We could go on and on about the advantages of using Voice over Internet Protocol (also known as VoIP) for your business telephone needs. That being said, it is imperative that you do everything you can to prepare your network for this kind of utilization. Listed below are a few tips to help make sure your network is properly optimized for VoIP.
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PDF (Portable Document Format) is a type of file that business professionals are all too familiar with. While most are aware of and appreciative of this file type, they likely are not aware of some of the more fun and useful features afforded to them. Listed below are what PDFs are capable of, including how to make and edit them.
From smartphones to laptops and everything in between, our devices are constantly exposed to dirt, dust, and germs. Keeping your technology clean ensures a longer lifespan for your devices and promotes a user’s health. Listed below are four practical tips to help you keep your technology clean and functioning at its best.
The laptop is an excellent piece of office equipment because of its portability and its power to meet the needs of most of today’s workforce. However, when in the office, many prefer the much larger screens that are more typical of the traditional desktop. Let’s talk about how you can get the best of both worlds by plugging your laptop into a set of peripherals and using it while it's closed—effectively turning it into a PC’s tower.
In the relatively short time it has been around, social media has fully ingrained itself into our lives, personally, professionally, and socially. While there are significant advantages to be had in all of these areas, it is also undeniable that social media can easily become overwhelming and negatively impact us. For this reason, sometimes taking a break from social media isn’t a bad idea. Listed below are a few ways to make this break as successful and effective as possible.
You know that a software has made its mark when its name becomes synonymous with the type of software it is. For example: PowerPoint.
This element of Microsoft 365 is well-known enough to often be used as a catch-all phrase for any presentation software. Listed below are some of the lesser-known cool features and functions that PowerPoint provides.
In April Google announced that the Android platform would be given the capability to archive unused applications to help preserve the precious storage space on the devices…provided that the device was almost out of available space. This auto-archive feature is now available to all users, regardless of the storage left on their device.
Microsoft Excel is an extremely capable spreadsheet creation and management tool, made all the more powerful via the inclusion of many handy shortcuts and features. We wanted to share one for a common enough function that you are sure to find a use for it: quickly adding up the values in a single column.
Have you ever struggled with storage space on your Android device? For those who have, we bet that downloading applications that you ultimately don’t end up using very often is a major culprit here. To help you clear up storage space on your device, Android will receive an auto-archiving feature that can save you significant amounts of storage space by archiving your unused applications.
If you frequently utilize your desktop to store icons and files, and if you’re like most people who do this, you probably have a cluttered desktop that is difficult to manage. While you can and should take time to clean it up from time to time, one faster way you can do so is by adjusting the size of the icons found on your desktop.
Do you have a file or folder on your PC that you always seem to access, yet you have to dig through countless folders or files in your organizational hierarchy to find it? Windows makes it simple to add a new shortcut to your PC. How you can make a shortcut to a file, folder, or program on your Windows computer is listed below.
Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets both provide a variety of features to those who know how to use them, many of them with really niche applications to businesses. For example, there is one function that allows you to easily calculate the time between the current date and a specified day that, if applied properly, could easily provide businesses with some serious utility.
Wi-Fi connectivity is a remarkable technology when you think about it, and it has fundamentally changed how we work today. What hasn’t changed, alas, is that hackers and cybercriminals will try to utilize this technology to their own advantage. Thus, let’s discuss a few relatively simple ways that you can enhance your wireless network’s overall security.