VoIP Service for Business
Next to email, the telephone is one of the most important tools for business communications. The transition to digital computer technology has revolutionized nearly all aspects of business. Now the digital age has come to telephone communications as well. Businesses of all sizes can benefit from switching to an Internet Telephone service, known as VoIP […]
Better Business Broadband
Two common mistakes that businesses make when selecting a broadband Internet provider are; not planning for their future communication needs, and not shopping around to find the best technology, service and price to meet their needs. As a result, they sometimes choose the wrong provider. It is important to consider what your technology needs will […]
Florida women pay extra for health coverage, report says
Health insurance costs Florida women as much as 52 percent more than men — up to $1,141 more on average each year —because of a gender gap that has existed for decades, a report said Monday. And that doesn’t include the extra cost of maternity coverage. Florida is one of 39 states that allow insurers […]
Miami-Based Burger King Dethroned By Wendy’s
Miami-based Burger King has been dethroned as the country’s second biggest hamburger chain. Wendy’s edged out Burger King in U.S. sales volume for the first time since Wendy’s was founded in 1969, according to a report by the food industry research firm Technomic Inc. that’s set to be released next month. Wendy’s had sales of […]
South Florida inventors hoping to make it on the shelf
Three South Florida residents hope they have what it takes to get their inventions on the shelves at Walmart stores nationwide. They’ve each entered their own unique products in Walmart’s Get on the Shelf competition, which boasts more than 4,000 inventors across the country who are all vying for the top prize: a spot on […]
Mozilla loses Web technology guru Chris Blizzard
Chris Blizzard, a high-profile figure in the Firefox world, has left his job as Mozilla’s director of Web platform to join a startup. “I’m trying something new and starting in the next week or so I’m going to be joining a very small startup that’s based in Palo Alto,” Blizzard said in his announcement last […]
Florida Sets Records For Jobless Claims In 2010
The Great Recession has taken a large toll on the Florida workforce, even after the recession technically ended. According to new numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employers in Florida held 1,231 mass layoffs in 2010 that ended up with 88,776 workers filing for unemployment insurance. While the numbers for 2010 were high, it […]
South Florida iPad fans wait in line for the new release
South Florida residents set on being one of the first to get the new iPad released today didn’t let a little early morning rain stop them. Kevin Booker, from Hollywood, staked out his No. 2 spot in line at the Apple Store in the Galleria Mall around 9 p.m. Thursday night. That means he spent […]
RIAA chief: ISPs to start policing copyright by July 1
The country’s largest Internet service providers haven’t given up on the idea of becoming copyright cops. Last July, Comcast, Cablevision, Verizon, Time Warner Cable and other bandwidth providers announced that they had agreed to adopt policies designed to discourage customers from illegally downloading music, movies and software. Since then, the ISPs have been very quiet […]
Luxury watch boutiques expand in Miami’s Aventura Mall
When David Palermo stumbled upon the Breitling watch boutique in Aventura Mall, he couldn’t resist going inside to take a look. Admiring the $11,100 MontBrillant 47 Limited Edition he placed on his wrist, Palermo was definitely tempted. But he already owns four luxury watches and wasn’t quite ready to fork over the credit card for […]
Google’s Oracle court battle over Android set for April 16
After nearly two years of saber rattling, Google and Oracle will finally have their chance to battle it out in a federal court. U.S. District Court judge William Alsup ruled yesterday that both Oracle and Google would need to be ready to argue their cases in a San Francisco federal court on April 16. The […]
Cruise industry leaders talk safety in Miami
At a forum typically reserved for optimism, top cruise line executives on Tuesday spent a somber part of the morning discussing their dedication to safety and the fallout from January’s deadly shipwreck in Italy. The “State of the Industry” panel at this year’s Cruise Shipping Miami conference revealed an industry that is eager to emphasize […]
Sling Broadband Postpones Cooperative Venture with LightSquared
Sling Broadband has announced a postponement of a planned cooperative venture with the technology company LightSquared after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) halted licensing for LightSquared’s innovative satellite-enhanced broadband network due to possible broadcast spectrum interference with GPS devices. In 2005, after extensive discussions with the GPS Council, the company that became LightSquared obtained […]
Miller beer moving its Latin American HQ to Miami
One of the region’s largest brewers plans to move its Latin American headquarters out of Latin America and into South Florida. It’s looking like Miller Time on Brickell Avenue. The company behind Miller, Coors Light and Corona plans to move its Latin American headquarters out of Bogotá and into Miami, according to several people familiar […]
Fort Lauderdale cruise-ship simulation training center opens
A new simulation training center for cruise ship captains and officers opened Monday at the Resolve Maritime Academy in Fort Lauderdale. The 7,000-square-feet center at 1510 SE 17 St. cost $6.5 million to build and will offer safety and navigational programs specifically tailored to the needs of the world’s second largest cruise operator. “The intention […]
Affordable fares keep Fort Lauderdale a top Spring Break destination
Fort Lauderdale may no longer be the Spring Break mecca for college students it was in the 1980s, but the destination is still wooing travelers during the peak March-to-April travel season. Fort Lauderdale recently ranked No. 4 among the 10 most desired Spring Break destinations, behind Orlando, Las Vegas and New York, in a review […]
Miami Beach board game company expanding, adding new items
Inside a sunny, living room-like office near Miami Beach’s Lincoln Road, Eric Poses lays out his board game Loaded Questions and pulls out a card: “What would you do if you wanted to annoy someone?” Poses, the founder and president of the game company All Things Equal, happily explains how the game works — the […]
As web booms, so does demand for data centers
Almost overnight, Pinterest is racking up billions of page views. Instagram is touching the 27-million-member mark. Zynga wants to build its own platform. Everywhere you look, you see the web economy booming and growing like never before. And that boom is spurring demand for data centers like never before. A new survey by Campos Research […]
Bacardi Ltd names Edward Shirley as new CEO
Bacardi Limited on Friday named the former vice chairman of Procter & Gamble’s Global Beauty & Grooming division as the new president and chief executive of the global liquor business. Edward Shirley, 55, who retired from P&G last July, will start his job on Monday based at Bacardi headquarters in Bermuda. Shirley replaces Seamus McBride, […]
Employees protest Jackson Health layoffs
Miami-Dade County commissioners were met in front of Government Center on Tuesday morning by dozens of protesters wearing purple shirts emblazoned with “Save Jackson.” Nurses, doctors and patients urged the commission to hear them out in reaction to last week’s announcement that over 1,100 jobs would be cut to keep Jackson Memorial Hospital financially afloat. […]