After the President’s State of the Union Address, small businesses were once again given the dignity and respect that they deserve.  Starting a small company and following that entrepreneurial drive, the one that makes this country great, is finally something to be proud of again.  So, as the next Google or Facebook, that next big, small business will be coming out of nowhere.  To give small businesses a head start, here are a few things to consider when launching your business.  Project management software, cloud storage and free software.

Free Software

Look for anything that will save you money.  The internet offers a lot of free software and free trials and those can get you through the first few months of your new online business.  Online collaboration software can be found as free trials or at very low prices if some comparison shopping takes place.  Besides collaboration and project management software, you’ll also want to have a good word processing and spreadsheet software.  OpenOffice is a free office software product from Sun.  Open Office is completely free and works just as well as some of the more expensive software that requires licensing if used for business purposes.

If your business is conducted primarily online, your first instinct might be to find free hosting or to use a gmail account for your business.  While free sounds great, it is actually better to have a paid hosting site that gives you plenty of storage space and online professionalism with your own email.

Speaking of Cloud Storage…  This is another area that you will want to have to protect your data and your customer’s data.  Even if you have your website hosted professionally, you’ll still want to conduct daily or weekly backups and it tends to be more efficient to send those backups off of your website’s server and into the cloud where it can be protected in a secure environment.

Free Trial Software

Free trial software is a great way to start your business.  You’ll probably want to cut costs everywhere you can find it, but remember, there is an advantage in paying some money out to service providers.  Not all free trial software comes with technical support.  If the piece of software or hardware are integral to the normal operations of your business, then buy the software or find one that is more user friendly.  Start with a good project management software, as you will use it on a daily basis.  Find one with at least a sixty-day free trial and then a low fee after that.  The office software, you shouldn’t run into an problems with because OpenOffice has been around for a while now.

Just try to spend less, save more and always keep looking out for the unexpected when you are launching your new business.

The recent release of Skyrim has YouTube getting a lot of new gaming videos.  With over 100 hours of game play for just the main plot and many more with the subplots, Skyrim has quickly taken over YouTube’s gaming video section.  Many gamers have felt that $30 for the gaming guide is too much and have simply gone to YouTube to find out the information that they need to get through a difficult section of a map or puzzle.

YouTube Gaming Videos

There has also been an increase in casino gaming videos like this online slots video with the recent news that Zynga will enter into the real money casino market.  These new videos of Zynga games such as poker and online blackjack are flooding the popular website.  More gaming videos are expected to be created over the next six months with over 100,000,000 expected from the US alone.  These videos are also mixed in with protests of SOPA and PIPA and are meant to bring attention to the world about how this issue can affect not only gamers on the internet, but any general user of the internet as well.

Popular Gaming Videos

Some of the most popular gaming videos, besides those featuring Skyrim, are ones produced for World of Warcraft.  Also, there are a number of fan videos that have been uploaded in anticipation of another Blizzard game, Diablo III.  The fact that Diablo III will also be released to gaming consoles is good news for a lot of gamers and these videos are being created in that spirit of excitement.

It is now very possible to place a bet with just a click of a Television remote control. Two Way, a popular Australian Gaming company, has recently signed an agreement with LG Electronics, a smart TV producer inAustralia. The agreement is for a three-year contract on sharing revenues; Two Way will provide the IPTV betting applications while LGE will distribute these applications on their wide range of smart TV’s, home theatre systems and Blue-ray players.

Smart TVs are TV sets that have built-in connections to the Internet that are used for downloading of TV shows, movies, games, and other online applications direct to the TV set.

Two Way has also finalized and signed exclusive agreements with Sportingbet Australia and BetFair, two o  fAustralia’s leading betting operators, to create and operate the proposed TV betting services. The applications are now underway and at an advanced stages of development and production and will be due for launching by March of 2012.

LGE devices will be deployed with applications developed byTwo Way, which will permit the betters to place their wagers with only the use of their remote controls. Clients will be able to pace bets on every sports events that will be broadcasted by pay TV, free-to-air TV or by some other form of IPTV.

In another news about Two Way, it has widened its TV betting service in South Australia and Queensland. This expansion includes the stipulation of fixed-odd betting, with proper regulatory approval. The previous service was only regulated for tote odds betting.

The expanded agreement now allows both fixed odds betting and tote odds betting to be available in South Australia, Queensland as well as in New South Wales and Victoria.

The work of those in Congress that have battled for online poker to be legalized on a National level now have a victory with the news from the Department of Justice.  Sites such as newjerseyonlinepoker.co  and newjerseyonlinecasinos.me are gearing up for the new movement in online poker within New Jersey by providing their review and news services specifically for the state of New Jersey.  Review websites like the aforementioned and also  newjerseycasino.cohelp online casino consumers to find the best companies that fit the particular playing style or bonus requirements for that player.

Several major online casino companies from the UK and some that already have headquarters in the US have already expressed interest in the New Jersey online gambling market.

Gaming videos are produced by online gamers to help other gamers find walk-thrus to difficult spots in video games.  There is a large community building in YouTube in which gamers are now showing previews of online games and console games.  Online casino games in the UK are also getting some attention with videos for bet365 casino, Intercasino and Golden Riviera Casino making an appearance.

Video Games

Video game guides in video format are becoming the new standard for instructional purposes.  There is also a new service where online gamers can chat live with other gamers to get advice on sections of video games or entire walk thrus.

Online Gaming Videos

These videos can be found on YouTube by searching for online casinos, online games or gaming instructions.  There are also video listings under each video game title and online casinos.  There’s a lot of content both there and in other locations on the internet.  However, the free gaming videos can only be found on YouTube.

There are instructional videos for other topics besides online games.  Learning instructional videos are available for nearly any subject and are now being used by high school students and college students.  The videos are accessible by any country that allows YouTube service within their borders.

Healthcare is one of the biggest businesses in the United States.  In Canada, the economic environment is fairing much better than that in the US and Canadian healthcare is free.  As the United States is slowly down-rated as the world leader in production, finance and possible military strength, they are having to reconsider their old conceptions of social programs such as healthcare.  The US will need a complete redesign of how their version of capitalism works as they rebuild and payback debt to communist countries such as China.

China now has the obvious advantage and has beaten out the US.  More US companies are trying to find safe harbor in the Chinese economy as they abandon the US markets.  Health insurance is one of those businesses as healthcare companies try to enter the Asian market, they are find political difficulties in which their programs do not coincide with communist ideals and financial structures.  However, some US companies located in China are required to carry their own healthcare and some have been required to have their own physician on staff.

BBC Radio has reported that Qantas is grounding all of their flights over a dispute with workers, management and all support staff within the industry.  This has caused thousands of people to be stranded, thus causing a very tense situation for the company.

The Prime Minister of Australia has harshly warned that this dispute could cause serious problems for the Australian national economy. More from BBC Radio 1 on this issue as news reports come in.

News coming out of the US is now being accessed more through tv online as opposed to regular television sets.  This new trend for the US is one that has been happening in India and Mexico over the past two years.  With fewer cable companies and dish companies in other countries, tv online has become the standard for watching news, sports and entertainment tv programs.  This trend may force some of the major television access providers to lower rates while also expanding into markets other than the US.

TV Online in the US

Many are calling for regulation of TV online.  The US government is not showing any interest currently in trying to regulate an area that clearly falls under free speech as long as it does not infringe upon copyrights as many US companies have been accused of in the past.  Companies including Youtube and Justintv have had issues with copyrighted tv programs showing up on their services.

With the recent European Union summit and a partial economic solution for Greece, many European investors are troubled by the outcome and near future of their economy.  Several leaders of the European Union have decided to take matters into their own hands and develop new economic plans for their own countries while also developing all nation plans.  Leaders throughout Europe are dissatisfied with how Greece is handling their internal affairs related to their economy and the union.

The UK is holding their own summit to discuss how to protect themselves from the economic fallout within the European Union as well as any coming from the current economic climate of the United States.  Many Europeans are also concerned that the US may be planning a war against Iran, which will severely hurt resources available to the UK.  Leaders within the UK are going to have to make tough decisions regarding any near future wars that may require their assistance.

Does Europe have a plan to get them selves out of the euro crises?  With a summit being held this month regarding the state of the euro; consumers strength is on the decline and there are very few answers being produced.  The summit has notably agreed that they will lower the debt held by Greece within the private sector by half.  However, the price of such a move may prove to be devastating if it does not produce positive results within the next five years.

Many fear that the Greek write-down of debt could cause chaos among European investors if bonds begin to slide because of the move.  This is only one of many planned summits and with more in the next few months, Europeans should be hopeful that at least one economist will come up with a viable plan for stopping an all out collapse within the union.