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April 02, 2007 | Comments: (0)

SMB Tech News Today; 4/2

TAGS: Payment processing, Payment processing, SMB Tech & The Law, Today in SMB Tech

* April Fools jokes from Google. Something about a free print-and-deliver service for GMail and a hi-speed Internet service being offered through your toilet, called Dark Porcelain. Hee hee. Ha ha. Couple more hee-hee's from Phonescoop (Samsung's switchblade phone) and ThinkGeek (the WiiHelm) (Source: San Jose Mercury News)

* Game not over for US Internet gambling. Congress may have passed its anti-Internet gambling law within the US, but the results haven't been as expected. Not only has this spawned an off-shore Web gambling boom, now the World Trade Organization has declared Congress' action illegal. Web gambling may be coming back to the US after all. (Source: BetaNews)

* PayPal wooing SMBs with new services. This is an April 1 story, so I'm hoping it's not a hoax, but if it is it's a pretty boring one. If it's not, then it's a good way for smaller businesses to manage payment processing with their own branding on the front and PayPal's processing services on the back. (Source: PC World)

* Could be an H1-B visa rush today. Today's the day that the US government begins accepting H1-B visa applications. Given the immigration boom, analysts are expecting a glut of applications. Get in line early. (Source: ComputerWorld)

Posted by Oliver Rist on April 2, 2007 06:47 AM

April 02, 2007 | Comments: (0)

SMB Tech News Today; 4/2

TAGS: Payment processing, Payment processing, SMB Tech & The Law, Today in SMB Tech

* April Fools jokes from Google. Something about a free print-and-deliver service for GMail and a hi-speed Internet service being offered through your toilet, called Dark Porcelain. Hee hee. Ha ha. Couple more hee-hee's from Phonescoop (Samsung's switchblade phone) and ThinkGeek (the WiiHelm) (Source: San Jose Mercury News)

* Game not over for US Internet gambling. Congress may have passed its anti-Internet gambling law within the US, but the results haven't been as expected. Not only has this spawned an off-shore Web gambling boom, now the World Trade Organization has declared Congress' action illegal. Web gambling may be coming back to the US after all. (Source: BetaNews)

* PayPal wooing SMBs with new services. This is an April 1 story, so I'm hoping it's not a hoax, but if it is it's a pretty boring one. If it's not, then it's a good way for smaller businesses to manage payment processing with their own branding on the front and PayPal's processing services on the back. (Source: PC World)

* Could be an H1-B visa rush today. Today's the day that the US government begins accepting H1-B visa applications. Given the immigration boom, analysts are expecting a glut of applications. Get in line early. (Source: ComputerWorld)

Posted by Oliver Rist on April 2, 2007 06:47 AM