Why Those Terms Of Service Are A Must Read
When was the last time you actually stopped to read the Terms of Service (TOS) agreement for a web-based service you use? Every service has them, from Gmail to Paypal, from Alibaba to Zillow, and most of them are fairly mundane. Long-winded lessons in legalese that attempt to protect the company from lawsuits for just […]
How To Use Yahoo Local
Yahoo might be considered by some to be an also-ran, a relic from the younger days of the internet. If that is your thinking, you may want to reconsider. This also-ran gets between 164 and 172 million unique visitors a month on their Yahoo Local service according to compete.com and SEMrush. If that kind of […]
Apple Replaces Defective iPhone Batteries
Apple has recently issued a hardware recall on some iPhone 5 batteries. If you purchased your phone between September 2012 and January 2013, then you may be eligible for replacement batteries, as your tech was produced during the time frame when the bad batteries found their way into some iPhones. I May Be Impacted, What […]
How To Extend Your Handheld’s Battery Life
No matter how much manufacturers improve battery life, we’re always going to want more. The good news here is that we, the individual users, have a lot of power in that regard. Sadly, most smartphone users never change the default settings on their phones even if some of those settings are annoying, and some of […]
Why Project Ara Is Bleeding Edge
Project Ara is one of the most important projects of this generation. This project, along with 3D printing will irrevocably change how the world understands manufacturing. What Is Project Ara? If you had not heard the name before now, don’t worry. Google has so many projects running that it is sometimes hard to keep track […]
Are You Wasting Money On Lead Generation?
The two biggest mistakes that companies make when it comes to lead generation are first that they tend to rely more on intuition and gut instinct rather than raw data, and second, that they generally take a shotgun approach to leads, on the thinking that their approach will hit something and bring home a few […]
What Will iPhone 6 Be Like?
Apple enthusiasts are waiting with baited breath for the release of the iPhone 6. As ever, speculation is rampant about the new product, what it will look like and what new features it will have. Below is a rundown of the different rumors, and how likely each are of being true. IOS8 (Probable) It seems […]
How Successful Business Owners Beat Problems
We see them all around us every day. They are our business associates, athletes, and movie stars; even a couple of our friends fit the bill. They have it all. They are cool and collected always, especially when the pressure is on. You have never seen them give in to their emotions or anxiety; they […]
Return of the Blue Screen of Death
On August 18, 2014, Microsoft issued a recall on its latest security patch, dubbed MS14-045. The patch was released to fix a total of thirty-seven known security flaws with the OS and the Internet Explorer web browser. Unfortunately, some users are reporting getting the “Blue Screen of Death” after applying the patch. What It Means […]
Another Massive Hacking Attack Puts Millions At Risk
2014 has been a very bad year for companies on the receiving end of hacking attacks. Earlier this year, the State of Montana’s records were breached, and the data of essentially every person in the state stolen. Now it has come to light that Community Health Systems, a company that operates hospitals in twenty-eight different […]
When Only A Fax Will Work
Quite often when you’re sending files from one place to another, a simple email attachment or Dropbox link share will work, but every once in a while you’ve got to send a fax. If you’re mobile and on the go, you might be miles from the nearest fax machine, which are, by the way, getting […]
How To Take A Screen Shot
A picture really is worth a thousand words, and sometimes you need to show a thing rather than tell about it. You’d be amazed though, at how many people aren’t sure about how to go about taking a screen shot. If you’re in that crowd, fear not. I’ll explain how to go about it just […]