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I've always been amused by the buzz following any story regarding Steve Jobs or any product from Apple.

Harsh critics and die-hard fans of Apple never fail to provide humorous amounts of sensational comments. That's why I love this video from the Onion, on the new Macbook. "Wheel."

The keyboard is replaced by a giant version of the touch-sensitive wheel featured on iPods, and Mac enthusiasts rave about the "simplicity" of Apple's latest product. During a mock interview, Brian Gilman, a fictional "Senior Product Innovator" for Apple said:

At Apple our philosophy is create products that are simple to use, and nothing is more simple than a single giant button..Everything is just a few-hundred clicks away. We like to think we're giving customers features that they don't even realize they want yet.

My favorite "feature" on the Macbook Wheel was the "Predictive Sentence Technology" which completes the sentence for you. As an iPhone user, I've learned just how often auto-complete feature is more of an inconvenience than a perk. (Yet I can't convince myself to deactivate it.)

45% of Small Businesses Expect Obama to Improve Economy

Not that we needed more bad news about the economy, but more than half of Americans are doubting if President-Elect Barack Obama can make a positive impact on the economy.

The results are from a survey conducted by Vertical Response, which hosts online surveys and provides email campaigns with tracking and analytics.

(Special Thanks to Dana M. Ticker of Atomic PR for providing the data)

The survey was conducted from Dec.3-15 and polled 302 random business clients.Democrats represented the majority of respondents, (53%), followed by Republicans (32%), Independents (4.3%) and Green Party (1.7%). 8.2% were listed as "Other".

Despite the Democrat majority in the survey, only 45.1% of its respondents believe Obama's administration will have a positive impact on small business.
Other interesting stats derived from the survey include:

83% of the respondents surveyed make less than $250,000.
80% of respondents see economy as primary concern.
72.5% have not had to lay off workers.
66% have already felt the negative impact of recession.
55.3% are sole proprietorship LLCs.
31.6% are corporations.
14.4% are still hiring.
6% are non-profits.
Remainder are described as"other."
42.7% lived in urban areas.
41.3% lived in suburban areas.
15.9% were located in rural America.
Respondants were split nearly evenly throughout the regions of the country.

Judging from the results, I think it's safe to say that average Americans view this recession as a crisis that's too large for any single man or administration to handle, because it has spread to every segment of society.

William Dunkelberg, the chief economist for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), told Reuters:

Everybody is trying to hang on now.More and more of these firms are in survival mode. They kept thinking consumers will make it, but then December rolls around and sales are still not going anywhere -- in fact they're going down -- and finally (small businesses) run out of money.

45% of Small Businesses Expect Obama to Improve Economy

(Special Thanks to Dana M. Ticker of Atomic PR for providing the data)

83% of the respondents surveyed make less than $250,000.
80% of respondents see economy as primary concern.
72.5% have not had to lay off workers.
66% have already felt the negative impact of recession.
55.3% are sole proprietorship LLCs.
31.6% are corporations.
14.4% are still hiring.
6% are non-profits.
Remainder are described as"other."
42.7% lived in urban areas.
41.3% lived in suburban areas.
15.9% were located in rural America.
Respondants were split nearly evenly throughout the regions of the country.

William Dunkelberg, the chief economist for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), told Reuters:

Everybody is trying to hang on now.More and more of these firms are in survival mode. They kept thinking consumers will make it, but then December rolls around and sales are still not going anywhere -- in fact they're going down -- and finally (small businesses) run out of money.

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