Microsoft Word is an excellent word processing program, the best there is even. Now that that is out of the way, the $109.99 à la carte price tag - or the lowest $139.99 price for the Microsoft Office Suite - is pricey if you are on a budget. That said, there are tons of freeware or open-source alternatives to Word. Some are good, and some are not so good. We went through every one we could find, and the five below stand out as the best offerings.
Technerds everywhere rejoice. Disney didn't just buy Star Wars to put Darth Vader, C3P0 and R2D2 in Disney Land. They said they were going to continue the epic saga and they are delivering. Disney officially announced today that shooting for Star Wars Episode VII will begin in the spring of 2014 at Pinewood Studios and [...]
MeCam is a new wearable camera that allows you to record life from your point of view, virtually without thinking about it. The cameras are a little bigger than buttons and take 720p HD quality video and shoot 5.0 megapixel still pictures. MeCam allows you to shoot brilliant beautiful video of things going on around [...]
Starting today, every Friday we will be taking a quick look at the week that was in venture funding. Enjoy!
According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), total Halloween consumer spending is projected to be more that $7B this year. However, not only is the $7B impact of Halloween the lowest of the holidays, but it is the lowest by a large margin, and is all but dwarfed by the more that $602B projection for Christmas and Hanukkah this year.
Business travelers everywhere just breathed a sigh of relief. I mean we all know that closing your iPad case without turning it off or putting your smartphone on silent isn't going to cause some catastrophic accident on a plane but now the Federal Aviation Administration has concurred according to the Washington Post. Airline passengers can [...]
Petcube is a unique new device that will have pet owners everywhere clamoring when it hits the market next year. The hardware is a cube that incorporates a microphone, speakers and a small laser beam all tied to a mobile app. As you can probably tell from the name, the cube is meant to be [...]
When talking about raising capital investors seem to speak from two different sides. Some say always take the money, others say don't take the money if you don't need it. That was the situation Charleston SC software company PeopleMatter's CEO Nate DaPore was faced with when the opportunity came to raise their 5th round, or [...]
Supply and demand is a pretty simple principle going back to the earliest days of business. The smartphone and mobile device have made it even easier to solve the supply and demand issue. In fact supply and demand has seen two evolutions one at web 1.0 and now at the mobile revolution. Priceline.com, Hotels.com and [...]
Global Entrepreneurship Week, the national week long celebration of entrepreneurs and startups is now less than a month away and with that the Kauffman Foundation announced on Wednesday the finalists for their big event called "Get In The Ring The American Startup Clash". While they are backing a number of events, both in their hometown [...]
