Small Business Computing Staff

Small Business Trends: Roundup – SMB Blogging and Social Media Basics Culled mostly from non-mainstream online media, these articles cover everything from how to measure return on investment (ROI) for social media marketing, to how bloggers can sometimes scoop traditional media, to tips on how to create blog content. “Far from a fad, a new […]

PCWorld: SMB Sales People Get iPads To Replace Laptops Is this a lead you should follow in your small business? One company is replacing its sales force’s laptops with iPads. They’ll be able to show spiffy product demos and will include a custom app to tap into a corporate CRM system. “In the next few […]

PCWorld: Google Apps Integrates Consumer Services Into One Big Suite The new enlarged suite will include 60 tools and services and eliminate multiple log-ins. But it will require existing users of Google Apps to import data from the consumer services such as Reader now being added to the suite. “If you’ve been using Google Apps […]

Engadget: Splashtop – Access A Windows PC On Your iOS Device It could be a vital link for small business iPad users who need to refer to data or applications on a Windows PC – but how well will it work? Engadget is skepitcal. (Includes video and link to press release.) “Oh, sure – you’ve […]

PCWorld: Studies Show Businesses Embracing iPad Recent studies show that many businesses are adopting or piloting iPad, partly because its a flexible, attractive device. By way of contrast, recent word out of Hewlett-Packard suggests its new HP Slate, a supposed iPad competitor, is really more for specific enterprise applications rather than general-purpose computing. “Although the […]

PCWorld: Free FilerFrog App Soups Up Windows Explorer FilerFrog adds a menu item to context menus in Windows Explorer that gives users a whole bunch of new options for handling, managing and modifying files in ways that Explorer on its own doesn’t. “If you’d like a free way to improve on Windows Explorer (read: if […]

Smallbiztechnology.com: Free Webinar – How To Protect Your Digital Assets The streamed discussion features Susie Spencer, senior product manager at Symantec, and Ramon Ray, editor and technology evangelist at Smallbiztechnology. “Your network, hard drives and personal information are only a mouse click away from malicious hackers or unscrupulous employees. Large businesses have the expertise and […]

PCWorld: Microsoft Gives Away Free Symantec Security Software In an apparent response to anti-competition complaints about Microsoft’s decision to give away its own Security Essentials software to small businesses, it will now give away Symantec software instead to Windows buyers – but only for a limited time and only at one retailer, PC Mall. “Microsoft […]

PCWorld: Review – Dell 2350dn Monochrome Laser Printer The reviewer lauds this small business laser printer’s impressive print quality and fast performance, calling it a “multitalented workhorse.” Toner costs are reasonable too. “Dell’s 2350dn offers small and medium-size workgroups a well-rounded monochrome laser printer, with peppy performance, impressive print quality, and reasonable toner costs for […]

Entrepreneur: Roll Your Own iPhone App On The Cheap Most small businesses can’t afford to hire programmers to write a custom iPhone app to streamline their business or help market to their customers, but the online service providers listed here can do the job relatively inexpensively. “You want your business to get in on the […]

PCWorld: Free Online Storage – SugarSync Ups The Ante Free is always good when you’re a small business shopping for online services. Several providers offer free online storage. SugarSync recently bumped its free capacity from 2GB (the norm) to 5GB. Will other providers match SugarSync’s generosity? “Got files you want to share in the cloud? […]

Small Business Trends: How To Make Video Do More For Your Small Business Video can help differentiate your small business, Lisa Barone argues, but it can do more if you follow her tips. They include SEO optimizing video pages, adding a transcript, customizing content to different computing platforms and making it easy for visitors to […]