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Google has opened an online photo gallery that will feature millions of images from Life magazine’s archives that have never been seen by the public before. The new service debuted Tuesday with about 2 million photos. Eventually, Google plans to scan all 10 million photos from Life’s library so they can be viewed on any computer with an Internet connection. About 97 percent of Life’s archives have not been publicly seen, according to Life. The photos can be printed out for free as long as they aren’t being used as part of an attempt to make money.

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Life Magazine’s Giant Photo Album Lives On Online

Jeff Stiefler, Chairman of TouchCommerce, is a former president of American Express and CEO of IDS Financial Services. He also was the CEO of banking outsourcer Digital Insight, now part of Intuit. Stiefler spoke recently with ECT News Network interviewer Blake Glenn about technology and the economy. The financial crisis sweeping the U.S. economy will cut a wide swath of destruction that will include the fast-growing technology sector. He predicts a tightening of capital markets, including both venture capital and debt financing.

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It’s Gonna Get Ugly: Q&A With TouchCommerce Chair Jeff Stiefler

It was just a matter of time before businesses started to respond to the financial meltdown with some creativity, and as usual, the biggest advantages will go to the early movers. I have been noodling on several convergent ideas recently, and they seem to be taking shape in the marketplace, but in some quarters where you might not expect innovation or creativity. Exhibit one is the return of layaway in retail. People of a certain age and background, myself included, can remember the concept of buying something at a store and leaving it there while you paid for it over a few months.

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Jeff Stiefler, Chairman of TouchCommerce, is a former president of American Express and CEO of IDS Financial Services. He also was the CEO of banking outsourcer Digital Insight, now part of Intuit. Stiefler spoke recently with ECT News Network interviewer Blake Glenn about technology and the economy. The financial crisis sweeping the U.S. economy will cut a wide swath of destruction that will include the fast-growing technology sector. He predicts a tightening of capital markets, including both venture capital and debt financing.

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It’s Gonna Get Ugly: Q&A With TouchCommerce Chair Jeff Stiefler

Jeff Stiefler, Chairman of TouchCommerce, is a former president of American Express and CEO of IDS Financial Services. He also was the CEO of banking outsourcer Digital Insight, now part of Intuit. Stiefler spoke recently with ECT News Network interviewer Blake Glenn about technology and the economy. The financial crisis sweeping the U.S. economy will cut a wide swath of destruction that will include the fast-growing technology sector. He predicts a tightening of capital markets, including both venture capital and debt financing.

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It’s Gonna Get Ugly: Q&A With TouchCommerce Chair Jeff Stiefler