Image via Wikipedia Browser battles are ongoing regularly these days. Mozilla is releasing new versions of Firefox with increasing rapidity, and market share has definitely changed, but a comment from one of my co-workers this past week made me ponder why so many are still using Internet Explorer when it is still having more problems than most [...]
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Low-Cost Mobile Marketing for Retailers
Stores are coming to us and saying “we want apps!” But should those apps all be customized native apps, or is the growing library of “legacy apps” –that’s an interesting term!” sufficient for growing numbers of these? John Jantsch, The Duct-Tape Marketer, says to reexamine FourSquare http://bit.ly/nUCBvT, particularly by piggybacking on popular businesses in your [...]
Smartphone Apps and the “New Workflow”
My cell phone usage for work was so much less in the past. Today, the app explosion for smartphones has rendered these portable little gizmos computers in their own right. Whether it’s an iPhone, Blackberry, or Android-based device, there are apps available for nearly everything I used to only be able to do from a [...]
Reasons to Choose Microsoft Exchange Online for Email Hosting
Image via Wikipedia Webmail is ubiquitous. Easy to setup, check from any browser, or download to email clients like Microsoft Outlook or Thunderbird, most individuals have several webmail accounts. Many businesses use webmail for their business email as well, whether provided by a website host as an add-on service, or through more evolved products like [...]
Another Reason to Love Google Chrome: Session Buddy & The New App Store
I’ve longed praised Google’s Chrome browser for it’s lightening speed. Now Google has introduced an app store for the Chrome browser . One app I have just downloaded should convert a lot of you to Chrome if you’re not already using it: Session Buddy. Say you’ve been researching a topic for a newsletter and you have 12 [...]
Microsoft Soars Higher into the Clouds with Office Web Apps
By now everyone has heard of “cloud computing”. It’s one of the “hot new things”, even though it’s been around for years. I’ve even written several previous posts around cloud computing services, analyses, etc. Most modern computer users are using cloud computing on a daily basis, accessing databases of information about themselves and others stored [...]
The List: Efficiently Ordering Your Day
The illusion of efficiency. Recently, I came across these words on an acquaintance’s blog. They served as a good reminder of how being busy is easy but being efficient takes work. We all want to be productive in our work and personal lives. But turning that desire in to reality requires a plan. For me, [...]
CRM in the Cloud… Salesforce Group Edition
This post is about a year overdue, but as relevant, if not more so, than it would have been in Fall 2009. Last spring/summer, our company leadership decided that the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software we were using was falling behind the times and not getting prettier. After months of research and several near-misses, we [...]
Using “Social Media” for Computer Purchase Decisions
So…it was time for a laptop upgrade. I had a lot of requirements this time around. I wanted a desktop replacement on a budget. I also wanted a good processor, hard drive, and networking performance. Quality screen, multitouch keypad, good sound were all pluses. Decided I wanted to use Best Buy, since I have a Silver [...]
