G20 leaders will discuss raising taxes for big tech firms next week

For years, European countries have been grappling with how to get big tech firms to pay more taxes. They've proposed interim taxes on revenues, suggested global minimum taxes and slapped companies with hefty fines. We may be getting closer to a solut...

5 Reasons to Start Loving Windows 8.1


You don’t have to look far to find reports that Windows 8 (and the updated Windows 8.1) is an unmitigated failure. A quick search turns up stories detailing why Windows 8 has failed, why Windows 8...

The App That Zaps Sales Reps, SuperSolver Takes Cues From Apple’s Sales Playbook


David Montoya didn’t like being a lawyer and hated being a CPA. In rapid succession, the MBA with a law degree cycled through a white shoe law firm and a Big Four accounting firm before finally...

Healthcare.gov website overhaul to be taken over by Accenture


The flaws with the US government website Helathcare.gov have been many and have prevented the website from signing up the number of users for health insurance that were hoped for. The website is...
    






In 2014, Accomplish More By Doing Less


Instead of bullying yourself into adopting new practices that are designed to overhaul your life for the better in 2014, consider finding the path to success by simply doing less. The arctic blast of...
    






Does Playstation Now Signal The End Of Consoles?


It’s time to revisit an old saw. Hello, saw. How are you? It’s been a little while! Months, at least. Still predicting the end of the traditional console industry due to cloud-based game streaming...
    






Calling America’s New Digital Policy Pioneers


Next week, as part of the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, I’ll be speaking on a panel discussing the future of Internet-based telephony, or what is referred to in Washington as the “IP...
    






A Danger Lurks In The Righteous War Against Patent Trolls


Judging from events that have already occurred, and others that soon will occur, righteous forces are gathered against patent trolls as never before. It is an impassioned pursuit of a coherent legal...