Is Murdoch’s Move to Paid News Content the End or the Beginning?
Tuesday, 10. 13. 2009 – Category: T2 Communications
Last week, at the World Media Summit in China, News Corp. Owner and Chairman Rupert Murdoch discussed his plans to make news content available only to paying subscribers. While pay for content is out there on many news sites, the idea of one of the world’s top media moguls taking the hard line stance with his key assets is a new one. As reporter Michael Wolff mentions in his commentary on Murdoch’s ambitious gamble in this month’s Vanity Fair, however, the results of these pay contents have been mixed. While there is a portion of the population that will pay for the content, a vast majority simply move on to another source when prompted for payment.
As many news sources struggle to keep up with the…
Google Wave Aims to be the Next Unifying Platform
Tuesday, 10. 6. 2009 – Category: T2 Communications
This week, Google Wave is being released in beta testing to 100,000 users. Originally unveiled at a developer conference earlier this year, Google is taking the foundations of e-mail and adding to it critical elements of instant messaging, social networking and file sharing. Google touts it as e-mail as if it was created today.
And while there continues to be bugs that need to be worked out, this large scale test is a final step toward the release of a new, major communication tool. Much like Twitter, SMS, IM and Twitter, Google Wave stands to change the way we interact. How will this new experience enhance how we communicate in more socially conscious environment? More importantly, how does it benefit the end user versus other communication tools…
CornerWorld Corporation [OTCBB: CWRL] Appoints Chase McCrea as CFO
Friday, 10. 2. 2009 – Category: CornerWorld Corporate
The Board of Directors of CornerWorld Corporation [OTCBB: CWRL] has appointed V. Chase McCrea III as the Chief Financial Officer. Mr. McCrea, a 1991 graduate of the University of Southern California, is a CPA with over 18 years of experience working with and for public companies serving in a variety of capacities. The appointment was approved during the board’s September meeting.
Since July 2007, Mr. McCrea had served as the Interim Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance of Home Solutions of America, Inc., a publicly traded construction concern. Previous to that, he worked as the Director of Finance for Penson Worldwide, Inc., an international securities clearing firm dating to the summer of 2006; and also as a Manager of SEC Reporting for chemical giant Celanese dating…
Positivity in the Workplace
Thursday, 10. 1. 2009 – Category: T2 Communications
Remaining positive in the workplace can be a challenge sometimes. A lull in activity for the company, a current assignment that is monotonous or tedious, and the bad economy can all be causes of stress, anger, or boredom. Whether the organization is being restructured or it’s just the colder, darker months of winter, positivity needs to be emphasized. Trying times will come and go, but we all have a job to do; so we might as well be happy about it. There are a couple ways to turn your attitude around that should be common practice for each individual.
Avoid the “Negative Nancy”: There is typically at least one person in a workplace that seems to always say negative things about the company, ownership or co-workers. …