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Business And Technology: The Benefits When Two Worlds Collide

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The fast-paced advancement of technology has forced the world of business to augment its way of operating. Changes in the way businesses communicate, the way companies market their products, and several other areas of operation have been greatly enhanced by the advancement of technology.

You may feel the pains of growth when you’re sitting down to learn the new way of doing things, but you’ll feel like a genius once you’ve got it down. Check out a quick overview of a few of the most important areas of business where technology has made a great impact. [Read more…]

5 Ways Technology Can Help You Stay Sober

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Just as everything else in our lives has been monumentally changed due to the rise of the technology era, so has the world of recovery. New tools are steadily becoming a solid implementation of many recovery programs around the world.

Technology has clearly changed the way doctors and patients interact in every realm of medicine, and addiction recovery is no exception to the shift. Not only do addicts now have a slew of recovery tools at their fingertips, but mental health professionals now have new and improved ways to better evaluate a patient’s mental well-being. [Read more…]

Three Ways To Make Mobile Part Of Your Marketing Scheme

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When it comes to business marketing you want to reach the most people with the smallest amount of effort, although marketing is an effort filled strategy. Without marketing how would people find out about businesses, new and old?

From content management systems to having a system that manages your marketing structure, there is help out there. You just need to get your plan worked out and on paper, and then it can get put into motion. But what does that marketing plan need to include? [Read more…]

Using Your Gadgets To Prop Up Your Presentations

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One way to really make your presentations shine, especially if you’re dealing with a technologically savvy topic, is to use some of the latest gadgets and gizmos available to prop up your overall message. You’d be surprised how much easier and more efficient certain topics are to talk about if you have some extras keeping the flow of the presentation going smoothly.

Specifically, you want to get the presentation format tightened down first, then pick which gadgets you’re going to use, make sure transitions are seamless, record and review how your performance is going to go, and then use the feedback to adjust and keep repeating gas necessary. [Read more…]

Using Your Mobile Device To Help Eliminate Your Addictions

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At some point in many people’s lives, there will be some aspect of addiction to deal with. It could be on a personal level, it might be with a family member, or it could even be work related. But, one positive aspect of the mobile, technological, and gadget-driven revolutions that are present is the fact that common devices can now be used for purposes of addiction recovery, simply due to information flow and application availability.

Consider the following five ways that you can use mobile devices to help eliminate addiction issues, including finding resources that list signs and symptoms, getting apps that help you with bad habits, keeping people connected with support groups, accessible inspiration, and even something like shock treatment for another route of support. [Read more…]

5 Tips To Create a Better Mobile Experience For Users

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As most people have their favorite communication gadgets (smartphones and tablets) with them almost all the time, as a website designer, you should be paying attention to what your website experience presents to these mobile users.

It’s still a relatively new phenomenon that many people do most of their browsing on their gadgets, but it’s still something that you should plan for in the design stage. To account for this, follow these five tips – if you can, have the experts do the heavy design work, be sure to test your site with every possible device, create a survey to get user feedback when possible, keep the audio presence in mind, and balance out your subtle and screaming elements.

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Have the Experts Create a Custom Design

Depending on your industry, get custom work done when possible. For example, because drug rehab traffic is a very competitive playground for marketers, if you really want to shine, especially on mobile, have a company custom design your drug rehab site from the ground up, with your specific vision in mind. Not only will it be an amazing design on mobile devices, it will already have the SEO built into it. [Read more…]

Get the Latest Gadgets for Disabled Mobility

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There’s almost no excuse for the disabled not to be able to get around freely anymore. There are tons of different mobility gadgets, usually in the form of scooters or other motorized carts, that can help people who can’t walk get around just as efficiently as if they could.

If you feel like your own situation has an air of being outdated surrounding it, there are a number of ways that you can see if you have all of the latest technology that is available.

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Contact a Disability Law Firm

When you contact a law firm that specializes in disability law, they’ll have a ton of great information for you about insurance, rates, rights, privileges, policies, and a list of places that you can get what types of equipment that you are guaranteed if you are disabled. They work with more than just mobility issues, too, so if there are any other questions that you have, this is a great first stop on your journey to become educated on the topic. [Read more…]

This Year’s Hottest Gadgets And How To Integrate Them in to a Marketing Strategy

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The latest tech gadgets and trends seem to range from convenient to promising to downright invaluable. Some of these products are likely to be considered must-have items before the end of 2015. One of the best ways that a business can benefit from new technology is to utilize it as part of a marketing campaign. By integrating the year’s hottest trends and gadgets with search engine optimization (SEO) and Internet marketing strategies, an online marketer can stay ahead of the game in virtually any industry.

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Offering Content in Multiple Languages

While it’s true that people across the world are fluent in English, many more may prefer to browse online in their languages of origin. An individual who is interested in marketing a product or service globally could gain a competitive edge simply by providing content in multiple languages. By making content accessible and useful to a global audience, a marketer may reach more people and increase overall sales. One way to do this is to use one of the latest plug-in applications designed to produce content in a variety of languages. [Read more…]

Why Use a Tablet for Your Restaurant Business

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Food chains and restaurants today are taking advantage of mobile technology as a way to promote efficient service to customers. The tablet is one of the most widely used mobile devices in business these days and the number of establishments utilizing it is growing.

Business owners are on the right track in recognizing the benefit of the popular tablet such as the iPad. If you own a small restaurant or are in the process of opening one, it would be a good idea to include this mobile technology in your operations.

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Display Menus

Compared to the smart phone, the tablet is a better choice primarily because of its wider screen. With a bigger display, people are better able to see images and read text or descriptions of dishes being offered. [Read more…]

Inside the Asus Transformer AiO

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We are living in an age where science fiction meets tech reality, and the prevalence of all-in-one tablet-and-PC devices is making this even more true. On April 12 Asus released the Transformer AiO, its take on the all-in-one phenomenon. With this tablet, you can simply pick up your PC monitor and take it with you. Here’s everything you want to know to decide if the Transformer is right for you.

Functionality of the Asus Transformer AiO

The Asus Transformer AiO is more than just a tablet. What makes this tablet unique is the fact that it can function as a typical, inclusive PC. In fact, when it’s connected to the PC Station, you will hardly know that it’s a not a traditional PC. However, if you wish to use it as an Android device, simply detach the screen and go. While much larger, and much heavier, than the iPad, the Transformer offers full Android functionality.

When you detach the screen, it switches automatically from Windows 8 to the Android OS. What if you want to use both? That’s fairly simple, just use the base’s HDMI-port to attach a monitor and you can use both Android and Windows 8 simultaneously on the split screens. This is what sets it apart from similar all-in-one units. [Read more…]