Tech Advisory

Technology Advice for Small Businesses

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Tips to becoming more productive

In today’s offices there are an ever increasing number of distractions and competing demands that tasks always seem to take our attention away from the task at hand. As a result, overall productivity can decrease. This is obviously not the best strategy for successful business, especially when the pressure is on to get work completed.… Continue reading Tips to becoming more productive

Part 1 – Increasing content shares

As a business owner, or manager, you probably have a social media profile and create content for it. One of the most common types of content is blog articles, and yet some companies have problems actually getting their content shared. If you post articles to bring in new customers and interact with existing ones, then… Continue reading Part 1 – Increasing content shares

Mobile phone tethering options

The smartphone is one of the most desired must-haves in business. And because of the desire or need to be able to access certain features, many users choose the iPhone due to its user-friendly operating system and wealth of features. Whatever device you use, a basic requirement has to be the ability to go online.… Continue reading Mobile phone tethering options

About net neutrality

One of the most popular tech related themes many news outlets are reporting on these days is the ‘net neutrality’. Over the past month or two it has become one of the biggest hot-button topics. While net neutrality is fairly important for anyone who uses the Internet today, so few people are actually aware of… Continue reading About net neutrality

No more Gmail Calendar invitation

How did we ever manage without online admin tools? In many businesses the online calendar is a much-used and relied upon way to organize your time and collaborate with others. One reputable Web time-management tool, Google’s Gmail Calendar, which can help you get and stay organized, find mutual time to meet others, whether online or… Continue reading No more Gmail Calendar invitation

Change your News Feed views

If you have a Facebook account, you are likely well aware that the company loves change, implementing it on a never ending basis. For businesses who incorporate social media into their company strategy, it’s important that any differences are noted. It seems like almost every week they have tweaked some function or introduced a new… Continue reading Change your News Feed views

Using Safari’s Favorites Bar

For over a decade Safari has been the default browser on all Apple systems. Many iPad users have seen no reason to change browsers either, since Safari has many great features to offer. One such feature is the Favorites Bar, which needs to be activated to use. Once you have done this you can get… Continue reading Using Safari’s Favorites Bar

Your guide to using trendlines

For businesses to be able to spot trends when it comes to data on a graph, trendlines are able to connect the dots – literally. By connecting points on a graph, trendlines can reveal upward and downward trends of a group of values identified in a presentation. This is an important analysis tool which can… Continue reading Your guide to using trendlines

A quick look at predictive analytics

In business, it would be great if we could tell what the future holds. And although we can’t predict 100% for sure what will happen, businesses do have a set of tools at their disposal that can help foretell more than a wild guess. The most popular forecasting tool is predictive analytics. While it is… Continue reading A quick look at predictive analytics

Why choose virtualization?

Most of us are familiar with cloud-based systems to some degree and are using them in one way or another. Still, the cloud is just part of a bigger picture – a technology that has become increasingly popular known as virtualization. Adopted as a solution by many businesses, the question is what is virtualization and… Continue reading Why choose virtualization?