Need a tablet? Go with the iPad Mini

by Stephen Gross | Apr 11, 2013 | Business, Mobile Computing, Tech Tips for Business Owners

The choices seem limitless. There is the popular iPad. Amazon offers the Kindle Fire, while Barnes & Noble has its Nook series of devices. Although technically e-readers, these devices function as lower-cost tablets. Then there are the powerful Galaxy tablets...

Sit Too Much? Build a Standing Desk

by Stephen Gross | Apr 4, 2013 | Business, Tech Tips for Business Owners

How much do you sit during the day? If you have a standard office job, the answer might surprise you. You might spend the vast majority of your days sitting down. And that, researchers are finding, is far from healthy. Consider a recent report from NPR. Researchers at...

Soaked Gadgets? You Can Save Them

by Stephen Gross | Mar 28, 2013 | Business, Tech Tips for Business Owners, Technology

Have you dropped your cell phone in the toilet? How about letting that tablet slip into the swimming pool? Do you know what steps to take to rescue your electronic gadgets from these watery graves? If not, you might be setting yourself up for heartbreak you don’t...

MS Outlook – Additional Snooze Times in Reminder Window

by Stephen Gross | Mar 21, 2013 | Business, MS Office Tips and Tricks, Tech Tips for Business Owners

Is it possible to add additional snoozing times to the Reminder window? Yes and no. It is possible to snooze by a custom interval other than the ones that have been predefined (5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, etc…). However, it is not possible to have any custom...

Beware – e-mail scamming is becoming more ingenious and dangerous!

by Stephen Gross | Mar 18, 2013 | Business, E-mail, Security, Tech Tips for Business Owners

We are sending this to warn you of this new scam. This morning, I received a cleverly composed and very official looking email from Experian telling me that a “Key Change” has been posted to my account. Many of us have learned to not click links on emails, especially...

Don’t Know What Toll Fraud Is? It Could Be Costing You Money

by Stephen Gross | Mar 14, 2013 | Business, Security, Tech Tips for Business Owners

Cyber criminals are sneaky bunch. Don’t believe us? Just look at the rise in toll fraud, a scary new form of mobile malware that could be siphoning money from your wallet without you even realizing it. The New York Times’ Brian Chen recently wrote an interesting, and...