NetSmarter.com Blog (Page 4)
New Apps That Help You Reduce the Amount of Energy You Use at Home
Energy efficiency. As more people become aware of how important it is to preserve the environment as well as its resources, that is a phrase that tends to come up pretty often in conversation. And in the efforts to be more energy efficient, we do things like turn out the lights when we leave a room, turn off the water while we’re brushing our teeth, use fluorescent light bulbs instead of standard... ❯❯❯
Should You Purchase New or Used Computer Parts?
These days, purchasing a good computer can seem like putting a small down payment on a condo. This is especially true if you need computers or parts for your business’s operations. While you could go to where you purchases the computer, chances are good that they will charge an exorbitant fee on top of the cost of the parts, which are already marked up two and half times past wholesale price.... ❯❯❯
How to Select the Best Ethernet Service for Your Business
Businesses these days are practically beholden to internet connectivity and the communication and information services it can provide. Can you even imagine managing your day-to-day operations without the benefits of email, for example? Heck, you can’t even manage your personal life without a smartphone, a computer, and a home WiFi network, so it’s easy to see why businesses these days simply... ❯❯❯
5 Tips for Finding New Customers and Increasing Sales
With technology at our fingertips on a regular basis, it is often obvious that using the Internet is a great way to improve sales for your business and gain new customers. However, many business owners have no idea where to begin! Here are some tips to help you best utilize the Internet to find new customers and increase sales online. Social media platforms are excellent marketing tools for... ❯❯❯
Does the Technology in Your Office Need an Update?
At the rate technology is advancing, which is faster than ever before, your office might need a major upgrade every two years. This includes not only hardware, like computers and printers, but also software too. Having all the up to date software is not only important for staying up to date and current, but updating all your technology can also make your business run more efficiently and... ❯❯❯
5 Beginner Tips for Using the Internet Safely
Generally speaking, using the internet is bound to be a safer activity than, say, cliff diving, bungee jumping, or motor sports. But that doesn’t mean that your activities on the internet can’t have a negative impact on your life. And for people who are new to using the internet independently (i.e. without a parent looking over their shoulder), navigating the waters of the worldwide web can be a... ❯❯❯
Top 5 Business Laptop Buying Tips
If you’re ready to take the plunge and buy a new laptop for your business, you’ll have no shortage of options. The laptop market is absolutely crammed with machines, and most of them are quite impressive. Technology has evolved by leaps and bounds in the past decade, and even if it has only been a few years since you last purchased a computer, much has changed. The popularity of smartphones and... ❯❯❯
5 Tips for Successfully Running an Online Business From Home
These days it’s completely possible to run a fun and profitable business right from the comfort of your very own home. In fact, it’s not even that difficult, as long as your approach is sound and your work ethic is solid. Thanks to the enormous reach and popularity of the internet, an e-commerce business can actually perform better than a brick and mortar store, with lower overhead and less risk.... ❯❯❯
Microsoft Releases XBox Music App
If you want to forgo CDs and records, move your music collection to the cloud and check out the latest and greatest through a streaming music service you’ll have no shortage of choices. Spotify and Mog have carved out a huge chunk of the market share, but they aren’t the only options that enjoy major fan support. Basically every company that offers some sort of entertainment hardware device is... ❯❯❯
Woman Calendar May Help on the Fertility Front
While there is, as yet, no mobile application that can guarantee pregnancy, there are a few apps out there designed to help women understand their own bodily cycles as a way to increase the odds of pregnancy. Most are fairly basic, offering a standard calendar that allows for the input of important dates (the start of menses, the date of ovulation, and so on). But if you’re actively trying to get... ❯❯❯
Google’s Project Loon to Test Solar Balloon Powered Internet Network
Leave it to Google to come up with something so outlandish that even seasoned pundits have to do a double-take to make sure they read it right. Although they’ve brought us innovations like the self-driving car, Glass, Replay (to chart trending tweets), Street View (so easy to find a new doctor’s office now!), and calls from Gmail, Google may have lost us with the aptly named Project Loon, a plan... ❯❯❯
Project Noah Provides a Fun and Eco-Friendly Pursuit for Kids of All Ages
Parents are always on the lookout for activities that are going to provide not only fun and entertainment for kids, but also some added value through educational aspects. And parents that are trying to do their part to create a cleaner, greener future for their kids may also seek out pursuits that give kids an understanding of the green movement and an appreciation for the world around them.... ❯❯❯
My Pain Diary App Helps Users Manage Chronic Pain
It’s hard to tell whether the prevalence of chronic pain issues in this day and age is related to an increase in injuries, illnesses, and diseases with lasting side effects or if it is simply more widely diagnosed than it was in decades past, but the rising number of reports has certainly resulted in greater awareness of chronic pain conditions, as well as new research associated with it and... ❯❯❯
5 Tips for Creating and Promoting Infographics for Your Blog
Whether blogging is your main operation in the online arena or you happen to run a commercial website with an on-site blog attached as a way to increase traffic and provide customers with added value, you might be looking for ways to make the layout more attractive and provide users with easy-to-share snippets of information. If you’re optimizing your blog, you obviously want to get as much... ❯❯❯
How to Use Infographics and Data Visualization for SEO
Infographics have steadily been gaining popularity in the online arena over the past few years. And it’s no wonder considering all they have to offer. For one thing, they aren’t comprised of bulky blocks of text that scare away visitors to your site. When you enter a web page and all you see is line after line of print, it’s no doubt enough to make you back out and head for the competition. Not... ❯❯❯