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PowerPoint Tips You Can Count On
- Tuesday, 13 April 2010
- Tech
- Written by Kathy Yakal
These days, everyone relies on PowerPoint to make presentations. It's so easy, in fact, that many users don't look beyond the basics. That's a mistake. Here are some tips to help you get more from this valuable software.
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Google Apps on Parade
- Tuesday, 30 March 2010
- Tech
- Written by Richard Oppenheim CPA
When the world does a computer based search for anything, the word Google pops up as a verb, a noun, a resource. Search was the foundation for Google’s creation, meteoric stock price rise and the capacity to do almost anything. Google is continually expanding its reach. This time the reach is into and through the SMB universe.
Best Practices for Securing PDF Documents
- Monday, 15 March 2010
- Tech
- Written by Thomas G. Stephens, Jr. CPA.CITP
Accountants in all facets of the profession continue to adopt PDF files as the foundation of their document storage and management platforms. Further, PDF files increasingly serve as a medium for exchanging information between accountants and their peers, clients, customers, vendors, and other trading partners. Unfortunately, many professionals using PDF technologies continue to labor under the erroneous assumption that PDF files are secure and others cannot change them. In fact, PDF files are unsecured by default and those using PDFs should take specific actions to secure these documents and prevent disclosing sensitive and confidential data. Fortunately, Adobe Acrobat provides a number of very good options for securing PDF documents.
Financial Apps on your Mobile Phones
- Tuesday, 23 February 2010
- Tech
- Written by Richard Oppenheim CPA
Smartphones have already grown beyond any reasonable expectation of slow and steady wins the race. These handheld computers are delivering everything from entertainment videos to games to email to news to personal and business oriented applications. These applications give users support for doing all kinds of business operations and personal activities. Smartphones are not just about making the call, playing the game, and getting map location and directions.
What's Hot in Mobile for 2010
- Wednesday, 10 February 2010
- Tech
- Written by David Cieslak
One doesn’t need to attend the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, or subscribe to the latest geek blog to know that much of today’s hottest innovation in technology is happening on the mobile front! From Google Android and the Apple iPad to WiMax and Netbooks – mobile computing is changing when, where and how people connect and interact. And these innovations are making an extraordinary impact in the workplace as well. Here are just a few of the communication technologies helping drive this change.
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CES Tidbits; 3D, Docupen and Lexmark Printer
- Wednesday, 27 January 2010
- Tech
- Written by Richard Oppenheim CPA
To 3D or Not 3D? The hot topic at this month's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was the coming oversupply of 3D televisions. This technology is moving from the movie theater into the home. There is not a lot of 3D content today so these screens will also show 2D, HD, Blu-Ray. For 3D, special viewing glasses are required. As these products are rolled out, the question for the consumer is simple – “why buy?” Price today for a 42” model is around $10,000. Sony has stated that by 2012 30 percent to 50 percent of its TV sales will be 3D.
Taking a Look at Windows 7
- Monday, 18 January 2010
- Tech
- Written by Richard Oppenheim CPA
Despite all the rumors, the folks at Redmond keep their pipeline active with new products, upgrades, and lots of ways to request a little, or a lot, of your time and cash. In October, 2009, Microsoft released Windows 7, its latest and greatest operating system since it first leased DOS to IBM in 1981.
eBooks: Population Growth
- Saturday, 16 January 2010
- Tech
- Written by Richard Oppenheim CPA
Amazon is not alone anymore. The Kindle eBook now faces lots of “me too” products that all fit under this same category. The Nook from Barnes & Noble, Sony’s eBook Reader, Que from Plastic Logic are a few. By some estimates there are as many as 30 eBooks to hit the shelves this year, not including Smartphones and computer based programs. A few companies, like Marvell are reengineering the creating the chips needed which should continue to drive the price down to under $200 and lower.Read more...
Why Is Search Engine Optimization Important?
- Monday, 11 January 2010
- Tech
- Written by Hugh Duffy MBA
If you are interested in acquiring new business, then you need to understand what search engine optimization is and how it can deliver qualified prospects to your doorstep. In other words, it’s how your Web site gets found on the internet. That’s right, a Web site that has been effectively optimized for search engines can deliver motivated prospects to your firm. On the other hand, a Web site that is not search engine optimized is essentially lost in internet space, which renders it worthless from a marketing perspective. This article will describe optimization and also discuss results reported by three practitioners.Read more...
Eight Productivity Tips for Microsoft Excel
- Wednesday, 06 January 2010
- Tech
- Written by Kathy Yakal
But no matter how long you’ve used Microsoft Excel for Windows, you’ve probably developed habitual methods of doing things in worksheets, things that relate to how your numbers and cells are managed. Often, the methods you use don’t represent the most efficient solutions.
Here, then, are some great tips that can improve your productivity by speeding up common and uncommon operations in Excel. These tips work in all versions of Excel. Read more...
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