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The Rise of OpenStreetMap

Challenging Google at anything requires confidence. The folks behind OpenStreetMap seem to have that quality in abundance. Maybe that’s why there are rumblings that the eight-year-old OpenStreetMap is...

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Working From Home: The Grass is not Always Greener

Commuting to the office is a drag, and people who do it every day envy people that get to work from home. They don’t have to deal with the hassle and cost of a commute. They don’t have to deal with a...

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Google Patents: A Picture of the Past and Present

Have you ever been curious, in this country of innovation, what creative ideas are sprouting? Google has made it possible for you to explore this with Google Patents. The Wonderful World of Google...

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More Advancements in Retina Display Technology

The world of technology is constantly improving. So to stay in the game, the leaders in the industry, Apple, Microsoft, and Google, are always improving upon their products. The Power of the Retina...

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Tech that will Fade with Time

When new technology is released, we snatch it up, and a month later we can’t imagine what life was like without it. But consider the technology that it replaced? We often forget about it as it fades...

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Get Swift Help from Your IT Department

We’ve all had this experience: We log onto our computers at work and something’s not working. Maybe we aren’t receiving our e-mail messages. Maybe our Web browser has slowed to a creep. Maybe the...

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Tablet Computers and Your Small Business

Running a small business is no easy task, and you want to make sure you are doing as much as you can to really make it successful. You have a website and a blog, and social media sites. Now you hear...

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Smartphones: What to do if You Lose One

Many if not most of us have smartphones today and they hold a lot of information. What happens if you lose it? The security risk of lost smartphones Researchers at Symantec found out that 96 percent of...

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Making your Facebook Experience more Efficient

We are all aware that Facebook is a popular time killer. If you want to put off reading that business report, then you can always log into Facebook. If you’re really not feeling like finishing up that...

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PowerPoint Mistakes to Avoid

We have all sat through tedious PowerPoint presentations; they are like sitting through a friend’s vacation slides. But PowerPoint is a simple presentation tool that can be used to captivate and inform...

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Three Cutting Edge Technologies

Every year we see a lot of new technology come out. This year the folks at Inc. compiled a number of the most cutting-edge technologies that we ought to keep our eye on. It’s impossible to know which...

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Four Programs to Make File Sharing Easier

Have you ever attempted to send a large file only to discover that it was too large for email? A lot of people have. That is why we have compiled the four most popular file-sharing programs below. We...

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Your Phone May Not Need Antivirus Software

In recent months Antivirus software has failed to recognize and contain some huge malware attacks. This has caused it to take a beating in the media. Antivirus Not Necessary on Smartphones? In fact, it...

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3 Terrible Tech Ideas That Somehow Made It into the Marketplace

Bad technologies emerge on a daily basis, and most quickly and quietly vanish. Sadly some of them stick around beyond their natural expiration date. Here is a list of three apps that don’t know when to...

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Browser Choice and Your Personality

There are many different web browsers available today for people to pick from. This list includes browsers like Opera, Chrome, Firefox, and good old Explorer. What is it that makes someone choose one...

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Small Business Tip: 3 Apps to Manage Employees

It is difficult to start a business. That’s the reason many start-ups fail in the first few years. But you can make things easier on yourself, at least where managing your employees is concerned. There...

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Technology is Constantly Evolving: Evolve With it

Remember when you were a kid and you were impressed that the graphics on your Atari 64 looked so outdated when Mattel introduced its Intellivision video game system? Then remember how dumbfounded you...

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Use Shortcuts in Gmail to Save Time

Gmail is one of the most favored email clients out there. It’s simple to operate and powerful. If you are one of the many people who use Gmail, prehaps you are not using it as efficiently as you could....

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Transfer Files With Ease Using Bump

Thanks to social media sites like Twitter and Facebook, sharing pictures and info has become easier than ever. Still, people are seeking even more simple ways to share stuff. In response to this...

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In an Emergency Turn to These Apps

There may be a lot of frivolous apps available, but not all of them are. There are many out there that will even help you in emergency situations. We would like you to be ready, so we have defined...

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