Better Economic Days Ahead

By Tessa Leone

If Google's profits are any representation of our economy then we truly may be out of the recession. Google's quarterly revenue displays a strong increase in profit. It is 7% higher than last years, a number that exceeded expectations.

The revenue from the adds placed on Google also increased in the last Fiscal year.

"While there's obviously a lot of uncertainty about the pace of the economic recovery, we believe the worst of the recession is behind us", said Eric Shmidt, a Google CEO.

The growth in profit may have been related to the decrease in employee headcount but Google advertisers also reported a signifigant increase in overall numbers from last year.

If Google is improving I wonder what businesses will follow suit.

Photo Credited to Google

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New Age Musicians

By Tessa Leone

The latest musical instrument to hit the market...your i Phone? A new application called ZOOZbeat allows you to make music from your phone and upload it to the web. Quick flicks of the wrist create higher notes and gentler slower movements produce low tones. You can select multiple instruments and rhythms from the program to create a totally unique sound thats all your own.

" You don't have to know anything. You go in there and click on it and you're playing guitar chords", said John Sheridan, a ZOOZbeat musisian from Florida.

A recent update to the program also allows users to 'toss' beats from phone to phone and share songs.

The application can be downloaded from Apple and costs a $3. It is revolutionary design also allows actual musicians to download keyboards and scales right to their phone. What will Apple think of next?

Photo Credit to CNN

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Times Co. Will Hold On to Boston Globe

By Laura Reid

After months of trying to find a buyer for the Boston Globe, The New York Times has decided to not sell the newspaper.

The decision to sell The Globe came because of poor profits being produced. But The Globe saw better results recently which prompted The New York Times, which has owned the New England newspaper since 1992, to decide to keep it, although talks about selling The Telegram & Gazette.

While I think this is a good, short-term decision, the newspaper in the long-run is not going to last, not even The New York Times newspaper will survive the world of technology. But I think this will at least keep jobs for a little while, which is one of the reasons The Times decided not to sell as well; they didn't want more jobs lost.

(Photo Credit: Joe Schlabotnik)

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