Online Career Sites Remain Popular

The Internet plays a key role in many peoples lives. It can entertain and educate. It has also changed the landscape for both job seekers and employers. In October of this year there were 2.5 million new postings for available positions on job search sites or in online newspapers according to the Conference Board. The number marks a 28 percent increase from a year ago.

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Cyber Monday Spending Shows Increase

ComScore reports that online retail spending on Cyber Monday shows a 25% increase from 2005. In total, it is estimated that consumers spent nearly $608 million in retail purchases for the year's most celebrated online shopping holiday.

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The Office 2.0: Trading Cubicles For Smarter Collaboration

The first time I learned of the word c-o-l-l-a-b-o-r-a-t-i-o-n, was probably around...uh...I don't know, maybe around the age of eight. My teacher had a tough time explaining its concept to me during a science project, "Kevin, collaboration is not making your partner do all the work while you tie his shoelaces to the chair!

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Google Answers Crashes Out

Even though few of Google's services beyond search have caught on with the public like its omnipresent search engine, the company rarely kills off those projects; that made the announcement that Google Answers would be shutdown mildly surprising.

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