Tag Archives: Business

A recent study shows how reliant small businesses have become on mobile technology. The 2013 AT&T Small Business Technology Poll says 85 percent of small businesses now use some kind of smartphone. And 80 percent of small firms founded less than two years ago use tablets, the survey also showed. Customers are becoming more mobile too. The International Data Corporation, ... Read More »

A new offering from virtual reality company Oculus, now owned by Facebook, could have interesting implications for small businesses. Oculus Rooms and Parties are new features for Gear VR users. They’ll also be available on Oculus Rift devices in 2017. Parties are essentially group voice calls that take place in virtual reality. You can add up to three friends to ... Read More »

Unless a device can be adopted for real world use cases, what’s the point? Arguably, Google Glass had this problem. But Lenovo (HKG:0992) has taken the innovative wearable idea and decided to find a new customer or use case for its New Glass C200. No matter which side of the fence you stand regarding Google Glass, you should appreciate the ... Read More »

St. Jude Pacemakers Updated After Flaw Made Them Vulnerable To Hackers Volkswagen Pleads Guilty To Criminal Charges In Emissions Scandal 200 Dogs And Puppies Rescued From Dog Meat Farm In South Korea Scientists Upgrading Very Large Telescope To Search For Exoplanets If your business uses technology of almost any kind, you could be vulnerable to hackers. This is something that ... Read More »

This Company Wants To Mine The Moon. Now It Has The Money To Get There Backing Off These Pesticide Restrictions Could Be Bad For Bees ‘The Greatest Show On Earth’ Is Ending The Eiffel Tower Might Be Getting A Makeover For the first time ever, a private company is heading to the moon. Moon Express got the approval from the ... Read More »

Securing the place we live and work in used to be a task best left for professional, but like almost every other industry, digital technology is also democratizing security. SimpliSafe Home Security lets you install a wireless security system with all the bells and whistles, without needing an expert and paying an arm and a leg for it. The SimpliSafe ... Read More »

0 Small business readers routinely ask me tech questions and one that I receive often is: What Phone Should I Get?  The beauty of Ting is that you buy your phone, feature type, aka “dumb phone” or smartphone and then choose a plan configuration that works best for you. Ting sent me a loaner phone for this review so I could ... Read More »

Usefulness Functionality Price Summary ShareFile is an enterprise-grade file sync and share solution that is uniquely designed for specific customer workflow and collaboration environments across multiple verticals. ShareFile, owned by Citrix Systems (NASDAQ:CTXS), is a SaaS product that allows you to choose where to securely store your files and documents, which could either be on the cloud or on the ... Read More »

Planning a new app for your small business? Make sure you build it on Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Android, since that’s where you’re most likely to find your customers. According to a new Gartner report, Android is dominating the smartphone marketplace with a whopping 86.2 percent share in the second quarter of 2016. Android Dominates Smartphone Business Android’s topnotch performance came from ... Read More »

When launching or expanding your eCommerce business, consider drop shipping. It can provide an approach without the need for heavy upfront investment. In fact, even management of inventory is generally unnecessarily. To get started, simply partner with a drop shipping wholesaler and begin marketing their products from your site. They handle all shipping and other logistics involved in getting the ... Read More »