Work at Home Business Ideas

eMarketer:
When it comes to money, the perception of the starving college student applies less and less.
According to findings in the “American Freshmen: Forty-Year Trends 1966–2006″ report from the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA’s Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, entering freshmen in 2005 “came from households with a parental median income of $74,000, […]

I’m going to post here soon with an array of cupcakes from the wonderful Clare’s Cupcakes. They’ve been rocking Flickr with simply gorgeous photos that beg to be drooled over (they also have an adorable baby and other great pics, but their cupcake ones continue to astound me). So a proper Clare’s Cupcakes post TK; […]

From Montreal’s Clever Cupcakes
Original post by Rachel and software by Elliott Back

Chocolate cupcakes rolled in ganache and chocolate graham crumbs. Topped with raspberry cream cheese icing. From Flickr user TinyTemptations
Original post by Rachel and software by Elliott Back

The Chronicle-Telegram:
During a fall fishing trip with a friend in the Florida Keys, Jeff Murray noticed that the expensive LCD gauges on his friend’s boat were faded and yellowed by the sun.
The expensive instruments also became so foggy when exposed to the heat from direct sunlight that they were impossible to read. While attempting to […]

ReadWriteWeb:
As the current trend of hybrid web/desktop apps continues, expect to see RIA (rich internet apps) continue to increase in use and functionality.
Adobe’s AIR platform (Adobe Integrated Runtime) is one of the leaders, along with Microsoft with its Windows Presentation Foundation. Also in the mix is Laszlo with its open source OpenLaszlo platform and there […]

Global Insight:
As part of the study process, Global Insight reviewed a wide range of previous studies that indicated that the efficiencies that Wal-Mart has fostered in the retail sector have led to lower prices for the U.S. consumer. These results were supported by statistical analysis which found that the expansion of Wal-Mart over the 1985 […]

Springwise:
At Bird, music and technology come together.
The San Francisco-based school of music encourages students to use the latest technology to enhance their musical creativity. Providing instrumental instruction and band supervision to children and teens, Bird goes beyond traditional lessons.
“Working with the latest digital audio workstations, all experience levels have the ability to archive their songs, […]

Wired:
The search for a unique corporate name and identity may be backfiring in the Silicon Valley.
Wakoopa, Frengo, Squidoo or Meebo all might be acceptable if they were exceptions to the rule.
But when every startup in the Valley begins opting for whimsy (and a non-stop barrage of vowels) for their handles instead of, well, making sense, […]

image via Flickr user ljc@flickr
As reported by Eater (via Gawker), New York’s famed Magnolia Bakery will be opening a store on the Upper West Side:
As confirmed to Eater late last night by Magnolia owner Steve Abrams, Magnolia UWS will open in the space that was Lenge between Thanksgiving and Christmas. “I live on the Upper […]