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Five Technology Habits to have!
1) Backup your data files and store the back up at a separate location. Multiple backups at multiple locations should be considered. 2) Use virus detection software and keep the software up to date. 3) Scan computer for hidden spyware and adware. These can and will cripple computer performance. 4) Secure the data that has [...]
But all I want to do is be able to make and answer calls!
Does it really matter what kind of features you have on your telephone if you don’t know how to use them? Sometimes additional features are more of a hindrance than a benefit. What do you need to do? Many times all you need to do is be able to answer or make calls. If that [...]
Invoices wrong? – Be careful on how you pay.
It’s not unusual for telecommunications invoices to have errors. It is for that reason that they should be checked each month before payment is made. TEM (Technology Expense Management) vendors are always using that as a marketing tool to do it for you. As a Technology Consultant, I too believe this. One of the items [...]
Hello! I’m sorry; I can’t talk right now I’m at a funeral.
It seems that when it comes to talking on their cellphone people think it’s their right to talk and use it wherever or whenever they want. But most times if you look around and think about where you are, whom you are with, or what is happening, you’d think twice about using the phone. In [...]
Controlling your wireless costs
Many businesses cringe when they open the invoice for their wireless service. It sometimes seems as if controlling these costs are a never ending game. But there quick items to look at to help control those cost. Are you paying replacement insurance? If you are, should you? Replacement of a cellphone or other wireless product [...]
Office Email Tips
For most of us we will send a few, or a few hundred, emails a day. Following these tips may help eliminate some common mistakes. Enter the addresses after the message is composed. Many messages are sent before they are finished. Waiting to add the addresses will keep the message in your draft bin until [...]
Google Voice Open for All
Earlier this week Google opened their Google Voice service to all. Google Voice offers a single phone number that can ring on all of a user’s phones, either all of the time or by a schedule that can be applied to each number. The service also has a voice mail box which can transcribe the [...]
Delaware Joins Cellphone While Driving Ban
The Delaware House of Representatives passed a bill banning hand-held cell phones Tuesday, June 22, a measure that will go into affect next year. The bill also prohibits text messaging, emailing or browsing websites while driving. The Senate passed the bill on a week earlier. It is expected that Governor Markell will sign the measure.
Be Safe on the Information Highway
While we are on the Internet, either doing business or for fun, I’m sure the question has come to mind, How safe am I? To put it bluntly, as safe as you want to be. In some ways you could compare the Internet to walking the streets in a big city. Most of the time, [...]
Strange Technology Quotes
Over the years there’s been many people have said things that if they had to say it again, they would have just kept their mouths shut. Here are some of those quotes. “This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to [...]
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