Small Business Computing Staff

Entrepreneur: Where To Invest Your Mobile Marketing Dollars – Mobile App Or Mobile Website? Do you create your own mobile app and tailor it for the iPhone and/or BlackBerry and/or Android? Or create a website that any smartphone can access? Or do both? “NBC reported 58.2 million page views of its Winter Olympics programming on […]

ABI Research: First Impressions Of iPad ABI Research’s Lance Wilson was probably predisposed to like the iPad, and he does, though not unreservedly. One noted issue: user data files are stored with apps, not in central depositories and are deleted if you uninstall the app. “My iPad arrived as scheduled just before lunch on Saturday, […]

PCWorld: Faster Hard Drives With USB 3.0 Reviews of new USB hard drives from Buffalo, Iomega, Seagate and Western Digital that use the new SuperSpeed USB 3.0 technology that transfers data from a computer at up to 5 gigabytes per second. “When you’re in front of your PC, waiting for something to transfer to removable […]

PCWorld: iPad Vs. Netbook Vs. iPhone Vs. Laptop – The Keyboard Test PC World’s Harry McCracken typed the same text on four devices to find out how good – or bad – the iPad’s onscreen keyboard is. Bottom line: it’s the best onscreen keyboard he’s ever used. “Can an iPad replace a notebook, at least […]

Smallbiztechnology.com: Corel Word Perfect – Getting Better All The Time Most small businesses use Microsoft Word or have begun switching to cloud-based word processors such as Google Docs and Zoho, but Corel keeps plugging away with Word Perfect, improving it with each outing. This latest release is no exception, Smallbiztechnology says. “I’ve been using Word […]

InformationWeek SMB: Review – iPad Office Tools There are flaws in the e-mail tools and the iPad doesn’t support cloud computing as well as this reviewer would like. Bottom line: it’s not a laptop replacement. “When Apple introduced the iPad in January, it pitched the device as a superior alternative to netbooks. It’s an ultra-portable […]

Alterian: Social Media Monitoring For More Targeted Online Marketing Explains how social media monitoring works and what it does. Alterian’s services may not be for most small businesses, but the information in this white paper will be useful for anyone investigating this new area of online marketing. “Social Media Monitoring (SMM) can be a powerful […]

PCWorld: FileMaker Puts Bento On The iPad FileMaker’s Bento personal database application is now available on the iPad as well as iPhone and Mac and integrates with other business apps such as Address Book, Google Maps, Mail, and Safari. ”If FileMaker isn’t careful, people are going to start saying that Bento is the database software […]

The New York Times: Print From A Smartphone With Cortado Workplace New app for BlackBerry and iPhone from ThinPrint AG lets people store documents and e-mails in the cloud and then print them from their smartphone to a local wirelessly connected printer. “It’s great that you can view your airline boarding pass on your smartphone, […]

PCWorld: iPad – It’s Not The Only Tablet In Town Major and not so major manufacturers are reportedly rushing to market with alternatives to the iPad, including some that run Windows 7 and some that run Android. This feature looks at 15 of them. “The iPad has captured many hearts and minds, but a fleet […]

PCmag@Work (Small Business): WebEx For iPad – Another Key Business App for The Pad Cisco’s WebEx Meeting Center for iPad, an iPad client for the popular Web meeting service, is one of a few business applications for iPad that have begun to appear since Apple began shipping the tablet computer last week. “Cisco has announced […]

SMB News from Network World: Disassembling iPad Shows Its Quality Construction Aaron Vronko, the CEO of Michigan-based Rapid Repair, took apart an iPad and reports that it’s better built than other Apple first-generation products. “The iPad is the best-built first-generation mobile device Apple has ever produced, the owner of an iPod and iPhone repair company […]