Tag Archives: phone

StraightTalk: Are Prepaid Cell Phone Plans Good For Small Business?

Cell phones have practically become part of our anatomies. We show off our newest cell phone like it was a new baby. We carry them everywhere. We cannot live without them, as consumers, but especially as business owners. Mobile phones are mission critical. The Pew Internet project reports that 29 percent of cell owners describe their cell phone as “something they can’t ... Read More »

Top 10 Benefits of Switching to a Cloud-Based Phone System

As small businesses change and grow, the ability to quickly scale up — or down — becomes a necessity. Adding new employees, for example, requires the company to adapt its phone system to accommodate the need for more lines. That is harder to accomplish using traditional on-premise telephony systems due to higher setup and maintenance costs, the need for hardware on-site and reliance ... Read More »

15 Best Mobile Phone Signal Boosters for Business Users

Smartphones have changed the way we think about cell phones, because they are no longer just a communication device. A great example of this is mobile first businesses that rely on these devices to carry out almost every task in their organization. For these businesses, cell phone reception is extremely important. Whether the phone is being used on premises or ... Read More »

How to Choose a Mobile Phone Signal Booster

We rely on our smart phones for virtually everything including business these days. In fact, smartphones is quickly replacing PCs as the preferred computing solution. But, if the mobile signal is weak and the user can’t get connected, all the potential of this technology is rendered meaningless. So the quality of the mobile signal is finally starting to get the ... Read More »

Cell Phone Plan For Small Business: Review of Ting

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 »

This App Claims to Turn Your Phone into a Tiny Scanner but Does it Measure Up?

Usefulness Functionality Price Summary The Tiny Scanner mobile app turns Android and iOS devices into portable document scanners. It scans everything as images or PDFs. The Tiny Scanner mobile app turns your phone into a scanner and saves documents as either a photo or a PDF. With it you can now easily scan documents, receipts, reports, photos or just about ... Read More »

Microsoft Ponders Free Windows Phone Licensing

If you prefer Windows mobile devices for your business, you know the choices out there are limited. After all, smartphone and tablet makers must pay a license fee every time they install Windows on one of their devices. By contrast, Google’s popular Android operating system is free. So there’s often little incentive to make a Windows device when Android is clearly ... Read More »

10 Camera Apps You Need for Your Android Phone Besides Instagram

If you’re looking for better images for your website or content marketing activities, you may not need a new camera. Sometimes a new app will do. The latest generation of smartphones are built with content creation in mind. And the right apps can make that content even better. The 10 Android camera apps on this list have tools to make ... Read More »

What Changing Airline Phone Policies Can Teach You About Customer Experience (Watch

In-Flight Phone Calls May Be The Next Annoying Thing On Planes Disney Is The Undisputed King Of The 2016 Box Office Uber Updated Its Terms To Ban Flirting Between Drivers And Passengers So The US Is Almost $20 Trillion In Debt; Who Do We Owe? Your next airline flight could feature a whole new set of annoyances. U.S. aviation regulators ... Read More »

Jio Happy New Year Offer, Nokia Android Phone, and More: Your 360 Daily

HIGHLIGHTS Reliance Jio Happy New Year Offer extends free services to March 31, 2017 Nokia Android smartphone launch confirmed for first half of 2017 Gooligan malware steals data of over a million Android users Today was a pretty big day in the world of technology news as Reliance Jio announced the Happy New Year Offer that makes services free for ... Read More »