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Dumb Down Your Smart Phone
Dumb down your smartphone? Why would you do such a thing? Modern man has achieved much in recent history. One of man's major achievements as of late, for the lack of better terms, is creating the cure for boredom. That's right - boredom.
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Technology Adds More to Your Life
- Monday, 14 May 2012
- Tech
- Written by Richard Oppenheim CPA
You are all involved with technology and likely track new products and services on a regular basis. Consequently, my focus is to discuss new technology products can provide benefits for our advancing 24 hour Work-Life wheel. How you choose to draw boundaries between work and life is a conversation that you should have with many. Here are a few products that can be effectively used for what you do and where you do it.
Read more...Confusion over Hosted Licensing
- Sunday, 25 March 2012
- Tech
- Written by Joanie Mann
There is a lot of confusion in the market when it comes to the cloud and hosting and software licensing. Particularly with new mobile devices adding to the mix, software developers are recognizing that the additional machine licenses they used to sell aren't being purchased any longer.
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Taming Social Media
Anyone who has had a social media account hijacked knows that these popular services are not tremendously secure. Multiply that times the number of employees at an organization and social media can represent a sizable security headache for any organization.
Read more...Products Worth Your Review Time
- Sunday, 11 March 2012
- Tech
- Written by Richard Oppenheim CPA
It is no secret that technology products and services are coming out in an accelerated pace. The good news is that many of these devices actually are functional and need to be considered for how they can be integrated within our work and personal lives. Most of us are traveling through 2012 with very thin boundaries between work and personal.
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Reveal Search Ranking Criteria
The worst game on the Internet has nothing to do with gambling or video. It is the game website owners play in trying to guess how the major search engine companies calculate their rankings - what factors reward a page and what factors penalize it in displaying the results of a search. It is this process that makes a page more prominent or hard to find.
Running a Tech Business? Easy with the Right Tools
- Monday, 30 January 2012
- Tech
- Written by Gene Marks
CES 2012 - Products & Services & Apps, Oh, My
- Tuesday, 24 January 2012
- Tech
- Written by Richard Oppenheim CPA
There are lots of events that happen once and only once every year: Holidays like Thanksgiving, Birthdays like yours, and Sports like the Super Bowl. The Consumer Electronics Show almost falls within the once and only once category.
Get Found and Go Places With Google Places
- Thursday, 19 January 2012
- Tech
- Written by Hugh Duffy MBA
Could your practice use more customers? If so, think Google Places. Google reports that 97 percent of consumers today search for local businesses online, so having a virtual presence in our digital age is essential. Google Places brings potential customers and local businesses together first online, then in the real world. It's a savvy way for businesses to be found in today's competitive marketplace.
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Megatrends to Shape Business Strategy
- Tuesday, 20 December 2011
- Tech
- Written by Gary Feldman
It's that time of year when business and IT pundits alike peer into their crystal balls, and tell you what's ahead for 2012 and beyond. But the number of predictions and the resulting advice that emerge each year can be overwhelming at best, and confusing at worst. This year we're going to try to do the heavy lifting for you. Rather than create yet another list of predictions, we've decided to integrate our predictions with those from leading media, analyst, research, and consulting firms-including Gartner, Aberdeen, Forrester, McKinsey, and major IT trade publications. We want to put key information about major trends at your fingertips, and help you start thinking about what your organization needs to do to prepare.
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