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Forbes

Small Business Technology News This Week: AI Shopping Searches Surges, Thryv And Wix Partner, Gemini Notebook Gets An Upgrade

(This column originally appeared in Forbes) Let’s Recap: AI agentic use in e-commerce is surging, creating challenges Thryv and Wix join forces to help small businesses…

Gene MarksAugust 9, 2026

Forbes

The Steel Industry Is Rapidly Embracing AI. Here’s How.

(This column originally appeared in Forbes) When anyone mentions the “steel industry” it generally means a lot of things: manufacturers, foundries, distributors, rollers, fabricators. All of…

Gene MarksAugust 5, 2026

Uncategorized

Corporate America may be using AI to cut jobs, but small businesses are using it to keep them

(This column originally appeared in The Guardian) I recently met the owner of a company that sells windows and doors. He told me he invested about…

Gene MarksJuly 27, 2026

Forbes

Your Website Was Built For Humans. Now It Needs To Work For AI Agents.

(This column originally appeared in Forbes) Within five years, your website’s most important visitor won’t be a person. It’ll be an AI agent. That was my…

Gene MarksJuly 21, 2026

Forbes

Small Business Tech News: Verizon CEO Sends Shocking Message To Employees

(This column originally appeared in Forbes) Let’s Recap: Verizon’s CEO says AI is going to replace a lot of employees How small businesses are using AI,…

Gene MarksJune 21, 2026

Forbes

Small Business Tech News This Week: Google, Ramp, Slack, Anthropic, Microsoft

(This column originally appeared in Forbes) Let’s Recap: Google is warning of fake IT workers Payables management company Ramp unveils a new product Slack has more…

Gene MarksJune 14, 2026

Forbes

Small Business Tech News This Week: Uber, Starbucks, OpenAI, TikTok And 20 Great AI Tools

(This column originally appeared in Forbes) Let’s Recap: Uber is having a hard time justifying AI Starbucks cancels its AI inventory system OpenAI pushes back on…

Gene MarksMay 31, 2026

Forbes

Small Business Technology News From Epicor, Google, Microsoft, Boston Dynamics And Claude

(This column originally appeared in Forbes) Let’s Recap: ERP software provider Epicor announces new AI offerings and services at its annual conference Google’s I/O conference reveals…

Gene MarksMay 25, 2026

The Hill

Bias, laziness and fear — why can’t today’s economists get it right?

(This column originally appeared in The Hill) Economists were wrong about inflation. They were wrong about tariffs. They were wrong about GDP growth and recessions and jobs and the labor market. But…

Gene MarksMay 19, 2026

Forbes

ChatGPT 5.5, Rising AI Costs And Copilot: 5 Tech Trends Small Businesses Need To Know

(This column originally appeared in Forbes) AI is getting smarter, but also more expensive and harder to justify. This week, OpenAI released ChatGPT 5.5, companies like…

Gene MarksMay 4, 2026