The Phone Call Service Providers Don’t Want You To Know About
About a month ago I noticed the internet bills at my stores were much higher than they should have been. The store that caught my attention was around $244.00 per…
Keep Net Neutrality Right Where It Is!
People keep asking for my thoughts about Net Neutrality and then look stunned when they realize what it really means to us as Americans. Buried under all the headlines about…
“Help Wanted” Signs Are Worthless
Three weeks ago I started the search to replace a long-term employee. He left on a Monday and I immediately started my search that afternoon. As it was in years…
Remote Service Keeps Your Personal Data Safe
One of our larger customers in western Massachusetts runs a very large income tax preparation business and wanted us to start servicing his computers remotely. At first I thought it…
Preventing Cyberwar Victimization: 7 Changes You Must Make To Your Network
We are at the start of what could be a cyberwar which is making people and businesses uneasy. Everywhere we turn we're bombarded with new hacks being done by foreign…
Clickbait, 7 surprising facts every internet user must know
So many times I've been surfing social networking sites and stumbled on a tantalizing article titled something like "9 easy ways to make money fast." Articles like these are enticing…
Broadcast Yourself: Sites like Twitch.tv make it super easy to make money playing video games.
Video games aren't my thing. Three years ago I bought a top of the line Xbox, surround headphones and a few games only to sell the system to my brother…
Virtual Relationships: Millennials seem to accept online and internet based relationships as the norm.
Imagine being in a relationship without actually meeting the other person. For the purpose of this article I define a meeting as an actual face-to-face encounter. Lately, it seems, I've…
Life’s Events: Technology changes how we deal with major life changing events and landmarks.
Sunday morning I was woken by a 7:30AM text from my brother. "7 pounds, 20 inches, born around 2:00AM," followed by, "Been a long night, talk to you soon."…
Avoiding Technology: Turn off your smartphone and computer for a few minutes day and see how productive you become.
I just turned on my computer for the first time in four days and it feels terrible. Thursday night after closing my doors for a much needed vacation I vowed…