The Super Bowl and the World Cup Names

Business

I know companies protect their trademarks and copyrights to build and develop their brands to make them more marketable and increase their value to advertisers. But… I don’t understand why the NFL says that people, radio stations, TV stations, etc. CANNOT say “Watch the Super Bowl” – instead, you have to say “Watch ‘The Big Game’.” I recently found out the same is true for FIFA’s “World Cup”. You can’t actually say “World Cup” when referring to their event. Doesn’t it just cause confusion among fans and followers? …

I Know Why Business Want To Go “Passwordless”

Business / Marketing / Technology

It’s painfully obvious why businesses want to go “passwordless” for their websites. And I’m not willing to accept the answer that it’s “less expensive”, or “easier for customers”, or “more efficient”. The real reason is because businesses want (more of) your personal information. There’s an argument to be made for SOME websites to send you txt messages to verify it’s you, but not many. And yes, as a software tester, I understand how easy it is for spammers/scammers to create profiles on websites using fake email accounts, which …

Business, Ideas, and MouseMingle

Business / People / Technology

For many years I’ve said that social platforms are for social networking, while LinkedIn is for business networking. And while I’ve preached that for a very long time, I haven’t always practiced it. I’ve relied on my personal network and phone calls. However wonderful my network is, they are either sick of me, have golden handcuffs, or just aren’t interested in business the way I am. Ben Franklin created the “Junto” when he was a printer (also called the leather apron club,) so that like-minded people could sit …

Google has Eaten Microsoft’s Lunch

Business / Microsoft / Software / Technology

I worked at Microsoft for many years in the mid-1990s and late 2000s. I was a Microsoft fanboy. I got especially good with the Microsoft Office suite, and could do just about anything faster than most anyone I knew. I had all the keyboard shortcuts down, was great with Microsoft Excel formulas, could format anything in Microsoft Word, and was a master with Outlook, Publisher, PowerPoint, and even did a lot with Access. Then, Microsoft completely messed up Office with their “ribbon” toolbars. They drastically changed – or …

AVOID Using Verizon Business

Business / Customer Service / Reviews

DO NOT USE Verizon Business! The current year is 2015. Websites and technology has been an integral part of business for at LEAST 20 years now. Yet this year, in setting up a Verizon Business SIP / VOIP line has been one of the most challenging, frustrating, and annoying processes I have dealt with in a long time. First – their “Resources” or “FAQs” are ALMOST useless. They refer to other processes, but don’t link to those processes. And when you search for those processes or words in …

Capital One Banking is Not To Be Trusted

Business / Customer Service

Capital One Bank says they have “delivered” four “bill pay” checks, but the people have never received the checks. When asked how they know the checks were delivered, they told me they had delivery tracking on the checks. However, they cannot, or refuse to give me the tracking numbers – which means, they are lying. Furthermore, another check, from 4 MONTHS ago, they say was never delivered – yet the bank kept the money and did NOT inform me that the check was ‘lost in the mail.’ How …

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