Internet

Internet

List of domain extensions

November 5, 2009 Read the full article →

Ever see a funny domain name with an extension that you didn’t recognize? New TLD (Top Level Domain) extensions are always being worked on for approval by ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) — like .green or .eco for the eco-friendly groups. The decision and availability on .eco or .green is supposed to happen in [...]

General

Google’s 411 Service

October 30, 2009 Read the full article →

Google’s new 411 service is free, fast and easy to use. Give it a try now and see how simple it is to find and connect with local businesses for free.* * Your telephone company may apply usual charges for making a phone call or receiving an SMS. You will not be charged any additional [...]

Beginner Basics

Find Me By IP – What Browser Am I?

October 19, 2009 Read the full article →

I discovered this site through one of my friends and thought it was kinda neat. It’s called “Find Me By IP”. It’s simple to use, you just click the link below and you will get a page telling you all about: Your IP address — identifies and allows devices the ability to communicate with each [...]

Humor

The Social Media Guru

October 7, 2009 Read the full article →

I loved this take on a social media guru. There is some language – so make sure you are those around you won’t  be offended.

Beginner Basics

Web Hosting: Types and choosing the right one for you.

October 2, 2009 Read the full article →

In the world of web hosting there are a lot of choices and it can be confusing to make a decision. You might wonder what the difference is between $10 a month hosting versus $150 a month hosting. There are three basic kinds of hosting the average person will care about: Shared Virtual Private Server [...]

Internet

Microsoft Bing: Review

August 15, 2009 Read the full article →

If you are trying to make heads or tails of Microsoft’s new Bing search engine, you can read some quick reviews and then scroll to the bottom to watch this review by David Pogue to get you up to speed. Fact Sheet Bing is Microsoft’s new search engine. The cost $80 million… to market. Bing [...]

General

What is MMS, SMS, and EMS?

July 19, 2009 Read the full article →

If you have a mobile device, I’m betting you use MMS, SMS, or EMS – although, you just may not realize it. First there was SMS. SMS means “Short Message Service”. This is a communication service standardized by the GSM (Global System for Mobile communications). Back in the early 1980s, someone decided it would be [...]

General

New applications can keep you connected

April 24, 2009 Read the full article →

I got quoted in an article put out in an April issue of the “Jacksonville Business Journal” along with some of my peers in town. Coolness. Behold my 15 minutes of fame. Or maybe it’s more like two minutes. written by Mark Szakonyi Staff Writer, Jacksonville Business Journal A tough business environment can spur many [...]

Email

Add a Signature in Hotmail

February 12, 2009 Read the full article →

Wish you could add a mult-line signature with a link to your web site to your hotmail account? Here is how: Hotmail Account Microsoft Word

Internet

What is Bandwidth?

February 3, 2009 Read the full article →

There are two kinds of bandwidth. I know. Confusing already. Bandwidth can refer to speed (how fast you can go) or it can refer to hosting (how much can you transfer).