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The payroll giant is offering a mobile app that lets employees of its U.S. clients check and manage their HR, payroll and benefits information from their smart phones.

Consider these five tips to create an app in a matter of minutes using a turnkey platform.

MindShift brings the cloud-computing concept down to earth, so that small firms like Salo can see big IT improvements.

Why startups like Sacre Bleu believe quick response codes to extend its branding and deliver information at the point of sale. Are QR codes the next big thing in mobile marketing?

How one determined developer is helping restore the creative spirit of Nashville's downtown scene.

Mike Wolfe, creator and star of the TV show American Pickers, is leveraging a popular passion for the past to build the multimedia empire of the future.

The ability to discern treasure from trash is only one aspect of succeeding in the antiques and nostalgia market.

How a commercial shoot for the History Channel's hit show brought several blocks of downtown Nashville to a halt one hot summer afternoon.

Local business marketing goes mobile via MerchantCircle. How it works for one computer-repair shop that makes house calls.

Original Joe's adds fuel to its online marketing strategy using a tool from Wildfire that helps businesses boost their social media status.

How digital commerce platform Shopify helped Angry Birds creator Rovio Mobile spread its wings into licensed merchandise sales.

This social network says it's more than just 'Groupon for nightlife.'

Moontoast's digital platform helps affinity brands like Nashville's Arts Company translate Facebook fan fervor into online revenue.

Forget clunky credit-card processing systems -- all you need is a smartphone and a new device to cut card-processing expenses.

Facebook is proving itself a small-business marketing force. Here are three examples of how it's working.

For this iconoclastic rocker, there are no limits to how music can be packaged, delivered and consumed.

The Numero Group mines the past to forge the future of record labels--aiming at a reliable market of music aficionados and collectors.

The world of music retail keeps spinning at Dusty Groove America

Big Cartel offers bands, fashion designers, poster printers and other talents an online platform to market their merchandise.

What do a Lincoln Continental, a Victoria Secret model and Kevin Costner have to do with each other? Environmentalism. Duh.

AppMakr's do-it-yourself mobile application development platform turned Filter Publications into a mobile app developer.

Can I get your number? Mobile commerce makes purchasing as simple as waving your smartphone at the register.

Shall we learn from Tiger and Favre? Take our six-point quiz to avoid a messy mishap.

Shopkick is retooling the concept of customer rewards with an app that delivers promotions.

TownWizard conjures up mobile travel guides for the nation's highways and the byways.

Signpost takes on Groupon as the turf war for social commerce supremacy heats up.

Some companies are skilled in the art of advertising and branding. Then there are these guys.

A California yogurt shop and other merchants are turning to a new mobile commerce method that sticks it to cash and credit.

The newest device based on Google's platform takes on the kingpin of business mobile smartphones.

The three largest U.S. wireless providers have launched websites to hawk their business-focused mobile apps.