Small Business Computing Staff

PCWorld: Connecting Your iPhone or iPad with Your Business “The iPhone has a long way to go to enable the level of business integration provided by BlackBerry or Windows Mobile smartphones, but Apple has made great strides since the iPhone was introduced. Despite the hype around the iPad, at its core it is essentially a […]

AllBusiness: Tweetups, Meetups are Good for Small Business “As part of the Miami trip last week, I helped plan a tweetup for Infusionsoft and it sure was a lot of fun and great learning. If you haven’t been to a tweetup, they are quite simply networking type meetings, in-person, for those who are active on […]

ZDNet: Firefox Mobile version 1.0 now available for the Nokia N900 “As I stated in my Nokia N900 review the Nokia N900 has the best web browser of any mobile phone. This statement was made about the default web browser and now we have a final version of an alternative web browser that works amazingly […]

PCWorld: How to Protect Your Reputation Online “Several months ago when Twitter introduced its lists feature, social media consultant Allen Mireles checked to see which lists included her. “I wanted to see if the lists I was on were a reflection of how I wanted to be viewed on Twitter,” she says. She found two […]

Small Business Trends: Is Your Social Media Clap-on, Clap-off? “Remember those TV ads for clap-on, clap-off light switches and key chains..? You clapped your hands and on went the light or beep went your key chain. You clapped your hands again and off went the light and your key chain stopped beeping. Are you looking […]

ITBusinessEdge: Deploying the Apple iPad in the SMB “Finally, the secret that we all knew about has been officially unveiled. Apple announced the iPad tablet earlier this week at a media event that ground the tech news stream to a near standstill, gave Twitter a bad case of hiccups, and singlehanded slowed the Internet for […]

Small Business Trends: Toggl: Time Tracking Made Easy “If you struggle with tracking your time on client or company projects, you might want to check out Toggl for time tracking. It is a web-based time-tracking tool to help you manage projects and how much time you spend on them each day. I joined with a […]

Smallbiztechnology.com: Should Retail Tech Support Help Your Business? Maybe. But Be Careful “I was recently in a Staples store making some copies and observed a man come in looking for help from Staples tech unit, Easy Tech. These green shirted guys (and gals) serve as in store “geeks” to help businesses and consumers get their […]

Fortune: How The Best Small Businesses Spend Money “Weighing your cap-ex decisions? Here’s how America’s Most Promising Companies aim to re-invest this year. Capital spending by small businesses is a crucial economic barometer. Billions of dollars and thousands of jobs depend on how confident entrepreneurs are about their prospects, and how conservative or aggressive they […]

InformationWeek SMB: Rating Today’s Top Tech For SMBs: Plug In Or Tune Out? “Which 5 of the year’s hottest gadgets, trends, and technologies make sense for your small or midsize business? And which 5 should you avoid — at least for now? From versatile smartphones such as the Motorola Droid and BlackBerry Bold 9700 to […]

CNet News: Video VoIP calls over iPhone 3G? You betcha “Apple may have focused all its laser-beam attention on the iPad at Wednesday’s press event, but that wasn’t the computing giant’s only announcement. Effective immediately, Apple has given up blocking voice-over-IP (VoIP) calls over 3G data networks on the iPhone, and has changed the SDK […]

Small Business Trends: 6 Questions To Ask BEFORE Redesigning Your Site “There’s a lot to consider when redesigning your Web site. Are you simply updating the look? Do you need to improve search-engine friendliness? Are there accessibility issues you’re trying to address? Whatever the redesign is aiming to accomplish, you want to make sure you […]