Why are these businesses growing? Factors such as the growth of free and automated digital and mobile tools and the expansion of online platforms that make it easy to hire contractors all contribute. But entrepreneurs’ attitudes are changing, too…
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But how do you ask a question that is engaging, aims to solve a problem, and keeps the conversation going?
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While the $2,999 price tag will deter most consumers, Microsoft seems to be targeting the Studio at design professionals, who would otherwise be using Apple Macs …
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“I use exactly four things to keep my laptop clean: Rubbing alcohol, microfiber cloths, cotton swabs and canned air.” Ninety percent or higher isopropyl alcohol is ideal, since it won’t damage the internal components. And if you have some particularly tough grime or oil, a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser (or other melamine sponge) can also work wonders, though it should be a last resort since it’s abrasive.
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The rapid growth suggests that cyber criminals are drawn to the ease of infecting a user’s system and collecting the payments…
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The benefits of solopreneurship are better experienced than reported, yet if you’re curious about the lives of these disentangled, high-risk, high-reward captains of their own fate and are considering taking the same plunge, here’s what you can expect…
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Everything you need to know about ransomware: how it started, why it’s booming, how to protect against it, and what to do if your PC’s infected.
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There’s been a shift towards cryptojacking attacks, file-encrypting malware is adapting and is still potent.
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The idea of a handheld, gesture-based tablet computer had been around for years. I bought a Tablet PC way back in 2002. It was unreliable, bulky, and very expensive. It wasn’t until Apple, a company normally associated with high-ticket items, introduced the iPad that the consumer tablet market took off.
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As of 2015, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that there were more than 2.7 million nonemployer firms that are run solely by owners. Of that group, 35,584 were bringing in anywhere from $1 million to $2.49 million a year.
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First, our cognitive abilities don’t remain static over the course of a day. During the 16 or so hours we’re awake, they change—often in a regular, foreseeable manner. We are smarter, faster and more creative in some parts of the day than others.
Second, these daily fluctuations can be extreme. “The performance change between the daily high point and the daily low point can be equivalent to the effect on performance of drinking the legal limit of alcohol,”
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New Wi-Fi routers will come with stronger protections for the data that flows between your computers, phones or smart home devices and your internet connection. It will also boost security in workplace
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You may have heard, “Don’t sweat the small stuff. That might be true in some aspects of life — but over email, sweating the small stuff is exactly what you should be doing.
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Workplace robots equipped with AI will let automation creep into many more areas of work. They could replace people anywhere that products need to be sorted, unpacked, or packed.
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At Code Conference every year, KPCB’s Mary Meeker delivers her Internet Trends Report — a State of the Union for the tech industry. … it comes packed with data and numbers sprinkled over 250+ slides. Here’s everything you can learn from this year’s report summed up in 12 minutes or less.
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Sales and support reps that possess the necessary soft skills still need tools to realize their full potential. Understanding what’s possible (plus learning the techniques) will lead to more won deals and 5-star reviews. Here are the phone skills to master for sales and support.
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We continue to look at products that laid the foundation for the modern world. Windows XP and OS X (now macOS) 10.0 were both released in 2001, and served as the foundation for our current desktop operating systems.
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If your router is infected with malicious software, all your internet-connected devices become vulnerable, including your smartphone, computer, smart watch, television and Amazon Echo.
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The payoff, compared with the time invested (about three minutes per day) was so large that I saw no reason to stop. Tracking my time has changed how I think about my time.
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The foundation is understanding when in your life you were most successful, most productive, and when you were experiencing peak performance. This will be different for everybody, but this is my analysis and interpretation of how and when I function best, and if you are at all similar to me, use this methodology, and this guide, or at least some variation of it.
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Recently, a number of websites have shown this screen to users out of nowhere. The screen impersonates the MetaMask user interface…
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Mylobot incorporates a delaying mechanism which waits for two weeks before making contact with the attacker’s command and control servers — another means of avoiding detection.
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Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is addressing the needs of small businesses through access, storage and security while changing the way small businesses store data.
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Cryptography: The art and science of keeping messages secure is cryptography…
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A well-crafted slideshow can make your speech more powerful. What’s not fun is spending hours in PowerPoint or Keynote…
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We’re lacking in basic communications skills more than any other skill in the U.S. …
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Of all the technologies that changed our lives, perhaps the most profound of the last 50 years has been the web. But it wasn’t the ability to hyperlink documents that made the most impact. Instead, it was the application that presented all that information to users, the browser.
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A father’s example and advice can inexorably affect the lives of his children. Here’s how more than two dozen successful leaders say their dads affected their trajectories.
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If you’re a leader, before you issue instructions or hand out tasks, take the time to think through what you actually want to achieve.
What is the intent behind the work you want done? What is the outcome you desire? Does it matter how your team attacks it?
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