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An Introduction to Core Computer Components
If you’ve ever taken the side off of any modern PC and had a look inside, what looks like a jumble of circuit boards and wires is actually a complex system of several components working together to ensure your computer runs fluidly and smoothly. These components are often interchangeable so that pieces can be upgraded, which is why some advanced PC users can continue using the same computer for five years or more, despite newer upgrades on the market becoming available. Here is a short overview ...

How to Handle Negative Feedback on Facebook
Here’s the situation: you check your Facebook wall and find over a 100 negative comments about your business. What do you do? Handling this situation can be a delicate matter. If you delete the posts on your wall, fans will assume you have something to hide. But if you leave the post as is, this negativity could grow and even faster—infecting your healthy, good natured fans.
9 SEO Myths You Shouldn’t Believe
It’s the perfect time to make like Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman of "Mythbusters" fame and tear down 9 SEO myths that have been plaguing website owners since the dawn of creation (of search engines). If you’re responsible for a website, you have enough things to worry about – you don’t need to be pursuing beasts that are purely mythical in nature. Here’s our list of 9 SEO myths you shouldn’t believe for a minute:

Top Ten SEO WordPress Plugins
WordPress is a boon for ecommerce businesses, and it can help the business increase traffic to the website by getting noticed by search engines through the various plugins available for search engine optimization. The all important thing is to have search engines find the websites and veer traffic to them. WordPress sites can be optimized with tools to reach the targeted audience, some of which optimize the site as a whole and some that are meant for specific sites. The following is a list of the ...
5 Reasons Why You Need an Android Tablet
The growing market for tablet computers is a confluence of two events. The first is portability. The more dependent we are on technology for information, directions, socializing, entertainment and advice, the more essential it becomes outside of the home. The second is the advance in the technology itself. The better and more compact the processing power, the more capable tablets become at delivering the multimedia experience we require. However, the demand for tablet computers has led to a ...
Now You Can Accept Credit Cards With Your Smartphone
The modern credit card began in the 1950’s as a way for affluent diners at high-end restaurants to keep a tab and be billed for their patronage. The Diner’s Card was a small, ID sized card that an individual could present at participating dining establishments in exchange for their meals. There was no interest rate associated with the card; it was simply an easy way for frequent restaurant visitors to pay for their dining experience. Fast forward 60 years and today’s credit cards serve a much ...

Bing’s Big Plans for Social Search With Twitter
A business deal announced via a Twitter “tweet” outlined a continued partnership between Microsoft’s Bing search engine and Twitter, giving Bing direct access to all of Twitter’s tweets. The importance of this is measured by search engine bigwigs in terms of the possibility of real-time search results and what role Twitter’s tweets will play in being able to influence those results through integration in search algorithms or as part of a separate feed. The idea is that peoples’ ...

Steve Jobs’ 5 worst ideas/products
A lot of richly deserved praise has been sung across the globe over the last week or so for Steve Jobs. As you probably know, Jobs announced that he is stepping down as CEO of Apple just over a week ago. The iPod, the iPhone the iPad have all been fantastically successful products but not everything Steve dreamed up was a runaway success. Here we profile 5 ideas & products of Steve’s that didn’t really work out: 1. The Apple LisaThe Lisa was the first major computer to use a graphical ...







