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ALL DEALS 
January 26, 2017 Scheduling Phone Calls And Appointments With Tungle
Scheduling appointments can be easy, if you have a personal assistant, secretary, or you know how to leverage technology. Voicemail tag is pretty common when you don’t have an assistant, and you are trying to schedule an appointment with someone. Messages back and forth, as you try to figure out the best time to meet. Tungle.me […]
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ELECTRONICS 
January 26, 2017 Microsoft Ponders Free Windows Phone Licensing
If you prefer Windows mobile devices for your business, you know the choices out there are limited. After all, smartphone and tablet makers must pay a license fee every time they install Windows on one of their devices. By contrast, Google’s popular Android operating system is free. So there’s often little incentive to make a Windows […]
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ELECTRONICS 
January 25, 2017 New Curved Phone Over $1,000 Announced by Samsung
Samsung has thrown the smartphone buying public a curve. Cost conscious entrepreneurs won’t be picking this phone, costing over $1,000 and not available outside South Korea. But perhaps it will teach us all something about innovation. The aptly named new Samsung Galaxy Round has a 5.7-inch display with 1080 pixel resolution, the same as the recently […]
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NEWS 
January 25, 2017 This Lockitron Deadbolt can be Opened with Your Phone
The time may be coming when losing a set of keys will be considered old-fashioned. Losing a smartphone, on the other hand? That’s another concern altogether. Assuming you can hang on to your phones better than your keys, however, products like a new one from Lockitron will be welcomed with open arms. Lockitron Bolt is […]
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ELECTRONICS 
January 25, 2017 Verizon Calls New LG Phone Perfect for Content Creators, But Why?
The V20 from LG (KRX:066570) was announced in August, and it is now available online from Verizon (NYSE:VZ) targeting content creators. Today’s smartphones are more than just phones, and manufacturers are addressing different segments with a range of models. With the V20, LG has designed a device with quality audio/video capture technology, and a removable battery […]
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ALL DEALS 
January 25, 2017 LG Will Be First to Introduce Phone with Android Nougat — But What Does That Even Mean?
LG (KRX:066570) has announced it will unveil it’s latest phone — the v20 — on September 6. And one thing at least is for certain. The phone will be the first to run the new Android Nougat operating system. But what does that mean exactly and how useful will the phone be for business communications? […]
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COMPUTERS 
January 25, 2017 $99 Superbook Turns Android Phone Into Laptop — Sort Of
If you’re looking to converge your laptop and smartphone experience, at a fair price, you might only have to wait for the release of the Andromium Superbook in early 2017. The Superbook is basically a laptop shell that uses your smartphone’s brains to operate. It looks more or less like a laptop, but instead of […]
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ALL DEALS 
January 25, 2017 25 Phone Sales Tips for Successful Cold Calling
Making cold calls might not be the most fun part of the sales process. But in many industries and businesses, it is necessary. To perfect the art of cold calling, take a look at some of the tips and tricks in the list below. 25 Phone Sales Tips Prepare Yourself Mentally Cold calls can be […]
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ELECTRONICS 
January 25, 2017 Ooma Office Adds IP Phones to Analog, Mobile Lineup for Small Business
Ooma, a cloud-based phone service provider for small business, just announced on its blog that it intends to include IP phone support for its Ooma Office phone system, which means that businesses can now use analog phones, fax machines, mobile and IP phones in combination. Initially, the company plans to sell and support three phones — Cisco […]
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ELECTRONICS 
January 25, 2017 Moto Z Modular Cell Phone Can Be Projector, Miniature Sound System, More
There is no denying the features in smartphones are impressive, but the human brain being what it is, there is always a need for more. As Points-of-Parity (POP) between smartphone manufacturers become more common with the same or very similar hardware and software components, the Points-of-Difference (POD) have to be more dramatic. Motorola’s (NYSE:MSI) modular […]
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ALL DEALS 
January 25, 2017 What Does Google’s Pixel Phone Line Offer Small Business Users?
Smartphones are key communication tools in the personal and work life of the connected world we now live in. And with every new phone entering the marketplace, more features are added that increase our reliance on these devices. The long-awaited new Pixel and Pixel XL phones from Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) come with some premium hardware and […]
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ALL DEALS 
January 25, 2017 StraightTalk: Are Prepaid Cell Phone Plans Good For Small Business?
Cell phones have practically become part of our anatomies. We show off our newest cell phone like it was a new baby. We carry them everywhere. We cannot live without them, as consumers, but especially as business owners. Mobile phones are mission critical. The Pew Internet project reports that 29 percent of cell owners describe their cell […]
