Narcissists Tend to Become Leaders

69% of US adults still use e-mail for sharing information

Sept 14, 2008

US adults still depend on personal email as a main source of receiving shared content: 69% still rely on email to share content and information, Forrester Research reports. Personal emails made up 56% of shared content received; however, more than 50% of youth use instant messaging, videos from YouTube, and wikis to share content, while notes on social networks and text messages on cell phones equates respectively to 30% and 41% for how this demographic receives information.

Going Solo in the USA

Last year, the New York Times published the results of its census analysis stating that 51% of U.S. women live without a spouse. However, Sperling's BestPlaces discovered this might not be the whole story.

"The Times came to some insightful conclusions with their analysis," said Bert Sperling, lead researcher for Sperling's BestPlaces. "We made some different assumptions to more closely reflect our national lifestyle where fifteen year-old girls aren't commonly expected to get married."

Musicians use both sides of their brains more frequently than average people

Nerds rejoice: Braininess boosts likelihood of sex

Lonely men ought to flaunt their copies of New Scientist. Women looking for both one-night stands and long-term relationships go for geniuses over dumb jocks, according to a new study of hundreds of university students.

"Women want the best of both worlds. Not only a physically attractive man, but somebody in the long term who can provide for them," says Mark Prokosch, an evolutionary psychologist at Elon University in North Carolina, who led the study.

Calgary entrepreneur liberates desktops

"One Computer, One Child" is the rallying cry for a generation of technology education observers.

But a Calgary entrepreneur would love to see a slight change in that slogan: "One Computer, 10 Workstations, 10 Children."

Tim Griffin, 36, is the very tall, very young-looking and very serious president of Userful Corp., a nine-year-old private technology company on the verge of a 10-fold increase in activity thanks to pending sales from far-flung corners of the world.  The Kingston, Ont., native, who first came West to earn his master's degree in industrial design at the University of Calgary, started his company in 1999 to "pay some bills" as a web page designer but, like many entrepreneurs before him, was inspired by frustration to invent the computer-multiplying product that took over the company.

Blogger Cashes Out for $15 Million

October 2, 2008

In the midst of economic doom and gloom, exits can still exist. PaidContent and ProBlogger are both reporting on a story of a blog exit that’s nothing short of jaw-dropping. Financial services blog Bankaholic has been purchased by financial information portal BankRate for a stunning $14.9 million. Bankaholic is a one man shop, operated by John Wu, who is supposed to stay online with the blog after the transition.

BankRate has made a number of acquisitions recently, according to PaidContent: