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Craving for convenience fuels Ivy Tech’s online boom
Students are flocking to online classes at Ivy Tech Community College faster than the burgeoning college is racking up overall
growth—mirroring a national trend toward computers over classrooms.
My Health Care Manager goes national
Less than three years into its life, Indianapolis-based My Health Care Manager is going national.
Don’t trust security of hotel computers
If you’re not using your own computer that’s been religiously scanned for malware, you’re leaving yourself open, and the elegance
of the hotel is no indicator of how safe its computers are.
IRL’s Danica Patrick tops most-searched list on Web
Indy Racing League driver Danica Patrick topped golfer Tiger Woods, quarterback Tom Brady and Super Bowl champion Eli Manning
as the most searched-for athlete in 2008, according to America Online’s annual list of top Web, mobile and video searches.
Defamation laws haven’t caught up with today’s Internet
What are the legal repercussions against Web sites that allow defamatory comments to be posted on them?
Chamber launches biz networking online site
The Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce has launched an online business networking site called Indylink.com.
Little Rox revisits ’70s Pet Rocks fad
Little Rox offers 20 varieties of rocks, each tied to a character trait such as humility, honesty and tolerance, and sell
online for $15 each.
Businesses should note how consumers adapt inventions to fit their needs
Consumers use online shopping carts for items that they’re considering buying, not intent on buying.
Computers may be sensible, but consumers manipulate them in weird ways
Computers are sensible, but humans using computers are anything but.
ChaCha trims employees, modifies biz plan
Search engine ChaCha lays off employees, cuts perks, begins limiting its free answers to clients
Indiana Economic Development Corporation offers new Web tools
The Indiana Economic Development Corp. has launched two free Web tools to assist Hoosier businesses.
Local startup offers ‘virtual’ resume management
In September, Jeff Bockelman launched CareerScribe LLC, a local Web forum where users can "virtually" manage their
resumes.
Fitbrains.com offers games to keep your memory sharp
Vivity Labs has developed a Web
site called
Fit Brains (www.fitbrains.com), which features engaging games and activities that exercise the five key cognitive
areas of the brain: memory, language, concentration, executive functions, and visual and spatial skills.
AT&T’s U-verse generates complaints as cable rival is rolled out
A baby born of Indiana telecom reform is having some teething pains. AT&T’s U-verse, Ma Bell’s high-tech answer to
cable television’s troika of video/voice/Internet service, has generated several consumer complaints to
state regulators since it was rolled out here in earnest last year. The complaints range from long installation
times to frozen television pictures that require rebooting the system or calling a technician.
‘Instant gratification moments’ key to ChaCha’s biz strategy
Carmel-based ChaCha Search Inc. has been winning accolades and enough teen fans to rival Hannah Montana. But none of that makes it apparent how the company can make money giving free answers to random cell phone queries.
IU, state pushing regulators to halt sale of I-Light vendor
Indiana University and the state’s Office of Technology have sought an emergency order from regulators to halt a Colorado
company’s further assimilation of an Indianapolis fiber provider it bought Oct. 1.
TV stations offering video content on Web
Local stations have had video news content on their Web sites for a while now. But broadcasters are now devising plans to develop original content that essentially could allow a station to broadcast multiple channels through the Web.