Not all notebooks are built for all environments. The slim and sleek notebooks you tend to see on television commercials may offer excellent performance and style in one package, but they are not designed to withstand more than a typical office environment. So, what does someone do if they’re working in a rugged work environment like [...]
Many people have fond memories of having a camcorder in their home as they grew up. These were critical little devices for capturing some of life’s most precious moments. However, many people have moved away from owning their own camcorder as the quality of other recording devices like smartphones has improved in recent years. However, [...]
Pretty much everyone interacts with barcodes in some way throughout their day. If you look around you right now, you will likely be able to find some product that has a barcode on it. Everything from food packaging, to retail products, to shipping packages have barcodes on them. Barcodes have been around for decades and, yet, [...]
Classrooms are becoming more and more high tech with every new school year. Blackboards have been replaced with smart boards, notebooks have been replaced with Chromebooks, and document cameras have replaced even the trusty projector. Teachers have utilized projectors in the past as a valuable tool to share information with students. However, there were several drawbacks, [...]
Saving, storing, and transporting data is essential, but often overlooked, part of doing business today. Many people don’t think about physical storage options until it’s time to buy some form of physical storage like a memory card. When this situation arises, it can feel overwhelming when considering the types of memory cards available, their different uses, [...]
All schools need to have COWS. No, this isn’t an article about cows that say, “moo” and provide fresh glasses of milk. Those aren’t necessary at school unless we’re talking about some specialized agriculture school. COWS is an acronym for “computers on wheels.” While these COWS don’t produce milk, they do provide the juice… To student’s [...]
Cell phones are ubiquitous in today’s fast-paced world. In fact, the Pew Research Center notes that around 96% of Americans own cell phones. Interestingly, a growing number of smartphone users — around one in every five — use their smartphones as their sole access to the internet, eschewing at-home broadband services. That means having a robust [...]
While computers come in a staggering array of sizes, from enormous desktops to portable laptops to pint-sized tablets, most of the internal components are surprisingly similar across all models. In fact, the hardware of a computer — processor, motherboard, hard drive, and memory are standard. However, when people purchase a computer, they are most concerned about [...]
In today’s world of frequent kidnappings, runaway children, and a rising crime rate, being a parent is more frightening than ever. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), there were over 424,000 children missing in 2018, a chilling fact that parents can’t ignore. While many parents want their children to be able to explore and [...]
In today’s modern conference rooms, lecture halls, and auditoriums, technologies that allow audience members to access presentations on their own devices (the “Bring Your Own Device” or BYOD trend) is very common. The ability to seamlessly present digital content on a wide variety of devices — wirelessly — is rapidly becoming the gold standard for most [...]
