Microsoft broke the Windows 10 search box and it is a problem. We like to think that the offline things we do on our computers are, well, offline. But in the last couple of days, Windows 10 users around the world saw a black box on their screen instead of the search...
The UNTHINKABLE Happened… Now What??? Servers, desktop, and laptops are at the core of most businesses. There are many things which can come between you and your files and data. Technology failures and natural disasters such as fire, flood, hurricanes,...
(Actually, you should have upgraded already…) Long gone are the days when you could run an older computer with an old version of Windows. In those days, if you were willing to live without the “latest and greatest” features, you had a choice and the...
SEO is an Investment in Your Company’s Future The people in charge of managing the finances of a business can view expenditures as either expenses or investments. What is the difference? Expenses are the ongoing costs associated with keeping the business going...
7 Myths about a Website for Your Small Business Technology evolves and businesses follow that evolution. Before telecommunications options were readily available, customers interacted with businesses by stopping into or by sending mail (real mail, not email!). As...
Small Data is BIG! There is a lot of talk about “Big Box” retailers and “Big Tech” businesses and “Big Data” mining. While all of these are a big part of our local, national, global, and internet economies, there are far more small businesses in existence than big...
What Can Microsoft Excel Do That Google Sheets Cannot? Spreadsheets have been a mainstay of millions of business users around the world for decades. Back in the (really old) days, there were programs like VisiCalc and Lotus 1 -2-3, both of which were easily ousted by...
Why Small Businesses Should Hire Outside Computer Support Most small businesses outsource activities that are not part of their core competence. For example, most companies don’t do their own legal work, they hire lawyers as needed. Most don’t do their own...
How to Fight a Ransomware Attack It can strike at any time. One minute you are working on your computer and the next your computer is behaving strangely, and you can’t open your files. You look into a folder and see your files with altered file names. You look in...
Should My Business go to “The Cloud”? There are thousands of web pages out there that can answer the question, “What is The Cloud?” For our purposes, we can think of The Cloud as a bunch of internet-based computers that allow businesses and individuals to...
While outbound marketing casts a wide net to any who might be interested, inbound marketing takes a different approach. The idea with inbound marketing is that there are people and businesses out there interested in your goods and services and they are looking for...
A long time ago, people got their news from this paper-based medium called a “newspaper.” This paper, full of news of the day’s or week’s events, provided the masses with information about happenings within their community, nation, or world. Newspapers had two...
