Business

i am in the sales profession. i am confident, persuasive, have knowledge about my product but sometime i feel i need tips for closing deals quickly. i need some tips for it. for example, i love to sell life insurance and medical insurance but at the last moment i am unable to close a deal.

I actually do consider it, both personally and professionally. I don't buy that "if you don't have anything to hide" argument, if you can even call it an argument. "Absurd position" would be my preferred description. Just because I have nothing to hide doesn't mean I want strangers rummaging through my undie drawer.

Google has made it known loud and clear that if you are one of the people "selected" to spend $1500 on Google Glass, you can't resell them, or apparently even loan them out, without risking having them bricked by Google.

I've never used Bitcoin before, but I've been hearing a lot about it recently. I have two questions. One, is it safe to use, or are there a lot of Bitcoin scams? Two, is there a good primer on exactly how the system works?

It's time for the NCAA basketball tournament, and every year there is a debate on what to do about it. We had a couple people arguing that we "have to" block all tournament content and videos.

So Andy Rubin is out as head of Android and Sundar Pichai, who was in charge of Chrome OS, is in. Does this suggest a tighter integration of Chrome OS and Android is in the works, or is it "just" a management shuffle?

I would like to know what's the difference by using TDA7000 and TDA7088 to build a FM radio receiver? 

Has there been any research that indicates the effectiveness of using different social media networks? I know Facebook is largest, for example, but is it more effective at reaching people than Twitter (for example)? Also, how do you measure the impact of social media on a business?

Recently the internet was a novelty for all. Now, the majority of us can hardly even imagine their lives without it. For today internet has become a powerful tool in attracting clients and promoting your business. Social networks have been used in marketing, but not only to share photo/video files and send massages.  

It's been a year since Steve Jobs turned the CEO position at Apple over to Tim Cook. What do you think about his first year in that position? Has he been up to the challenge? What has he done right/wrong?

I heard the news this morning that Microsoft was reporting a $492 million loss for the last quarter of 2011. As a child of the 80s-90s, this was a little jarring to hear. The terms Microsoft and loss just don't fit together in my mind. Is Microsoft facing real trouble as a company, or is this a short term thing?

Most of us probably remember the tech bubble of the 90s, when you could pretty much add .com to the end of any word and get start up capital thrown at you by the millions. I may be exaggerating, but not by much. Unfortunately, that "tech bubble" burst, and a lot of people lost a lot of money as a result.