Small retailer enables self checkout with iPhone app
AisleBuyer's mobile application lets retailers create shopping applications that can be used on iPhones or Android smartphones and tablets.
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Heather Clancy
Heather Clancy is an award-winning business journalist specializing in transformative technology and innovation
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The cloud's money-saving potential questioned [survey]
Approximately 45 percent of U.S. small businesses using the cloud reported that the cost reductions were non-existent but there were other operational benefits.
Servistree seeks to ease small-business cash flow challenges
Mobile payments and virtual checks are initial focus for two entrepreneurs who were looking for ways to help scale their own food-service operation.
Small law firm turns to IBM analytics when paper-based claims process can't keep up
The solution enables LaVan & Neidenberg handle a significant increased number of disability claims for veterans, while speeding the filing time by 66 percent.
Make the most of your mobile Web site
The FiddleFly service, delivered through Web design and marketing affiliates, helps small businesses optimize their Web sites for mobile visitors.
New antivirus software targets 'micro' businesses
Avira Endpoint Security offers 15-month coverage for three users starting at $148.65.
Message on the run? Data points to SMB mobile marketing uptick
More than 20 percent of small-business owners plan a 2012 increase in money for marketing aimed at mobile devices, compared with just 2 percent in 2009.
Site offers SMB market surveying options
Survey Builder is free if you want to run polls against your company's own list of responses; pricing varies for access to prescreened respondents.
Smartphone credit-card reader expands transaction options
NetSecure's Kudos payment kit retails for less than $100; transactions cost the merchant 2.7 percent plus 20 cents per transaction.
Telecommuting is popular, so why not 'teleshopping'?
Research firm comScore predicts e-commerce surge of 15 percent for the 2011 holiday season as consumers shun crowded malls in favor of convenience and potentially lower prices.