Cloud or Hard Drive Backups?
Which Should You Do? Cloud or Hard Drive Backups? Flying home from a conference yesterday, I had a man and his wife sitting next to me. I was reading a book on my iPad to pass the time. When the wife went to the bathroom, the man started asking me questions about my iPad. Not […]
Moved to Office 365 Small Business Premium
Office 365 – Everything in the Cloud I have been using Office 365 for my email since it was called BPOS, so for about 2 years now. This month I decided to go from my $4 per month hosted email solution to the full Small Business Plan. The Business plan is $12.50 per month, or […]
Upload or Link an Image to Google Search
Use Your Own Image to Search Google One of the cool things about Google is that you can search not only for words, but for images. Now Google has added another neat tool, upload or link to an image and Google will search for images that are similar or even the same. For example, recently […]
Guest Post: Let’s Look at Nooks!
Guest Post – By my Sister! My sister, Loren Smyth, is a stay-at-home mom. Therefore, my sister is (a) busier than me, (b) has a more important job than I do and is (c) able to see technology from a different point of view than I. Therefore, I am very pleased to bring my sister’s […]
Land Line or VOIP? Analyzing the potential switch for a law firm
Is it a good idea to switch to VOIP? I recently had reason to explore the possibility of switching a firm from land line to VOIP. Now, to many people, switching to VOIP would be a no brainer, but it is never a good idea to just switch without doing some research. The reason I […]
Prezi – the Presentation App that Makes me Nauseous
Prezi Makes me Sick Currently I am getting over the norovirus that is sweeping the nation. Normally I wouldn’t mention this except it is relevant to my point, which is: I attended a webinar today that literally made me ill. The speaker used an app called Prezi. Within several minutes of the start of the […]
Mobile Banking – Depositing Checks by Smart Phone
Mobile Banking by App – Depositing Checks I mentioned a while ago that I picked a new bank that has a smart phone app. I finally got around to installing and using the app a few weeks ago and I wanted to tell you about my experience. I had a number of checks I had […]
Update on Alarm System
A while back I reviewed a wireless alarm system I installed in my house. I am pleased to say that this same alarm system easily moved with me to my new home. I installed it in the space of a few moments. My new home has more doors, and that is another nice thing about […]