Gmail has become one of the most used email applications in the world. To many users’ dismay, there was a recent update to Gmail’s layout – a new look that was echoed across Google’s entire platform. Users were given the option of keeping the old layout, keeping the look and feel to what they were used to, but that’s all about to change.
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Windows Phones are starting to gain a foothold in the heavily competitive smartphone market. With a growing number of high quality phones and a stable operating system, many users and businesses are switching over to Windows Phones. Are you planning to switch over to a Windows Phone? Do you use one already? If so, there are some strong business apps available.
“Microsoft PowerPoint”, “presentations” and “effective” are three common buzzwords used throughout all businesses. Heard separately, most employees are comfortable with each, but put all three together and a problem appears: Many presentations are simply not effective. Is this true for your organization?
Change is always happening, sometimes it’s good and other times it’s bad. Google is a company that embraces change, constantly updates its apps to increase functionality, introduces new features, and solidifies and integrates other apps into a single app or retires redundant apps. A recent update to the Android Marketplace has managed to do all four of these things.
The Windows Operating System is the most widely used OS in the world and many users have adopted, or will adopt, Windows 7 as their main OS. By most accounts, Windows 7 is a stable OS, but it’s an inevitability that Windows 7 and its programs will stop working from time-to-time forcing the user to restart the computer.
A common trend among new software is in giving users the ability to personalize certain areas. This could be something as simple as adding your picture or changing the layout. Many programs that have traditionally been utility in nature, such as office suites, are starting to offer ways for users to customize. Microsoft Office 365 is one of those such programs offering these features.
A buzzword that many businesses have been struggling with is, “collaboration”. In the past, you would have face-to-face meetings for everything. Technology has changed all that, and now an increasing number of employees are more comfortable meeting and talking over the Internet. This has caused problems for when you need to work together to draft a document, or plan a new project. Google Docs has made it easy to work on a project with other people, and with a recent update to Google’s social networking service, G+, it is now even easier.
Social media has really become a major way for businesses to get their name out and gain exposure to the many different people on the Internet, build their brand and find new customers. With the large numbers of people currently using the Internet, it makes sense for businesses to have some form of online presence as they will be able to connect with more customers.
There are a number of things application developers have had to deal with in the past, especially when working with Java. When their company asked for a new application they would first have to build a framework, and then build the application. This was a time consuming process, until VMWare released the Spring Framework, making the developer’s job much easier. The Spring Framework was recently updated – read on to find out more.
Work safety and injury prevention – a common topic in all blue collar jobs. Did you know that many of us who work in white collar jobs also need work safety? Safety from what? From the computer. There are a number of injuries you can get from sitting at a desk working on a computer all day, do you know what they are and how to prevent them?


