Do you take your phone everywhere you go, including the bathroom? Do not worry you are not alone. Studies show that 16% of phones have fecal matter on them. So even if you borrow a phone that is something to think about. There is now an easy way to eliminate 99.99% of germs for up…
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Iran has been known to be a government that controls everything and watches its country very closely. There are other countries that watch their citizens very much in the same way and monitor everything they do.China is a good example. Many Chinese people cannot do a lot of the things we take for granted here…
If you’ve been doing business with us for a while now you may have seen one of our guys using their phone for credit card payments. Square, the first mobile payment card company now has some new competition in the business. Groupon who became popular for offering deeply discounted services, trips, etc. just started a…
Daily deals are a relatively untapped resource by small businesses and fresh startups. Sites like Groupon will allow people to buy from your little-known business in channels that they already know and are comfortably with.With the increasing number of people purchasing smart phones, tablets, and purchasing goods and services from the Internet, it is a better time than…
A new study just released by Symantec shows that over the last 12 months cyber crime has cost consumers and businesses alike upwards of $110 billion. While this figure may seem quite high the average cost per person that becomes infected is roughly $197 and when looking at figures from within the United States it…
Disaster recovery planning is important to all businesses. It is what allows you to conduct business after a disaster in a timely manner. I have seen businesses with no plans for disaster planning recover from a catastrophe, it was painful and expensive. Disaster recovery in the cloud is great because, DR requires a lot of…
Windows 7 has just passed Windows XP as the most used operating system on computers. We have been talking about Windows 7 and how it has slowly been replacing Windows XP over the years but now it is the most widely used OS.Windows XP has been aging in the recent years very quickly. There are…
Paying with your phone seems like something out of a Sci-Fi movie only a decade ago. Today over 55 million transactions have taken place at Starbucks alone. Paying with your phone makes many new conveniences available. Paying with your phone allows you to combine your loyalty card with your payment type. For instance you can…
With Windows 8 coming soon hardware vendors are gearing up to complete with the latest and greatest hardware to run it on. Just this week Intel announced that it is going to be selling a tablet based device that will allow users to do pretty much anything they can do on their computers.The new table…
Google Map Maker allows you to add and update geographic information for anyone to see in Google Maps and Google Earth. By sharing information about the places you know, like businesses in your town or places in your school campus, you can ensure that the map accurately reflects the world around you. Your updates will be reviewed and…
With Microsoft coming out with their own tablet to compete in this aggressive new market there are numerous rumors floating around about price point, features, etc. Microsoft has been very secretive about its price point and also about some of the features they are planning to offer.Rumors have put these new tablets produced entirely by…
Microsoft has just released its latest tool that is able to give you a better understanding of the impact of change in any aspect to your operating system. This tool is call Attack Surface Analyzer, and it does just what it says. It has just been released in as a beta. This software will aide in identifying vulnerabilities that…