App Review: Dragon Dictation Website: http://www.nuancemobilelife.com/support/USA/engusa/dragon-dictation Works with: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch Great alternative to typing on a tablet. Free, so it’s not as robust as the full featured products. Tested on: iPad, 1st generation What I like about it: small learning curve. Only the basic features that I need. Read more
Everyone knows Macs don’t get viruses, right? Wrong. That is a myth that Apple has been using to it’s advantage for many years. Do you remember the commercials? All operating systems (Unix, Linus, Windows, OS X, etc.) have the potential to be exploited. They all have security flaws in the Read more
App Review: OnLive Desktop Website: http://desktop.onlive.com Works with: iPhone, iPad, Android Currently, the most responsive way to use Microsoft Office on your iPad. Tested on: iPad, 1st generation Gotchas: It saves files to the cloud so I would be careful with sensitive documents Don’t know how long this service will Read more
In the last few days Microsoft has reduced the price on it’s already low hosted email and apps offering. What does that mean for you? It gives more options which is always nice and keeps your cost down (which doesn’t hurt either). So the next question is, “which plan should Read more
This is a 15 minute webinar presentation in which I give a quick rundown on common email technologies available to small business. What you get: a little pricing, a little pro versus con, and a bunch of hosted “cloud” talk. This video is intended for business decision makers. It’s not Read more
In this YouTube video, I give a down and dirty on what to look out for in spam email messages. Specifically, what NOT to click on! There’s been an uptick in CPA, IRS, DHL, and UPS related spam email. This type of social engineering works well for spammers. They know Read more
App Review: Dropbox Works with: iPhone, iPad, Android One of the most convenient ways to share files between devices. I use this on my main PC plus a few other computers. Tested on: iPad, 1st generation Gotchas: it saves files to the cloud (currently Amazon.com data centers). It also Read more
Being an owner and lead consultant for Resolve Technology I get to meet with some nice people who sometimes turn into clients. During these meetings I find out some interesting ways other computer guys are handling small business technology. Yesterday, I met with a CFO (Joan) whose job it is to Read more
Okay, so you got your shiny new iPad. Cost a couple bucks, right? Easy to leave behind, right? Here are a few features that can be used to give it a little more security: 1. Turn on Passocdes. This allows for a four digit PIN number like your ATM card. Read more
Today I ran across an interesting article that discussed some of the issues surrounding Microsoft’s Office 365. If you’re not familiar, it’s a suite of popular Microsoft software that runs in a data center (with the most popular being Exchange mail). Interesting? Not really. However, the decision for BAE to Read more