Internet

Caution that bill may be just an advertisement.

The practice is not new, but there are domain-registering companies who routinely send out a document to the domain name owner, that appears as a bill to re-register your web name. It is their way of having you transfer the registration of your web address from your current register to them. In some ways this [...]

Do These Bother You Too?

E-mail has become a common office tool for communications. For some it may be their major form of communicating with clients and associates. There may even be others whose only form of communications is through e-mails. I firmly believe that Business E-mails should be treated exactly like a business letter, following the same format. Although [...]

What’s Your Password?

Just about everything has a password associated with it. But many of us are not doing a good job at password creation as usage. Do you … Use the same password? Many of us create one password and use it everywhere. Once the password is discovered by a scammer/hacker then it can be used. Have [...]

Pet Peeves – E-mail

E-mail has become a common office tool for communications. For some it may be their major form of communicating with clients and associates. There may even be others whose only form of communications is through e-mails. I firmly believe that Business E-mails should be treated exactly like a business letter, following the same format. Although [...]

Are You on Facebook?

I’m not going to say that you should be a facebook user. But I do think that your decision should be based on a number of factors, including your time commitment, and your approach to social media in general. A recent conducted research of Co-Tweet and ExactTarget may assist in making that decision. Here are [...]

What’s Your Home Page?

Every internet browser allows the setting of a home page. While I’m sure there are many who use the default that is set by the browser, many have selected their favorite page as their home. Here area few suggestions. Search Many times when we open our browser we are going to search for something on [...]

Create Your Gravatar

You post a comment on a blog. Everyone else who commented has a picture of themselves or something other than a blank. This is called a gravatar. Now you may be wondering, How can I get one and how can I have it show? The following gives a very good detail procedure on how it’s [...]

Google Voice Open for All

Earlier this week Google opened their Google Voice service to all. Google Voice offers a single phone number that can ring on all of a user’s phones, either all of the time or by a schedule that can be applied to each number. The service also has a voice mail box which can transcribe the [...]

Be a Tweep on Twitter

Twitter. I’m sure that by now you have heard about the Social Media site Twitter (twitter.com). As with most everything it has a language of its own. Learn it isn’t very hard, but long time users will throw the terms out as if they have been speaking the language for years. Let’s look at some [...]

Are You Communicating Safe

One thing for certain, there are people out there trying to get your money in ways that are illegal. It even happens to business through their use of telecommunications. Here are some helpful tips to try to keep your money in your pocket. Some of these may seem like ancient history, but could still happen. [...]