5 Exclusive Business Ideas for 2012

I always come up with business ideas, but it would be impossible for me to start a new business every time I have an idea. These are some of the ideas I’ve had in the last few months. Feel free to take any one you like. And, if you start a business, please let me know; I’ll be your first customer.

Google Chrome Proves Himself???

Google's Chrome browser is gaining ground, while Mozilla's Firefox is flailing

Last week, it was reported that Google's rapidly rising Chrome browser had surpassed Firefox for the first time in popularity. According to research firm StatCounter Global Stats, Chrome accounted for 25.96 of the global browser usage in November, second to Internet Explorer. That's up from just 13.35 percent a year ago. Mozilla's Firefox had 25.23 percent of the market share in November, down from 31.17 last November and part of a slow but steady decline. That decline, along with uncertainty surrounding a key revenue-generating partnership Mozilla has with Google, has many asking if Firefox is doomed.

5 Best Practices for Educators on Facebook

Facebook’s roots may be planted in college campuses, but classrooms have not welcomed the social network as eagerly as their students have. Once a Harvard startup open only to college students, Facebook has been pegged as a waste of time, a classroom disruption and a bad habit that is correlated with low grades. Missouri even went so far as to ban Facebook and other social media relationships between teachers and students (the law was later repealed).  

But teachers such as Reynol Junco — who recently published a study that shows certain types of Facebook use are correlated with higher GPAs — are beginning to look at ways that they can use Facebook to their advantage.