Cash flow management for small businesses is without doubt critical.  In addition to managing cash flow, you also need to pay attention to sales and revenue. You have a lot on your plate, and it is inevitable that you need to keep costs in tight control. Even if you do, customers may not pay you on time, and then you might have insufficient funds to pay your suppliers. This is a very tricky situation that can be avoided if you manage your cash flow with certain strategies and if you manage your inventory with inventory management software.

A fantastic and fun way to ensure staff retention within your company is to spend some time focusing on team building activities. Get some great ideas here.

With all the focus dancing around Facebook’s  new updates and the public opening of Google +, other social media forums are getting lost in the shuffle. But just because they aren’t topping news headlines right now doesn’t mean that they aren’t releasing their own cool new features. A prime example of this? YouTube.

The iPad's ability to access hundreds of thousands of apps in Apple's app store is one of its key selling points. It also makes it exceedingly difficult to pick out which apps are priceless and which apps are not worth the price. In the world of business, there are apps to increase sales, facilitate better communication between employees, allow for creative freedom, and save large quantities of time.

Back in May we reported from the MTA Unconference regarding MTA Chief Jay Walder’s comments around when cell signals would be available in the subway underground. It looks like major progress has been made towards allowing you to make and receive calls and to play Zynga games on the subway.

As we all approach whatever it is that’s called Web 3.0, one thing is for sure and that’s the fact that everything is still changing at breakneck speed on the Internet. That includes the Web’s new favorite child in social media.

I'm sure you've noticed, but there's a major battle underway for the hearts and minds of what we, in this industry, broadly call "developers." Often the term is used quite strictly, to mean actual coders who build actual software-driven applications, services, or websites. Other times the term is more loosely applied, meaning "companies that build stuff" or "partners of platform X or service Y."

Not content with gaining your attention during lunch–or that boring presentation your boss is making–YouTube would like to take over your TV and your mobile phone. In a double whammy of deliciousness, YouTube has announced both a new mobile site and “Leanback.”

Welcome back from the long holiday weekend! Though seriously, this industry doesn’t slow down for a minute, does it? Seems everyone used their day off to get ahead on their blog writing or reading. (I’ll admit, I was guilty, too, with my guest post on Outspoken Media about green business practices that better your bottom line. Check it out if you get a chance, but don’t leave yet! I’m talking here!)

You may already be aware that The Associated Press (AP) has gone down a ludicrous path of insisting you owe them money, if you quote one of their stories. Now it appears the news organization has been caught indulging in some double-standards, by quoting from Woot’s announcement that it had been acquired by Amazon.com. In light of this, the good-humored folks over at Woot have decided to point out the hypocrisy to AP.