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Feb 1, 2013

Calling me cheap
Few people spend a lot of time thinking about their cellphone plans once they set them up and they are certainly confusing with the overwhelming choices available. However, for $130 once and then $20 a month you could have a total package that allows unlimited wifi calls and web browsing, email and chat with unlimited texting any time.

 

Dec 14, 2012

Windows 8 is Genius
Windows 8 has been officially released and it has generated a lot of headlines.

 

June 14, 2012

Diary of a business iPad
I have written a couple of times about the use of tablets for small business owners. Going forward, I truly believe that the tablet or some hybrid will replace the desktop or even laptop as the standard business computer for the small business owner.

 

Mar 30, 2012

Unleashing the power of your Kobo Vox
Last year October, Chapters introduced the Kobo Vox, the ultimate e-reader in their Kobo line of products. Although Indigo technically no longer owns Kobo, the Vox was designed to provide a vehicle for the greater distribution of their e-books. Undoubtedly feeling the competitive pressure from both Amazon and Apple, Indigo has released this latest Kobo as a full Android tablet.

 

Feb 16, 2012

The future of computing
The Consumer Electronics Show or CES consisted this year of 140,000 registered attendees with an estimated 210,000 total visitors to the Las Vegas area. It was 30,000 people larger than last year and is one of, if not the, largest conventions in Las Vegas. It runs four days, however it only took me half a day to realize that the bulk of the never-ending (actually 3100) displays consisted mostly of either: televisions, iPhone cases, USB sticks, headphones or android tablets.

 

Jan 12, 2012

Juicing your email
If you currently work alone or have a small office, you have probably decided it's not worth the cost and time of setting up and maintaining a separate mail server and just use the email service your internet provider or website host provides.

 

Nov 18, 2011

An Office in the Clouds
Struggling with our tiny little network with its single server and five computers (one remote) I have been exploring alternatives to having to constantly deal with the lag for the remote and the occasional hassle from a maintenance point of view.

 

Sept 8, 2011

Which tablet is right for you?
2011 is going to be the Year of the Tablet. What does that mean to you and me? Personally, I thought 2009 was the Year of the Tablet. It was for me personally because that was the year I bought my Fuji tablet notebook which by the way, I still love and use almost every day.

 

July 11, 2011

Getting your fax straight
In this modern age of digital communication, VOIP, texting, smart phones and Skype, most of us in the financial industrial still have one big foot still planted blatantly in the 1960s. And no, it is not the shiny suits still worn by some insurance agents.

 

June 9, 2011

Making the most of your Blackberry (Part 2/2)
They can have my Blackberry when they pry it out of my cold dead hands! - Charlton Heston (mostly).

 

June 6, 2011

Making the most of your Blackberry (Part 1/2)
They can have my Blackberry when they pry it out of my cold dead hands! - Charlton Heston (mostly).

 
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