July 20, 2009
Christina GaloozisHealth care marketers can adapt to, and even use to their advantage, the online search habits of consumers.
Understanding when and why people search for specific health-related terms is vital to attracting more
visitors (i.e. patients) to a Web site.
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July 20, 2009
Tim AltomTechnologists don’t usually give the law a basketful of respect. From our point of view, the law is struggling frantically
to stay within a hundred yards of our bleeding edge. By the time the law gets around to speaking on a technical
subject, the subject may not even exist anymore.
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July 16, 2009
Scott OlsonWireless device distributor Brightpoint Inc. said today it has priced 15 million shares of a previously announced stock offering
at $5 each.
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July 14, 2009
Interactive Intelligence said yesterday it expects a profit of between $1.8 million and $2.5 million in the second quarter,
up from $845,000 the company earned in the same period last year.
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July 13, 2009
Greg AndrewsThe cross-continent mega deal that made Brightpoint Inc. the world’s biggest wireless phone distributor
has lost much of its sheen two years after being struck. Brightpoint Inc. in August 2007 purchased Denmark-based
Dangaard Telecom for $385 million in stock and the assumption of $350 million in Dangaard debt.
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July 13, 2009
Scott OlsonBrightpoint Inc. said this morning shareholder NC Telecom Holding A/S would sell 15 million common shares in a public offering.
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July 6, 2009
Chris O'MalleyCarmel-based mobile marketer Tetherball has deployed a program using
a radio frequency identification device that can measure in detail to what extent customers redeem loyalty and rewards offers.
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July 6, 2009
IBJ StaffNoblesville resident Tom Wagenhauser is revamping the Hamilton County-centric Web site FishersFind.com and hopes to double
its weekly traffic.
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July 6, 2009
IBJ StaffThe high holy day of Indiana's technology industry is getting a new theme this year. The TechPoint Tech Summit will this year
be known as the TechPoint Innovation Summit, Sept. 28-29 at the Indiana Convention Center.
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June 22, 2009
Tim AltomIt's getting so you have to use a search engine on the Internet to find a search engine. There are now dozens, perhaps hundreds,
many of them highly specialized.
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June 1, 2009
Jim CotaStitcher bills itself as "a leading mobile audio company that provides a revolutionary media service which allows audio content
to be easily aggregated, organized and shared on mobile devices." It's sort of like DVR for radio.
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June 1, 2009
Chris O'MalleyIQuest Internet LLC, the largest Indiana-based Internet service provider, is going global, having bought a British company
that monitors and manages data, voice and video networks.
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May 25, 2009
Tim AltomToday, there are some small "notebook" machines on the market that mock the high prices of their bigger siblings. These can
be had for $200 to $400, and have enough features to make them real business tools if you're not too demanding.
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May 25, 2009
Carol FaenziWhy are we so addicted to being "connected?" The cell phone, the BlackBerry, the television, all have "power off" buttons,
but maybe that's itâ??when we turn the power off, does the sense of being disconnected makes us feel less powerful?
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May 18, 2009
Marc D. AllanThe biggest remnant of the former Thomson consumer electronics operation in Carmel is cashing in on the digital TV transition
with a higher-tech version of the rabbit ears.
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May 18, 2009
The electronics accessories unit of Audiovox Corp. in Carmel is gaining from the rise in antenna sales ahead of the June 12
switch to all-digital TV broadcasting.
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May 11, 2009
Tim AltomMy stony heart melted when Susan Boyle got a spontaneous, thunderous standing ovation from the skeptical crowd at "Britain's
Got Talent," the latest United Kingdom contribution to the TV talent show genre.
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May 11, 2009
Back when the automakers were on a roll, Powerway Inc. looked so promising that a public offering seemed around the bend.
Now Powerway itself is goneat least in name.
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May 4, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinThough plagued by debt, Allison Transmission recently plowed millions of dollars into experimental technology that could lead
to new products.
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April 27, 2009
Bruce HetrickLast week, I made a presentation about social media to several hundred people at a Carmel Chamber of Commerce luncheon. We
talked about Facebook and Twitter, YouTube and Flickr, LinkedIn, blogging and more. I didn't answer the "how-to"
question. I answered the "whether-to" question. With some important cautions, my answer was "yes."
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April 27, 2009
Tim AltomA friend of mine is a minister and an expert on church management and growth. During one of our discussions, it struck me
how much starting and running a church is very like running a business. There are the same problems with morale, with retention,
with site selection, finance, marketing and growth pains. And with technology.
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April 27, 2009
Chris O'MalleyChaCha Search Inc. co-founder Brad Bostic has stepped down as president of the human-assisted Internet search company, which
is struggling to turn a profit in a dismal advertising climate, but he hasn't left. "Brad is still engaged with the company
as a director, co-founder and consultant," said co-founder and CEO Scott Jones.
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April 20, 2009
Twitter is attractive beyond the buzz. It "feels" like it is going to be something important.
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April 13, 2009
Rating doctors via online services helps consumers make better health care decisions.
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April 13, 2009
J.K. WallDr. Barry Eppley, an Indianapolis surgeon, says an online crusade by a disgruntled former patient is taking a toll on his
practice, and he's suing her.
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.