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The decade just passed has been a boon for technology. We can now connect, talk, email or send messages from the palm of our hand. But not all the dot com ventures have succeeded. And it may have had nothing to do with their business methods.

The Oakland, California based company Catchword is a leading bi-coastal naming company that has done its share of christening newborn companies. It just released a list of the ten dot com naming trends it observed over the past decade. Catchword also compiled examples of the best and worst names per trend. Catchword partner Laurel Sutton says in some cases it was hard to choose just one worst.  read more »

We have blasted into the 21st century. We can plan our day with a cell phone and connect to people on the other side of the world. But as ideas continue to evolve you must wonder what the next big idea will be.

From Microsoft to Apple to Facebook the world of computers evolves through the mind of the technologically savvy. Reuters has compiled a list of seven up and coming entrepeneurs to watch. First up is 19 year old Catherine Cook whose company, My Yearbook allows people to build and update their own digital yearbooks. Today the company has more than 9.8 million users and last year brought in over ten million dollars in sales.  read more »