Small Business Computing Staff

Small Business Trends: How To Use Google Display Network Effectively Marketing consultant Robert Brady explains how to use Google’s display advertising placement service without it becoming a black hole for your advertising budget. It can be done, if you know how. “Many advertisers have tried their hand at the Google Display Network (formerly known as […]

Small Business Labs: Research: Facebook Could Replace Small Business Websites Will small businesses abandon traditional websites for Facebook? This post from Small Business Labs analyzes research that suggest this may have begun to happen. Is it a good thing for small businesses? “There’s some really interesting data in the Network Solutions State of Small Business […]

Wired: Do You Need 3G On Your New iPad 2? Probably Not As Brian X. Chen explains, most iPhones and Android smartphones can now function as Wi-Fi hotspots connecting other devices to the Net over the phone’s 3G Internet connection. If you already have a compatible phone, why invest in 3G for the iPad? “When […]

ITBusinessEdge: Why SMBs Should Upgrade to Internet Explorer 9 Paul Mah says SMBs should upgrade their browsers to Microsoft’s new Internet Explorer 9 because, among other reasons, it’s faster, more secure, easier to manage, features a new cleaner interface and has made big improvements to the file downloader. “Microsoft released the final version of Internet […]

Laurie McCabe’s Blog: Why SMBs Should Care About Salesforce.com Buying Dimdim The acquisition of Dimdim by Salesforce may not be good news for small business users of the web conferencing service, Laurie McCabe says, but it will eventually enhance the capabilities of Salesforce.com, the web-based customer relationship management software. “The SMB Group has followed (and […]

PCWorld: Roundup – 8 Free Windows 7 Utilities Infoworld’s J. Peter Bruzzese spotlights eight utilities that can help make Windows 7 a better computing environment. Some, such as the Evernote note keeping app, are familiar enough. Many others are real finds, like TeamViewer, a screen sharing app that lets you control another computer to help […]

Small Business Trends: Google Place Pages For Small Businesses Why should small businesses want to use Google Place Pages? Four reasons, Lisa Barone says. Your local customers are looking for you online, it’s a one-stop shop for your brand, it’s a way to boost your search engine ranking and it aggregates content about you from […]

Entrepreneur: Roundup: Online Small Business Tax Tools Entrepreneur magazine finds three online tax resources that can help small businesses: The IRS Small Business Tax Center, WageFiling.com and Teaspiller. “April 15 is just a few weeks away. Of course you should be finished with your taxes now. But if you’re shop is like mine, you spend […]

Small Business Trends: Review – 60mo Financial Dashboarding Application Financial dashboards give small business owners a quick snapshot of how their businesses are performing on a daily basis and provide tools for planning based on past performance. TJ McCue liked 60mo, which he says is appropriate for startups to companies with 200 employees. “Growing a […]

Open Forum:Should Your Small Business Be Using Tumblr? Brenna Ehrlich suggests questions small businesses should ask themselves before plunging into using the seductively easy social blogging service, Tumblr. It may not be right for all small businesses, Ehrlich says. “More and more businesses have started using social blogging platform Tumblr of late, which may have […]

PCWorld: Review – Fujitsu Lifebook T580 Tablet/Netbook PC World reviewer Loyd Case says the Lifebook T580 is ultimately too bulky to perform well as a tablet, though it’s light for a laptop, and the pen-based touch interface is too different from current finger-based touch interfaces. “Carrying around and using the Fujitsu Lifebook T580 illustrates everything […]

Email has changed the way we communicate — for better and for worse.  As businesses rely more and more on email communication, small business networks become more vulnerable to increasingly sophisticated malware programs, including computer viruses, worms, trojan horses and spyware.  Ignore small business security at your peril. Small business owners and managers must examine […]