Lawmakers looking for solutions to online sales tax issue
At least one Indiana lawmaker plans to file a bill requiring the state to collect sales taxes from online retailers like Amazon.com. Other state lawmakers are working on a federal solution.
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Startup aims to mend doctors’ social media woes
RepuChek software tracks, analyzes what’s being said about doctors on the Internet.
Indiana senator pushes taxing online sales
Sen. Luke Kenley, R-Noblesville, plans to ask his Statehouse colleagues Thursday to help him lobby Congress for the right to tax online sales.
After long wait, Facebook set to release iPad app
The lack of an iPad app for the most popular social network in the world has confounded users, ever since Apple launched its tablet computer a year and a half ago.
Finish Line, HHGregg step up their e-commerce strategies
Traditional retailers are trying to connect with customers, however and whenever they want to do business.
ALTOM: Use savvy searching to track Web presence
While finding your name has a certain egotistical appeal, the real value of looking yourself up on social media sites is to find out what people are saying about you and your company.
Apple founder, innovator Steve Jobs dead at 56
Steve Jobs, the Apple founder and former CEO who invented and masterfully marketed ever-sleeker gadgets that transformed everyday technology, from the personal computer to the iPod and iPhone, has died.
Early buyer of Web domains venturing into software
Chad Folkening’s latest venture, domain-management software called Domain Power, turns blank sites into a miniature business in a few minutes.
Harrison College taps social media to help online students
The for-profit school formerly known as the Indiana Business College has overhauled its online interface.
Simon wagers on Internet gambling’s future
Billionaire Herb Simon is betting online gambling will become legal—and that a new company he’s backing will reap a payoff as a result.
Rural broadband provider Omnicity racks up legal bills tied to acquisitions
The latest of at least five suits filed since early last year involves Columbus, Ohio-based SZD Whiteboard, a consulting firm the company used to identify acquisition targets.
Net Literacy teaches Internet skills to those in need
Teen's brainstorm results in internationally recognized not-for-profit that promotes computer literacy and safety, including programs for financial literacy and computer repurposing for donation to Indianapolis areas in need of the technology.
Hacking attacks reminder for data caution in cloud computing
Storing data on remote servers accessed through the Internet creates the latest frontier for data-security issues.
‘Virtualization’ spawning demand for tech workers
The city’s information technology sector may be a step closer to easing a worker shortfall created by the rise of cloud computing. Harrison College responds with more courses geared toward IT workforce.
Report: Southwestern Indiana a broadband backwater
Federal data shows no more than 20 percent of residents in Gibson County have basic broadband Internet service.
Health care providers opening to technology
Some health care system are finally allowing online scheduling.
Tech firm Slingshot expanding, plans 114 more jobs
Indianapolis-based Slingshot SEO Inc., founded by three friends from Zionsville High School, plans to expand operations in Indianapolis, adding 114 more employees by 2013, economic development executives announced Friday morning.
ALTOM: The New York Times reinvents the ‘paywall’
The New York Times has decided to once again huddle behind a “paywall,” a decision that’s galvanized the Web world. But this paywall is different from ones the paper has tried in the past.
School district to take science instruction online
Students in a central Indiana community will soon get their science instruction online instead of through textbooks, but the technology will come at a price.
Practical IT firm Formstack a quiet success
Formstack, the Indianapolis-based drag-and-drop form builder software firm, isn’t flashy like its California social-media-site sister Formspring, but it’s intensely practical for organizations needing contact forms, order forms and other online business tools.