Award winning Chuck Comedy on NBC. Mark joins the conversation to chime in about his thoughts on the start of the new television season, his new fitness regime, taking on an aggressive stand-up schedule and the Emmys. Chucks stunt co-ordinator Merritt Yohnka, Chuck’s stunt coordinator won the Emmy for Outstanding Stunt Coordination (”Chuck vs. the First Date”) at last night’s Creative Arts Emmy ceremony. This is the second year in a row Yohnka has won for Chuck.

5-6 pst: Internet marketing expert, Warren Lanier Jr. joins the show to talk about why affiliate programs should be looked at to exponentially grow companies. In one of his last project affiliate sales represented 60% of the sales growth. In 6 years that company went from about 159 customers to over 800,000. David Kamatoy and Warren Lanier Jr. will discuss why it's so often ignored as a strategy and some of the affiliate basics.

"It's amazing how many companies have grown>>>

Affiliate Marketing Training

Sunday, 27 September 2009

Internet marketing is the fastest way to make extra income, and the easiest way to get started is affiliate marketing. Affiliate Marketing is the easiest way to get started because you don't need your own merchant account and you don't have to worry about customer service. You don't even have to write the marketing materials - all that is done for you when you promote someone else's product. All you do is drive traffic to your affiliate site and collect your commission.

On Wednesday September 30 from 9 - 10 pm Joanne Musa, a.k.a, the Tax Lien Lady will be giving a free webinar training for her affiliates and beginning internet marketers on Affiliate Marketing.

The title of this Webinar is Internet Marketing 101: How to Choose Good Keywords and Domain Names. In this free Webinar Training she'll show newbee internet marketers how to choose the best key words and domain names to market affiliate products.

You can build the best looking web site but it won't do any good unless it gets viewed by your target audience. And even that won't do you any good unless you have a way of capturing the names and e-mail addresses of those that come to your site. If you use the right domain name and the right keywords, your site will come up more often in the search engines, you'll get more traffic and make more sales.

Here's some things that she'll cover in this training:>>>