What do Hotmail, Yahoo, AOL, and Optimum Online have in common? They do not have email chat!!
Today, Google announced video and voice capabilities for the chat function that is embedded in Gmail, the first any only email service to adapt the service. Well, it's not Skype, and you don't have to pay to make calls. Unlike other email chat products, Gmail Video and Voice uses a proprietary plug-in, not Flash. It is a small 2 megabyte download which supports Firefox, IE, and Chrome on the PC, and Firefox on the Mac. If you are searching for other platforms, you have to wait.
On Monday, Expree Mail Giant DHL plans to layoff more than 8000 before the holiday season. Companies in the mail and air space having been affected greatly from the economic slow down. Many Ohio communities are affected by the layoffs. In May Deutsche Post reported to outsource air services with UPS. This plan would shut down DHL's hub in Wilmington and cut at least 8,000 jobs.
In addition to the layoff, Circuit City filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection early morning. Circuit City will become the largest retail to file for bankruptcy this year. This news comes in just as Circuit City plans to close off 155 stores and layoff 17 percent of its employees.
The happiest man on Election Day has to be Barack Obama. With 349 electoral votes, and three states still to be decided, he was determined to win, . His victory struck people around the world including Kenya, Africa, and Japan. After his win, he took the stage at Grant Park with a speech that touch millions around the world.
His speech focus on the topic of change. He also thank his supporters and individuals who helped him with the campaign. This event is also an historic one. Obama's victory has led him to become the first black president of the United States. Obama chance to change has come, however, with many challenges to encounter.
We all know choosing a topic for a website can be hard. Everyone wants to be unique or have their own thing to talk about. Well, that is if you know what you want to talk about.
You probably wished you were the one who created MySpace or FaceBook.
After all, it seems so simple, right? Pick out an idea and just expose it to Yahoo and Google, by the time you know it, you’ll be rich. Wait!
This concept may have worked for some people, but this isn’t going to work for everyone out there. Take a look!
Make Money?
You want to make money right? If your goal is to make money with your site then I always recommend the simple approach.
Making a site such as MySpace seems easy, but you know what, it does take the time to program and maintain the site. If you don’t have the time to do all that work, it's not a good idea for the average person.
Even if you are going to pay a programmer to create your site, it would cost you thousands of dollars. I don't think people realize the amount of resources that go into creating a site that offers user interaction and profiles.
Not to mention you'd probably need dedicated hosting space, which can cost you hundreds of dollars per month. You can forget the $10/month hosting plans.
Yes, these sites look cool on the surface but there are a lot of hidden headaches the average person does not see.
So what do I mean when I say "the simple approach?" I'm encouraging you to do what I've done for the past 10 years.
I don't own any fancy MySpace-like websites. I don't have a lot of Web programming skills. I just create sites on topics that interest me, draw in traffic and make money from affiliate programs like Google Adsense and other companies that sell products that relate to my topics.
Say you love to prepare desserts. You could create top-notch-cake-recipes.com where you offer all your favorite cake recipes. You'd create your site and then spend time learning about SEO (search engine optimization) so your pages get found in Google, Yahoo, etc.
Then you could make money from Google ads and refer other products that your audience may find interesting. For instance, you could join Target.com's free affiliate program and refer some of their cookware.
Target provides you with the links to put into your site and you would earn a commission on every sale your site makes. They send you a check at the end of the month! There are thousands of affiliate programs like this.
An affiliate site like this is much easier to create and maintain than some large, programming-intense MySpace-like website. If you really want to do the work, grab Dreamweaver and start building!
Or you can use a program like Site Build It!, which was created to help people make money from hobby or personal interest websites. Their entire focus is to help you earn an income no matter topic you choose.
Ms. Fantasia Barrino appeared at Jennifer Hudson's family memorial service. She brought the shining and emotional "crescendo" this Monday. Many other celebs were reported at the memorial service in Chicago including Oprah, Missy Elliot, Queen Latifah, and Clive Davis. Fantasia, who beat out Jennifer in season three of "Idol," sang "Your Grace and Mercy."
The now 21 year old Diana DeGarmo and the former American Idol princess who finished as the runner-up on the third season of the American Idol reality TV show.
From a report in the New York Newsday, she paid a visit to the Howard Stern Show on Monday and she got an offer from Kurt Angle.
An estimated of some 40,000 runners from around the world will be involved with the 39th annual New York City Marathon this Sunday.
The race will span 26.2 miles or 42.195 km, which starts at 9 a.m. local time on the Staten Island side of the Verrazano Bridge and finishes in Manhattan's Central Park. It will cover allthe five boroughs of the city.
Aside from the Boston Marathon and Chicago Marathon, New York City Marathon is among the pre-eminent long-distance annual running events in the United States and is one of the World Marathon Majors.
Local media said that a new feature this year is staggered start times, with groups of runners beginning at different times to ease congestion, but whoever has the best total time will be the winner.
The winners on the man's and women's side take home $130,000 in prize money.
The race is organized by New York Road Runners (NYRR) and has been run every year since 1970. It is held on the first Sunday of November and attracts professional competitors and amateurs from all over the world.
