As figures for the lobbying spend of Q2 of 2010 were released, all eyes were on Google. With a total of $1.34 million over the past three months, it's definitely an increase, as Consumer Watchdog will tell you. However, it's worth ...READ»
As Google grows in size, so does its political influence. And, while this may not overly worry most people, there is one man who is keeping a close watch on the search engine firm. He is Consumer Watchdog's John Simpson, and one gets ...READ»
Today's top gamekeeper-turned-poacher news is that former FTC chair Timothy J. Muris is to join Facebook as a lobbyist in Washington. Muris, who served between 2000 and 2004, is a bit of a consumer hero, seeing as he set up the ...READ»
Ah, Time Warner Cable--friendly supplier of your choice of cable TV and broadband internet. Or, as residents in Wilson, North Carolina are finding out, not friendly at all: TWC is trying to close their community-based, cheap, and ...READ»
Much has been written lately of President Obama’s desire to hold onto his blackberry. A battle which resulted in him losing the “old-fashioned” device we mere mortals are stuck with and acquiring the super stealthy NSA ...READ»
Everyone is all a buzz about the Federal Stimulus package. Will it save the economy? Will it save my project? Will it save my job? The simple fact is nobody knows for certain. We do know a lot of the broad ideas. We are ...READ»
Recently the book “The Secret” was released. Now in full disclosure I have not read it. My understanding is that it purports to give you the secret to being happier and wiser. I can’t speak to the accuracy of the book, ...READ»
I have come to realize that having Jim Cantore of The Weather Channel broadcasting from your hometown is not necessarily a good thing. If you live in Florida and it’s during hurricane season, it’s a really bad thing. I live ...READ»
It’s the election season and we are inundated with headlines on the players, policies, perceptions, peccadilloes and politics. For my clients who sell to the public sector we have a recurring conversation that is focused on ...READ»
Many times we have left a meeting and discovered everyone on the team interpreted the meeting differently. It’s as if we all went to a different meeting. Communicating and understanding effectively is difficult in the best ...READ»
