The business of journalism is derived from the constitutionally protected right of free expression. As a business and as a profession, the right to write and publish is not subject to licensing and regulation. It has few limitations, namely, matters affecting national security and interests, public safety, public order, and the libel laws. Thus, anyone who can write coherently for publication and do so for remunera
Last night, I was cleaning up my computer after getting a dedicated hosting plan for my e-commerce site. In one of the (virtually) dusty folders, I found my cache of e-comics downloaded some years ago.
I rarely get business inspiration from pop culture, let alone comic books. But last night was one of the rare exceptions.
The following conversation is taken from S.H.I.E.L.D. #6. It’s set in the Marvel Univers
Is it said that the school is the child’s second home. The nurturing that may be missing at home because of overworked parents must be given in the classroom. Yet what are the lessons that our children receive?
Obviously, there is nothing wrong with teaching math, science, reading, writing and language skills. However, how are these and other subjects presented to our youth?
Most schools, specifically the te
Manila is the freewheeling, overpopulated somewhat dangerous capital of the Philippines. She’s grown up accustomed to the doting, if somewhat overprotective, treatment of her paternalistic foster dad (in this case, the good old US of A). Up to the Sixties, she came across like the one with a bright future ahead of her, earning straight A’s and Brownie points from the international community. Daddy’
“How vivid, and unexpected, was this poignant proof that we all indeed share a common fate. When we fight poverty and disease in any impoverished part of the world, and thereby bolster the world’s shared commitments to human dignity and survival, the lives we save may truly include our own and our children’s in some future turn of fortune”.
- Jeffrey Sachs, The End of Poverty: Economic Poss
Today, technology on the Internet has given us ways to spot plagiarism from a distance. Magazine editors and English professors regularly use Copyscape from the comfort of their apartments to check if a writer or student has come up with an award-winning essay, or slacking off to play Halo 3.
But what about software that can answer one of the most intriguing questions of all time: “Who wrote the Bible?”
Before there was Facebook, there was Friendster.
It was the first “true” social networking site, which was later improved upon by MySpace. Now, Friendster is widely seen as one of the most promising ventures that failed, and MySpace just followed suit. The latter is now under the wings of Specific Media.
It was previously reported that singer Justin Timberlake has ventured into some investment with the
Do you wonder why despite your marketing efforts, you still don’t have followers other than those who personally know you? Okay maybe a handful of them have been lured to following you, but you still haven’t reached to more than 100 followers. What could you be doing wrong?
Twitter is having a relationship with your followers. Just like when you’re social networking in the “real world”
Are you into Internet marketing? How is it going? Are you able to reach your sales quota or not? When you bring your business into the online arena, you need to acknowledge the importance of web traffic. You have decided to try your luck on the Internet since you want to capitalize on it being popular, widely used, and a major avenue to tap the buying market. Certainly you can’t stop at having put up your website
In an increasingly wired world, businesses are finding it crucial to have an online presence. Whether it’s a corporate website, a blog or a Facebook page, companies are using every online tool at their disposal to gain an edge in the new battlefield of cyberspace.
However, the reality is that most captains of industry today were born BEFORE the advent of the Internet. This means that while they are geniuses a