Small Business Computing Staff

Small Business Trends: Letting Customers Know Where You Are With BatchGeo Some of what BatchGeo does can be done directly in Google maps (which BatchGeo uses), but the online service makes it easier to create useful maps, and fun, TJ McCue says. “There’s a story, possibly apocryphal, that goes like this: When one of Albert […]

PCWorld: What CES Tells Us About Our Mobile Future Galen Gruman notes that this year’s edition of CES was dominated by mobile tools and gadgets. It is a sign, he says, that “the post-PC era has begun in earnest.” How might that change the way your small business operates? “At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, […]

Entrepreneur: How To Launch A Web-based Venture Not only is the site of interest to other entrepreneurs, the story of how Matt Wilson founded it may also serve as inspiration. Warning: ditch digging was involved! “Name: Matt Wilson, 24 Founded: Under30CEO.com, 2008 Business: Website offering young entrepreneurs the tools and resources to succeed. Location: New […]

PCmag@Work (Small Business): Lots Of New Tablets – Any iPad Killers? Tim Bajarin points out that Apple has never relinquished its lead in other markets it commandeered – think iPod – and it’s not likely to relinquish its lead in the tablet market, despite excellent new products from competitors. “Harry McCracken, my friend at the […]

PCWorld: How Businesses Will Use Tablet Computers This is one of two articles from PCWorld yesterday with analysis of a ChangeWave survey that shows many businesses have already bought or are planning to spend significant dollars on tablets. What will they use them for? What could you use them for? PC World’s Keir Thomas investigates. […]

Laurie McCabe’s Blog: SMB Mobile Websites – Opening A New Front Door The study by SMB Group shows that small and medium-size companies are beginning to realize the importance of mobile e-commerce and marketing and are building mobile websites or laying plans to do so. Should you be following their lead? “Ten years ago, SMBs […]

InformationWeek SMB: What Happened In Vegas If you couldn’t make it to the big tech show in the desert but would like to get a flavor for what happened there, check out this daily archive of articles from InformationWeek with links to product reports and trend pieces. “InformationWeek Daily: • TOP STORY: Hands-on With RIM […]

Engadget: Tablets Galore At CES Engadget magazine provides a chart comparing the three dozen tablet computers exhibited at CES and links to its hands-on reports on each. “It’s been raining tablets here at CES 2011. No seriously, it as if the sky has opened up in Vegas and dropped touchscreen slabs with Android and Windows […]

InformationWeek SMB: Preview – New SMB Desktop PC From Dell Available starting this week, the Vostro 460 is priced from $599 and runs on Intel’s new Sandy Bridge processors. It offers hard drive options to 3TB and can also be configured with USB 3.0 ports. “2011 has been dubbed the year of the tablet, but […]

ITBusinessEdge: New SMB PCs From HP The new SMB PCs shown at the Consumer Electronics Show by HP include all-in-ones and standard desktop PCs with all the latest components. “Hewlett-Packard unveiled a new lineup of its business desktop PCs this week at CES 2011. Among the various models are some that the company says are […]

PCWorld: Samsung Wows CES With Slider Tablet, Ultraportable The tablet, the TX100 (aka the Slider PC 7) has a keyboard that slides out from underneath and runs Windows 7. “With so many mobile PCs hitting the market, hardware makers are doing all they can to differentiate their products, a trend particularly evident right now among […]

Entrepreneur: Hot Website Trends For 2011 Jennifer Shaheen says that to be successful in 2011, websites will have to cater more to mobile users, be more scalable, more interactive and, possibly most important, more secure. “What’s in store for online businesses in 2011? There are several changes on the horizon, but one common thread through […]