Take a look at these three tech trends for the coming year.
Tablet adoption is on the rise! With the world wide market place of applications growing, tablets are wiggling their way into the workplace with robust talents. Programs to manage time, financials and communications are proving to be indispensable on the go.
Pull out your griddle people! National Blueberry Pancake day is January 28th, 2012. Celebrate this sweet holiday with a short stack of “flat tires” as the truckers call them.For centuries, pancakes have been a favorite on the breakfast table and a snack on the go.
The next time you think about “Checking In” with Facebook or Tweeting about your vacation, don’t. Burglars are now using social media sites to target homes when people are away on vacation, business or just out at dinner.
One such web site, PleaseRobMe.com, swears they never intended to encourage burglars; however, this site pulls information from social networking sites like Twitter, Foursquare and Google Buzz to expose how much information criminals can easily learn about you online.
PCI Compliance is short hand for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), and it is a set of legal requirements for any business that processes, stores or accepts credit card payments, even if they use a third-party processor. PCI was designed with one goal in mind: to prevent credit card fraud and identity theft. To that end, there are 12 compliance requirements and all must be implemented for a merchant to be certified as compliant.
If a company is going to stay in business, it has to change, and that can be scary. A Navy aviator once told me that many pilots have died because they stayed with their disabled aircraft too long.
Since the launch of Apple’s App Store in 2008, the number of smartphone apps has proliferated to the point where the catch phrase, “There’s an app for that” has been overheard in conversations everywhere as a joke answer to any question or problem.
Let’s face it; no one likes to think about bad things happening to them, much less planning for them. But since September is National Disaster Preparedness month, we wanted to gi ve you a quick “brush up” on some simple things you can (and should!) be doing to protect your business.
In any kind of negotiation, your ability to ask the right questions—and ask them in the right way—determines the vision created that drives the decision your adversary will make. Who asks the questions determines who’s in control of the dialogue, how your adversary feels about you, and what kind of critical vision you can create to land the deal-making advantage. Here are three questioning principles that will serve you well.
Back in June, 6.3 million passwords were reported stolen when a hacker was able to access LinkedIn’s servers. The news made headlines instantly and everyone in the office (and online) was talking about it. Clearly this is a public-relations nightmare for the company and one that will, for sure, have a ripple effect for months, possibly years, as they deal with the fallout from their clients and potential lawsuits.
Maybe you’ve heard the term “BYOB” (bring your own bottle) when you were invited to a party with some friends. Now a similar trend is happening in business called “BYOD” (bring your own device) where employees are bringing their smartphones, tablets and other devices to work.