New Way To Shop For Groceries

http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2009/09/27/a_new_way_to_look_at_groceries/

This article describes a new way to grocery shop using the new NuVal System. It calculates all the nutrients and divides them by the "not so good" ingredients. A type of food or beverage with a high score would be healthy. These numbers are next to the price tags on the shevles.

Companies are using Twitter to help out their business in four ways:

1. Directly- Business people are using twitter as a marking or public relations channel
2. Internally- Business people are using twitter to share ideas or communicate about what projects they are working on
3. Inbound Signaling- Using twitter to see what is being said about their companies as well as others

http://www.readwriteweb.com/enterprise/2009/03/4-ways-companies-use-twitter-for-business.php

Technology Helping Expand Business

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqVIQVAH8dk

The iPod Is Dead. Long Live the iPod

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jul2009/tc20090726_261031.htm

What is the future for the I Pod's next generation?
The iPod touch, the most advanced and versatile version of the iPod. Models will look more like the iPod touch, and less like my iPod classic.You can also expect a more advanced version of the iPod touch. The next touch will come with 64GB of flash memory. Aside from music and video, it's now already marketed as a handheld gaming machine, a communications device, and a handheld Web device. In a limited way it can even be used for navigation. Apple says what's clear is that traditional versions of the device are a thing of the past—and future iterations will have a long and vibrant future.

Ad Shift Throws Blogs a Business Lifeline

This husband and wife team make a living by blogging. Lisa and Brian Sugar’s ad revenue increased 20 percent in the first half of the year, and the company is on track to double its revenue and turn a profit this year, said Mr. Sugar, the company’s chief executive. Meanwhile, advertising revenue for magazines dropped 21 percent the first half, and the number of ad pages sold dropped 28 percent, according to the Publishers Information Bureau.

“Perpetual movement is the essence of survival and prosperity online,” said Michael Moritz, the Sequoia investor who backed Google, Yahoo and Sugar. “If online media and entertainment companies don’t improve every day, they will just wind up as the newfangled version of Reader’s Digest — bankrupt.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/technology/internet/14blog.html?_r=1

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