Small Business Computing Staff

The New York Times: How To Keep Gadget Batteries Juiced For Longer New York Times tech journalist Erica Taub offers a bunch of sometimes surprising tips on how to reduce battery drain in mobile devices, including changing cellular carrier, dimming the screen, not searching for networks as much and so on – nine in all. […]

Gomez: Web Performance – Why It Matters And Why You Need To Improve Yours Web customers are impatitent. If your pages take too long to display, those customers will move on. Gomez provides research data to show the impact of performance on e-businesses and explains how its solutions help ensure top performance. “More than ever, […]

PCWorld: Review – Acer Veriton X480G Desktop PC It offers solid performance and better-than-average storage capacity but upgradability is limited and this $600 desktop isn’t the best of the bunch. (Click the ‘Similar Products’ tab to see higher-rated products.) “The Acer Veriton X480G is a pretty good budget PC. At $599 (as of March 30, […]

PCWorld: iPad For Business? There Are Apps For That Brief previews of four business apps for iPad, including Webex, Instapaper Pro and iWork – and a discussion of the iPad’s appropriateness for business use. “With less than 48 hours until the official launch of the Apple iPad, the App Store is beginning to populate with […]

Small Business Trends: How To Grow Your Blog Subscriber Base And Stay Competitive Ubiquitous social media marketing blogger Lisa Barone explains why your blog may not be doing as well as your compitor’s and what you can do about it – including testing RSS icons, using full feeds and making it easier for people to […]

PCWorld: Box.net For iPad – Accessing Docs In The Cloud iPad users will be able to browse through personal and shared file folders, view documents and media on their tablets, and share files and folders with others. “The iPad will be in your hands soon enough. And when it is, important documents, files, and folders […]

PCmag@Work (Small Business): Manage Group Tasks With Stacks Stacks is a cloud-based visual project/task management tool developed for internal use by design firm Imulus but now available to other small businesses for as a little as $20 a month after a six-month free trial. “Stacks, from interactive design agency Imulus, is a group task management […]

Entrpreneur: Google Or Facebook – Picking The Best Online Advertising Platform Social media strategist Starr Hall argues that Facebook offers more targeted pay-per-click advertising for some businesses than Google and goes on to explain how to make best use of either platform. “Many top blogs, including social news site Mashable.com, continue to focus on the […]

PCWorld: Review – eMachines ET1831-07 Desktop PC One of a bunch of desktop PCs that PCWorld recently reviewed, this one doesn’t top the charts, the reviewer says, but the price and the fact that it compromises little on performance or quality makes it a great bargain choice. “It’s common knowledge that the lower the cost […]

PCWorld: Early Verdict On iPad – It Will Change Mobile Business Computing PCWorld blogger Tony Bradley looks at early reviews of the iPad from mainstream media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times and says a consensus is forming that the new tablet computer from Apple is a game-changer. “Many […]

ITBusinessEdge: How Social Media Marketing Can Propel Your SMB Forward Paul Mah argues that small businesses don’t need to take a back seat when it comes to social media marketing. The benefits are real and SMBs should get onboard early. “Amidst the excessive jargon-slinging by Internet marketers and “gurus” out to make a quick buck […]

Small Business Trends: A Social Media Primer For SMBs Lisa Barone’s step-by-step plan for small businesses to get involved in social media marketing starts with creating a plan and ensuring that you own your own name. “I was able to attend Search Engine Strategies New York last week and one of the big topics of […]