While every major cell phone company wants to be able to sell the iPhone due to its amazing popularity, it may not always be the best option for some companies.

Sprint, which recently started selling the iPhone on its network, reported its largest quarterly loss in three years last quarter.

This is attributed by many to be because of the subsidizing of the cost of the phone to new customers.

That is, of course, in addition to the $15.5 Billion dollar commitment to Apple to buy phones over the next four years.

The news is not all bad for sprint though, they signed up 161,000 new customers which they hope will help them return to profitability in the coming years.

Read more about the situation here.

List Of 12 Greenest Cars of 2012 Released

The top 12 “green cars” of 2012 has been released by the American Council for and Energy Efficient Economy.

Most of these cars are relying not only on their small size but also the rapidly advancing technological improvements of both the batteries and many other advancements.

Whether they are hybrids, pure electric cars or even running on natural gas – these 12 cars promise to give great insight into the future of green transportation.

One surprise is that the Chevy Volt is not anywhere on the list despite its popularity and virtually zero emissions.

More information, including the full list, can be found here.

VeriSign filed reports to the SEC yesterday which included information about the company getting hacked several times in 2010 where the hackers were able to get information about several large companies.

VeriSign is the company that is responsible for sending all traffic to the right places for .com and .net web addresses.

Many people are concerned about the fact that it took over a year to report these breaches and that they were not immediately reported to the affected companies.

Fortunately the DNS servers were not breached, which could have resulted in significantly more data being stolen.

Does this situation make you fearful in regards to internet security? Do you feel helpless? What do you believe companies like VeriSign need to be doing in order to protect against future security problems and weaknesses?

Privacy & Phones Scare Facebook

Since Facebook recently filed for their IPO – a lot of reports and paperwork have gone public about the company.

In high interest, is what high level Facebook management fears about the future of the company.

Some were not surprising at all – such as how to balance privacy with ease of use for the users.

Some concerns were not as well known such as the fear that if users stop using PCs (or MACs) as their primary internet browsing and switch to phones and tablets it will be harder to profit from the advertising.

There is no shortage of information on this company being released in the last few days and more details can be found here.

Can you “get rich quick” from building mobile apps?

A new instructional report was released from Mashable which shows some concerns new app designers have going forward.

With the explosion of new apps for the apple or android devices, a huge new industry has been built but it is not the get rich quick scheme many hoped it would be.

Learn about potential problems and pitfalls with mobile app design here.

If you know me well, you know that sled dogs are one of my passions.

Having been involved with the sport of dog sledding since I was a young boy, I have a fond love for the sport.

I have three huskies. Kia, Keeva & Cabo.

We also have a chihuahua named Chiquita. She’s the official ”Hollingsworth Huskies” kennel mascot. During the winter months you’ll often find my brothers and I training the dogs and enjoying the cold of the Sierra Nevada mountains.

For the sled dog community, I thought I’d publish a list of currently available domain names revolving around the topic.

There’s a gold mine of available domains below if you wanted to start a sled dog blog or racing kennel website. 

• emushingblog.com
• sleddogssite.net
• esleddogs.com
• mysleddogblog.com
• sleddoginfo.com
• mysleddogs.net
• mysleddoginfo.com
• emushingspot.com
• mysleddogtips.net
• sleddognews.com
• thedogsledding.net
• mysleddogspot.net
• thesleddog.com
• sleddogsinfo.com
• esleddogspot.net
• esleddogsite.com
• sleddogsnews.net
• emushing.org
• mymushingsite.net
• esleddogsspot.com
• mushinginfo.org
• mushingsite.org
• mushingspot.com
• esleddog.org
• sleddogssite.org
• mushingnews.org
• sleddogsspot.net
• sleddogsnews.org
• mydogsledding.org
• esleddogsblog.net
• sleddogsite.net
• mymushingtips.net
• mushingblog.org
• esleddognews.org
• emushinginfo.org
• mushingtips.org
• mysleddogs.org
• esleddogblog.org
• esleddogsspot.org
• mysleddogsite.org
• mydogsledding.net
• emushing.net
• esleddogblog.com
• mymushingspot.org
• esleddogsnews.org
• mushingspot.org
• mymushing.org
• thesleddog.org
• esleddog.net
• themushing.org
• emushingnews.org
• mysleddognews.org
• emushingsite.net
• mysleddogsblog.org
• mymushingspot.com
• mymushingsite.org
• mushingsite.com
• sleddogspot.org
• sleddogsspot.org
• thesleddogs.net
• mysleddogsspot.org
• esleddogsinfo.org
• mysleddogtips.com
• esleddogsblog.org
• mymushingblog.org
• sleddoginfo.net
• sleddogstips.org
• sleddogsinfo.org
• sleddoginfo.org
• edogsledding.org
• emushingspot.org
• emushingtips.net
• emushingsite.com
• emushing.com
• emushingspot.net
• esleddogspot.org
• sleddogstips.com
• sleddogsspot.com
• mysleddogsinfo.com
• mymushingnews.net
• mushingblog.net
• sleddogtips.com
• thesleddog.net
• emushingnews.com
• esleddognews.com
• mushingblog.com
• emushinginfo.com
• edogsledding.com
• mymushingblog.com
• mushingtips.net
• mysleddogssite.com
• esleddogstips.com
• sleddogsblog.com
• mysleddoginfo.net
• mushingnews.com
• mysleddogsnews.com
• sleddogsite.com
• esleddogsblog.com
• themushing.net
• esleddog.com
• emushingblog.net
• esleddogssite.com
• mysleddogsinfo.org
• mysleddogspot.com
• mushinginfo.net
• mymushinginfo.net
• mysleddogsblog.com
• mysleddogsnews.org
• themushing.com
• esleddogs.net
• mushingsite.net
• emushingnews.net
• mysleddogsite.net
• sleddogsblog.net
• esleddogsnews.com
• esleddogblog.net
• mymushingblog.net
• esleddogsinfo.net
• mushingnews.net
• mysleddogs.com
• mymushingspot.net
• mushinginfo.com
• sleddogssite.com
• mydogsledding.com
• emushingtips.com
• esleddogstips.net
• mymushing.com
• thedogsledding.com
• esleddoginfo.com
• esleddogspot.com
• esleddogsspot.net
• mymushingsite.com
• esleddogtips.net
• mushingtips.com
• sleddogspot.com
• mysleddog.com
• mysleddogblog.net
• mysleddogsspot.com
• mysleddognews.com
• sleddogsinfo.net
• esleddogsite.net
• edogsledding.net
• mymushingtips.com
• esleddogssite.net
• mushingspot.net
• sleddogspot.net
• sleddognews.net
• mysleddog.net
• sleddogstips.net
• esleddogtips.com
• esleddognews.net
• thesleddogblog.com
• mysleddog.org
• thesleddogs.org
• sleddogsite.org
• esleddogsite.org
• esleddogtips.org
• sleddognews.org
• esleddoginfo.org
• esleddogstips.org
• emushingblog.org
• mymushingnews.org
• emushingsite.org
• thedogsledding.org
• mysleddogblog.org
• mymushinginfo.org
• esleddogs.org
• mymushingtips.org
• mysleddogtips.org
• mysleddoginfo.org
• mysleddogspot.org
• sleddogsblog.org
• emushingtips.org
• sleddogsnews.com
• esleddogssite.org
• mysleddogstips.com
• themushingspot.com
• mysleddogsnews.net
• esleddogsinfo.com
• mysleddogsinfo.net
• sleddogtips.net
• mysleddognews.net
• mymushinginfo.com
• esleddogsnews.net
• emushinginfo.net
• mysleddogsite.com
• mysleddogstips.net
• mysleddogstips.org
• thesleddogspot.com
• mymushing.net
• esleddoginfo.net
• mymushingnews.com
• mysleddogsblog.net
• mysleddogsspot.net
• sleddogtips.org
• mysleddogssite.net
• mysleddogssite.org
• themushingsite.com
• themushinginfo.com
• thesleddogsite.com

The above sled dog domains were available as of January 3rd, 2012.

Lee Downen is a blogger, tech investor, and espresso fanatic. He’s passionate about helping people create muses, which are low-time commitment, high-yield businesses, so they can design and live the life they want.

On occasion, people ask me how much time I spend on the blog and its social media. The answer: about four hours a week on average.

Then they respond, “That’s crazy! I spend 15-20 hours/week on my [xyz] site.”

How do I do it? I define and use technology in a way that allows for maximum productivity.

“Technology is any device that allows me to complete a task in the fastest, easiest, or most efficient way. Regardless of cool buttons and features, if it doesn’t fall under one of those three categories, I don’t use it.”

1. Schedule times to post and times to read

This goes for blogs, Twitter, Facebook, etc. Good writing is the result of discipline, and not of spontaneous ideas. This principle is not solely for bloggers; it goes for anybody that does PR for their site.

Figure out when your peak writing times are, and then plan to write during those periods. The cardinal mistake is trying to write your post and read others’. Don’t do it! You peruse a few quick links like “World’s smallest pony (pic)”, and before you know it, 30 minutes passed and you forgot what you were going to post.

2. Monitor your online usuage

The bigger your site grows, the easier it becomes to be sucked into pointlessly checking how many followers, likes, or emails you have. Once again, have allotted time for all of these tasks.

To keep yourself honest (and productive), tools like RescueTime are great at telling you just how much time you actually spend on specific websites.

3. Ask yourself, “Is it the best way?”

Digital technology is great when properly used. How else can you let thousands of people know what you ate for breakfast, or set up a page where people can donate to classrooms that have kids who are struggling to read?

But, on the other hand, some people use technology for tasks that could easily be done without it. Take mind mapping for example. The software out there is great, but honestly I can draw a mind map with a pen and paper in two minutes.

So when you’ve spent 20 minutes trying to set up or configure a piece of technology/software, just ask yourself, “Is this the best way?”

Here’s a super-short clip of me talking about how I use technology.

Odds and Ends

Most of the gadgets we filmed were edited out or just a blur in a camera pan, so here are a few of the goodies that I showed at home:

• HTC Desire
• 13″ MacBook Pro (I don’t use a desktop at home because you can’t “close” a desktop screen for closure and work-life separation)
• Square card reader
• TI-84 Plus Silver Edition Graphing Calculator for business and calculus class
• RescueTime for managing online usuage
• Xbox 360 for Netflix, ESPN U, and of course, Call of Duty.

WebGuru India has been a pioneer in the field of website design and flash design services since 2005. We have written and published numerous articles on logo design, graphic design, web development and SEO and internet marketing.

There was a time when the website designers made websites keeping in mind compatibility with Internet Explorer- the web browser that comes bundled with Microsoft Windows. They did not have much choice for website designing either. IE became the dominant browser in the late 1990s and dominated the market for a few more years owing to Microsoft’s aggressive promotion and marketing strategies. The rival browsers were not strong enough to take on IE and they did not enjoy the backing of a software behemoth either.

However, things changed drastically after 2005-06. Firefox emerged on the horizon and in 2008 Google Chrome made a powerful entry in web browser segment. The sheer speed and functionality of these browsers gave Microsoft enough reason to worry and its developers went back to the drawing board to revamp IE.

The Birth of IE7 & IE9

The result, IE7, was an improvement on the sluggish and buggy IE6 by a margin but it was still not good enough to thwart the march of the rivals. IE 8, its successor was another big improvement but its market share did not grow phenomenally either. With a large section of users switching loyalty to Google and Mozilla candidates, Microsoft realized the need for an overhaul in browser development. The result was IE 9 which was touted as the next best thing by the company in web development and browsing.

The web developers have agreed that IE9 is a much faster and feature rich browser but they have doubts on its ability to cater to the need of modern website design. This is because the web design industry has been going through significant turmoil and changes in recent times. Several new standards have been embraced by the web designers that are not fully compatible with IE9.

Microsoft boasted of the hardware acceleration capacity of IE9 before its release which takes advantage of the GPU in a PC to display complex graphics and web animations. This can help the online gamers for sure but for business websites this feature remains a glorified calculator.

IE9 Doesn’t Support Windows XP

The number of users sticking to the 10 year old OS, Windows XP is not insignificant! After the failure of Windows Vista a lot of Windows users decided to stick with the old OS and many of them are unlikely to upgrade in near future. Sadly, in its attempt to make IE9 future ready, Microsoft dropped support for XP. Therefore, making a website compatible with IE 9 is equivalent to largely ignoring the people who use Windows XP. In fact, the number of Windows XP users worldwide is more than the Vista and Win 7 users combined. This is what a website design company should consider while making websites that leverage exclusive features in IE9.

The major caveat of IE9 is undoubtedly its lackluster support for CSS3. A web design company that makes use of CSS3 for dynamic website development will find several compatibility issues with IE9. This is where the rival browsers have left IE9 behind by a large margin.

In conclusion.

Despite the brouhaha made by Microsoft about IE9 being a ‘modern’ browser, it falls short on several counts from a web designer’s perspective.

The CSS 3 incompatibility issues may thwart its success as a web development platform.