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Keeping Your Devices Powered While on the Road December 01, 2011 
Think of the devices that have been made redundant by smartphones: landline phone, laptop computer, GPS receiver, map, compass, flashlight, still camera, video camera, gaming console, calculator, wristwatch, electronic photo frame, newspaper, magazine, book, radio, weather radio, police scanner, MP3 player, television, home entertainment system remote control, main street bank, tape measure, bubble level, and coming up, your wallet.
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How to Lock Down Your Laptop While on the Road November 17, 2011 
Losing a laptop may be less painful now than it used to be because the cost of replacing the physical device has trickled downward recently. You can now pick up a decent workhorse for three or four hundred dollars at a big-box retailer. Big deal if you lose it. What hasn't become less valuable, though, is the data held within.
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How to Get the Internet on Your Car Stereo November 10, 2011 
Unless you're driving a tricked-out late model BMW or Mini, you're unlikely to have Internet-based media streaming options built into your vehicle. However, there are ways to replicate that Internet media experience -- just without the integrated controls. The basic premise is to use your smartphone.
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How to Publish Your Own DVDs Now That Lulu Has Quit November 05, 2011 
Open publishing platform Lulu is known for making a global print-on-demand, disc manufacturing, and distribution and fulfillment network available to independent authors, filmmakers and other individuals. For several years, creators have been able to make everything from hard-cover and paperback books to photo calendars, CDs and DVDs available in both Web-based and brick-and-mortar outlets around the world.
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Hacking the Google TV Box Without Rooting It, Part 2 November 04, 2011 
With the leaked Honeycomb 3.1 operating system installed, my Logitech Revue Google TV box was, for all intents and purposes, driving a giant Honeycomb tablet. The only problem was that there wasn't really any nonsubscription, ad-supported content -- none that I was interested in, anyway -- on the box.
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Hacking the Google TV Box Without Rooting It, Part 1 October 28, 2011
I've long held the opinion that the most effective way to get Internet-based content onto a TV is to simply hook a laptop up to the flat screen with an HDMI cable. The laptop acts as an oversized remote control. You get a full Flash-based Web browser, hard drive and keyboard on your TV.
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Easy Streaming From Smartphone to Home Stereo October 27, 2011 
The convenience of using your smartphone to store, stream and curate your music collection -- or simply stream music from online, personalized radio stations like Pandora -- doesn't mean you need to sacrifice your home stereo system for the dubious quality earbuds that came with the phone. The investment you've made in the stereo gear is as valid as is it was when you bought it.
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How to Improve Your Video-Streaming Clarity October 20, 2011 
The stuttering and freezing that can occur when you're streaming video are indicative of issues related to bandwidth. Commercial hosted solutions like Netflix and Hulu can suffer from degraded performance. Rather than simply calling your ISP and requesting a faster, more expensive pipe, there are some steps you can take first to optimize your existing environment for video streaming.
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How to Turn a Nook Into a Great Android Tablet September 29, 2011 
Amazon's $199 tablet will be one of the first sub-$300 tablets with a decent specification. However, if you can't wait until November, don't necessarily want a book vendor's skin on your device, and haven't ponied up for an iPad yet, you can get a solid base-Android tablet for around $250 today -- or a lot less, if you already happen to have a Nook Color 7-inch e-reader.
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That Tired Old Computer Could Be a Neat Media Streamer September 15, 2011 
One antidote to escalating household budgets is to cut utility services. However, dropping trash pickup and dumping your garbage in neighbors' receptacles in the middle of the night probably wouldn't go down too well in the community. Likewise, terminating your electricity supply won't play too well with the family after the novelty wears off -- possibly less than an hour if there's something good on TV, or it's cold.
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US Travelers Abroad: Don't Get Gouged by Stiff Data Roaming Fees September 01, 2011 
Travel tools for the road include some of the killer apps that have driven the smartphone market, like mapping. However, the ball and chain is the cost of getting that data outside of your home market. For example, U.S. carrier Sprint currently charges a whopping $19.45 per megabyte to use its GSM data roaming agreements in Europe.
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When Your iPhone Falls in the Toilet, a Beer Mug or Pile of Snow May 03, 2011 
If you have gotten your smartphone really wet, odds are it is not functioning properly. The initial steps for an eventual water damage repair are vital and consist of taking out the SIM card and battery immediately and letting them dry out. Most important, when the phone is wet, you don't want to turn it on or leave it on at all. If it is off, the only threat is rust. Rust can be repaired.
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Some Penny-Pinching Tips for DIY iPhone Repairs February 22, 2011 
In the world of DIY, self-help repairs can get dicey quick. The problems are not always with the ability to do the repair itself successfully -- but doing so with real savings. Having additional parts lying around is a big help, but if you have to make a purchase, it's critical to know what you really need to buy.
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If You've Got to Have a White iPhone 4 Right Now... September 16, 2010 
The white iPhone 4 is set to be released in 2011, but that does not mean you can't make your own now. I've seen many requests come through for white iPhone 4 conversions. Sometimes this happens because somebody has already broken their screen or back cover, and other times simply because people want it and they want it NOW!!!
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PRM: It's Not Just CRM for Partners July 29, 2010 
CRM is a complex thing. It involves understanding your customers and your own business -- two difficult things to fully grasp under any circumstances -- and then using technology to convert that understanding into a positive impact on your business. Customers, and to a lesser extent your business, are always changing.
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6 Steps to CRM Transformation July 08, 2010 
In general, professionals and customers involved in unsuccessful CRM transformations commonly point to certain causes of failure. These vary from lack of customer-centric strategy to absence of measurable goals, poor change management to poor implementation. In our personal experience, most CRM implementations have been beset with similar challenges.
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The Call to Action: Better Customer Relationships Through Web Design June 24, 2010 
Designing company websites has evolved into an art form, and much attention is paid to selecting the appropriate colors, using the right graphics, and making sure the content best reflects the corporate messaging and brand. These are absolutely areas of importance, but often companies design their websites to be aesthetically pleasing without providing clear, easy ways for visitors to take action.
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How to Run a Business Without the Office Space June 01, 2010 
Empty office space litters skylines, freeways and office parks. Once-busy hives of cubicles have become empty steel and concrete caverns. Their previous occupants met with a variety of fates: Some were victims of a deep recession; others were washed away by tsunamis of cheap labor in foreign lands; still others were unleashed by virtual technologies.
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CRM Killer: The Inability to Acknowledge Issues Before Implementation May 27, 2010 
Adoption is truly the CRM killer. If your employees won't use your CRM system, your investment is an utter waste. However, the way many organizations look at adoption doesn't help matters. All too many adoption failures are attributed to the users -- those darned stubborn employees who can't be bothered to deal with change, even when it's for their own good.
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4 Steps to Simplified Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery May 20, 2010 
No company can afford to have a disaster disrupt its business. Despite this, the opportunity and technology costs of a feasible disaster recovery plan have traditionally been too high for the masses to properly plan for and ensure continuity. However, recent advancements in infrastructure and the proliferation of technology have made BC/DR less about the technology and more about planning.
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