Are Facebook Users More Trusting?

New research from Pew shows that people who use social networking sites are more likely to make connections with others. Do you buy it?

How Small and Midsize Businesses Are Key to Growing the Economy

It's easy to get caught up in the exciting new ideas behind start-ups, and big businesses attract attention because their size makes their impact impossible to ignore. But it might surprise you to know that the businesses that fall between those two categories—especially younger companies who are transitioning from start-up to major enterprise—play a key role in the economy.

Data on small-and-medium size businesses show that they drive economic growth and job expansion as they grow, and as they challenge larger competitors, they rely on innovation and technology to gain an advantage. Understanding the challenges that these firms face will be important rebuilding our economy after three years of recession and high unemployment.

We'll be looking within this universe to find the finalists for our new business index, the GOOD Company Project, based on the criteria for creativity, innovation and sustainability that we'll develop here at over the next few months. Stay tuned.

Tracking iPad Price

Here is a great info-graphic based around the iPad sales rush since the iPad 2 came out.

Consumers comparison shopping for many things – but not their mortgage

Consumers may like to find the best deals out there, but they don’t always approach their mortgages with the same zeal. In fact, people are more diligent about shopping around for a home computer than for a home loan quote, according to a new LendingTree survey conducted online by Harris Interactive. The survey, released today, found that consumers research an average of 3.1 computer models, compared to an average of 2.4 loan quotes. Amazingly, 39 percent of those who said they were at least “somewhat involved” with shopping for their mortgage said they received only one loan quote. Other interesting facts: 10 percent of people said they spent the same amount of time mortgage shopping as brushing their teeth, and 11 percent likened mortgage shopping to the amount of time it takes to walk a dog.

Angry Birds Compared to Your Sex Life

I am sure most of you have played Angry birds, the most famous games on any mobile operating system, Be it Android, iPhone or even your new HP TouchPad. If you haven’t tried it you can now play it on Google+ Games or your chrome browser.

Incase you don’t know, here is a brief description of the game from wikipedia, “In the game, players use a slingshot to launch birds at pigs stationed on or within various structures, with the intent of destroying all the pigs on the playfield. As players advance through the game, new birds appear, some with special abilities that can be activated by the player. Rovio Mobile has supported Angry Birds with numerous free updates that add additional game content, and the company has even released stand-alone holiday and promotional versions of the game.”
Now just for a minute forget about playing the game and think how each bird is compared with your sex life. Folks at C-Section Comics has done exactly that. They have compared each bird starting from Boomerang bird to Mighty eagle with your sex life. According to the Infographic, Boomerang bird is like your first time sex and white bird is old age.
Checkout the Infographic below for more birds, but remember next time when having sex with your partner don’t think about these Angry birds.