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Forget apps…here comes the voice-controlled future

Soon, we won’t be fumbling around with a gazillion different apps, trying to figure out which one turns off the sprinklers in the front yard... Apple Siri, Amazon Echo and now Google Home all point to the future of digital living.  When it comes to voice plus smart machines vs.

Want to know your Lyft or Uber passenger rating?

Ratings are a two-way street with both Uber and Lyft.  Of course, as a passenger you can rate your driver. Yet passengers are rated too, by their drivers.  To find your average Uber passenger rating, open your Uber app and tap the menu bar in the top left corner.

Your Crystal Ball For Hiring

I don’t know if what I’m about to share with you is impressive or pathetic...

First, a brief history, to earn your trust. I studied in graduate school 20 years ago with the Father of Management, Peter Drucker. He estimated that managers make hiring mistakes 50% of the time.

5 Ways To Spot A Social Engineering Attack

“We’re not going to make payroll and will have to close our doors.”

Unfortunately, that statement is becoming more common among small business fraud victims, according to Mitchell Thompson, head of an FBI financial cybercrimes task force in New York.

Benefits of using dual monitors

Remember in movies, how the villain’s lair is home to an abundance of newfangled tech, gadgets and monitors that stretch as far as the eye could see? Some may attribute it to superb set design but the message behind this was that the road to success (or blowing up your enemies) calls for not one but two monitors.

5 top trends in SEO and social media

When it comes to technology news, breakthroughs, innovations, and what-to-do’s, we’ve always got our eyes peeled for the latest and greatest. Paying close attention to what’s trending is critical not only to our success, but to that of our clients as well, which is why we’re taking a look at 5 popular SEO and Social Media tactics happening now.

The benefits of Instagram for your company

It's astounding how celebrities manage to amass millions of followers and gain thousands of likes for posting a photo of their shadow. Companies of all sizes would go crazy for that kind of exposure, but rarely do their wishes get granted. But not all hope is lost, start small and take baby steps with the help of Instagram’s recently-announced tools that help make the process of establishing your company’s presence an easier one:
Business profile pages
Previously, it was hard for Instagram users to distinguish an account belonging to a business from one that is dedicated to cats, but with the Business Profile feature, that’s a problem of the past.