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December 12, 2016 This App Claims to Turn Your Phone into a Tiny Scanner but Does it Measure Up?
Usefulness Functionality Price Summary The Tiny Scanner mobile app turns Android and iOS devices into portable document scanners. It scans everything as images or PDFs. The Tiny Scanner mobile app turns your phone into a scanner and saves documents as either a photo or a PDF. With it you can now easily scan documents, receipts, […]
COMPUTERS December 8, 2016 Acer Iconia One 7: Nice Tablet for Users on a Budget, But…
The Acer Iconia One 7 is a nice tablet for the user on a budget. At a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $129.99, it is a very affordable if average tool running on the Android 4.2 Jelly Bean operating system. You will be able to update that to Android 4.4, also known as KitKat, in […]
ELECTRONICS December 8, 2016 Amazon Echo: Fun, But Not Very Useful – Yet
Usefulness Functionality Price Summary Echo is a fun gadget that doubles as an audio speaker and an automated assistant to handle small tasks. While promising, today it doesn’t do enough to be meaningful as a productivity tool. How would you like to have your own administrative assistant to help you research information and compile simple […]
NEWS December 3, 2016 10 Hot Startups You’ve Never Heard Of (But Can Model Your Biz On)
While startups like Airbnb, Dollar Shave Club, Snapchat, Uber and Dropbox get all the attention, there are thousands of other startups that deserve to be placed in the spotlight. Whether you’re a business owner or a consumer wanting to stay on top of the latest trends, here are 10 hot startups you may not have heard of but […]
ELECTRONICS November 18, 2016 HP Did Better Than The Market on PC Sales, But Mum About Mobile
Meg Whitman, the CEO of Hewlett-Packard, said in the latest quarterly earnings conference call that the market for personal computers is “in a slow decline.” Yet, she said, HP “outperformed the market pretty dramatically this quarter.” In other words, even though the market for personal computers is declining, HP did not decline like the market. HP’s sales […]
ALL DEALS November 18, 2016 Mi Notebook Air May Remind You of Another Computer — But Cheaper
The founder and CEO of Xiaomi, Lei Jun, doesn’t like to be compared to Steve Jobs, but the latest product from the company, the Mi Notebook Air will do very little to convince people otherwise. You don’t have to have a degree from Stanford in computer science to see the similarities with Apple’s Macbook Air, […]
ELECTRONICS November 15, 2016 Mi Notebook Air May Remind You of Another Computer — But Cheaper
The founder and CEO of Xiaomi, Lei Jun, doesn’t like to be compared to Steve Jobs, but the latest product from the company, the Mi Notebook Air will do very little to convince people otherwise. You don’t have to have a degree from Stanford in computer science to see the similarities with Apple’s Macbook Air, […]
COMPUTERS November 13, 2016 Mi Notebook Air May Remind You of Another Computer — But Cheaper
The founder and CEO of Xiaomi, Lei Jun, doesn’t like to be compared to Steve Jobs, but the latest product from the company, the Mi Notebook Air will do very little to convince people otherwise. You don’t have to have a degree from Stanford in computer science to see the similarities with Apple’s Macbook Air, […]
NEWS November 5, 2016 SBA Offers Podcasts, But Are They Really Podcasts?
The The U.S. Small Business Administration is the latest organization jumping on the podcasting trend — but is it really “podcasting” as that term is defined? I wrote about it over at my BNET column, Selling to Small Business. On the one hand, the SBA is to be commended for offering podcasts, but on the […]
ALL DEALS November 4, 2016 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? […]
NEWS September 4, 2016 Uber Faces Competition From Google’s Waze, But Could There Be Room for Both Services? (Watch)
Google is trying to cut into Uber’s Bay Area business. But its offering is just a bit different. First of all, Google is offering the service through Waze, a popular traffic app among commuters and a subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet. Secondly, instead of focusing on offering rides on demand, the service will allow […]
NEWS August 6, 2016 Lots Of Quotes, Photo-Ops. But How Real Is The PM Modi-Obama Friendship?
It looked like genuine affection when PM Modi pulled President Barack Obama into a bear hug as he stepped off Air Force One last year. (AFP File Photo) NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON: HIGHLIGHTS PM Modi in Washington, to meet President Obama for 7th time PM Modi will address a joint meeting of Congress tomorrow Visit comes as […]
