SmallBizResource Blog -- Mobility

Lenovo Refreshes Notebooks, Preps Netbook

Posted by Gayle Kesten 11:18 AM ET | May 26, 2009

While the rest of us were flipping burgers on the grill, Lenovo has served up a laptop lineup with price points sure to make many a small-business owner's mouth water.

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SBR Quickie: Wireless Slips Between The Sheets

Posted by Gayle Kesten 08:12 PM ET | May 25, 2009

Mobile computing could very well retire that years-old adage about there being a time and place for everything.

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Text Messaging: R U Putting SMS 2 Work Yet?

Posted by Gayle Kesten 01:09 PM ET | Mar 30, 2009

No matter what the industry, the common thread running through all of our small businesses is the need for inexpensive communications. For an application that fits the bill, just take one look at today's typical teenager.

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AT&T's Digital Headset Goes The Distance

Posted by Janet Attard, Courtesy of Business Know-How 09:20 AM ET | Feb 13, 2009

One of the benefits of today's technology is that you can work with people who are located hundreds of miles away without leaving your office. Pick up your telephone, and you can consult with a customer in Oregon, conduct a conference call with team members in Tennessee, or lead a teleconference with 53 paying students.

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Google Bolsters Gmail With Offline Accessibility

Posted by Gayle Kesten 09:43 AM ET | Jan 30, 2009

Google doesn't want a little detail like lack of an Internet connection stop you from using your e-mail.

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Highlights From The Consumer Electronics Show

Posted by Gayle Kesten 02:50 PM ET | Jan 12, 2009

What do the camcorder, Microsoft Xbox, and home media server have in common? The trio made their debut at one of the annual Consumer Electronics Shows (CES), the latest iteration of which wrapped up Sunday.

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New iPhone App Gives Excel A Mobile Boost

Posted by Gayle Kesten 06:07 PM ET | Jan 6, 2009

iPhone users now have the ability to access and edit their Microsoft Excel files while on the go, courtesy of Quickoffice.

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Your Small Business In 2009

Posted by Gayle Kesten 12:40 PM ET | Jan 5, 2009

Like my entire family smushed into my parents' spare bedroom this time last week, so, too, can small businesses expect their space to crowd with more startups in the coming year.

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Easy Ways To Secure Your iPhone

Posted by Gayle Kesten 12:18 PM ET | Dec 8, 2008

Q3 sales for smartphones may have gone in the same direction as the rest of the economy, but let's not overlook the one bright spot that's as shiny as the screen on a brand-new iPhone.

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Lots To Lose: 10 Tips For Traveling With Your Laptop In Tow

Posted by Gayle Kesten 01:57 PM ET | Nov 21, 2008

We're about to embark on the busiest traveling time of the year -- the fun, frantic, and sometimes infuriating six-week stretch starting with Thanksgiving and culminating just past New Year's. So hang on tight to your luggage, your little ones, and, just as important, your laptop.

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15 Inexpensive VoIP Options

Posted by Gayle Kesten 02:59 PM ET | Oct 28, 2008

I promised my folks I'd never (publicly) knock their limited know-how about technology, so let me say how EXTREMELY IMPRESSED I am that they're using a VoIP service to cut down on their long-distance phone bills.

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Free Apps For Your iPhone

Posted by Gayle Kesten 12:25 PM ET | Oct 27, 2008

Now that my cell-phone plan is up and I'm free to choose a new one sans penalty, InformationWeek's roundup of cool Web applications for the iPhone or iPod Touch is putting me in an Apple kind of mood.

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Please, Don't Text While Driving

Posted by Gayle Kesten 02:08 PM ET | Sep 19, 2008

Cell phone records indicate that the engineer whose commuter train crashed last week, killing 25 people and injuring more than 130, was sending text messages while on duty.

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Delta Readies In-Flight Wi-Fi

Posted by Gayle Kesten 04:57 PM ET | Aug 5, 2008

The latest offering an airline wants to charge you for is, surprisingly enough, good news.

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Apple Rolls Out iPhone 3G

Posted by Gayle Kesten 01:22 PM ET | Jul 11, 2008

Back in the day, I camped out for tickets to see Bruce Springstein and Hall & Oates. So I really can't fault Mac fans for wanting to be among the first to buy the new iPhone.

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Guard Your Laptop While Traveling

Courtesy of Business Know-How 08:23 AM ET | Jul 3, 2008

While traveling by train from Philadelphia to Atlantic City, I sat near a man who spent a portion of the time working on his laptop, but then fell asleep with his laptop on the seat beside him.

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Jaxtr: Another Option For Low-Cost Calling

Posted by Gayle Kesten 11:47 AM ET | Jun 24, 2008

Two months after Skype debuted a trio of inexpensive plans for calling abroad comes a new option from VoIP provider Jaxtr that lets callers dial out of network for a handful of pennies per minute.

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Wednesday's Woman: Hear Our Ringtones Roar

Posted by Gayle Kesten 01:12 PM ET | Jun 11, 2008

Time to come clean: I don't own a smartphone. Yet. But with my wireless contract soon to expire, I'm ready to wipe the slate clean and join the 10.4 million women who bought a smartphone in 2007.

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Apple Unveils 3G iPhone

Posted by Gayle Kesten 07:58 AM ET | Jun 10, 2008

Fans of the "i" will be happy to know Apple's next-gen iPhone is just one month away from availability.

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Bluetooth Headset Shopping Could Make You See Red

Posted by Gayle Kesten 04:42 PM ET | Apr 2, 2008

Even though I resemble a phone operator ready to take your order following one of those cheesy, but-wait-act-now TV commercials, it's a price I'm willing to pay for my beloved Bluetooth headset.

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Six Free Apps For Your BlackBerry

Posted by Gayle Kesten 12:12 PM ET | Feb 21, 2008

As if you needed more reasons to keep your BlackBerry within extreme near reach of your person, here are a half-dozen more.

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Cool Beans: Starbucks Expands Wi-Fi Capabilities

Posted by Gayle Kesten 09:12 AM ET | Feb 12, 2008

Sweeter than two squirts of sugar-free vanilla syrup in my grande nonfat cappuccino, Starbucks will offer Wi-Fi in more locations courtesy of a new deal with AT&T.

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Taking That Home Office Tax Deduction? Be Afraid, Very, Very Afraid

Posted by Naomi Grossman 11:33 AM ET | Jan 17, 2008

Where's your home office? If you are like most home-based workers it could be your den, or your dining room table, or your guest room. It would be nice to deduct the costs related to that space but unfortunately the US government doesn't believe you are really working there.

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Employees Disgruntled By Telecommuting Co-Workers

Posted by Gayle Kesten 11:30 AM ET | Jan 16, 2008

New research out of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute suggests that telecommuting has a negative effect on those who work in the traditional office.

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bMighty bMobile Virtual Expo Set To Debut

Posted by Fredric Paul 07:25 PM ET | Nov 28, 2007

Next Tuesday, December 4, SmallBizResource.com and bMighty.com are venturing into the new arena of online events with the launch of bMighty bMobile, A Virtual Expo. It's the place to be -- right on your desktop!

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