Facebook, without provocation from any outside source, admitted that their systems were hacked early last month when employees accidentally downloaded and installed viruses on company laptops. “This attack occurred when a handful of employees visited a mobile developer website that was compromised,†Facebook’s security blog indicated. “The compromised website hosted an exploit which then allowed malware to be...
Read MoreTax season is coming into full swing, and the IRS has now started accepting returns from small and medium businesses as well as individuals as of February 1st. Now that you have to do your own taxes as well as your business taxes, are you sure of what you can deduct safely, and what’s going to cause a...
Read MoreCrunching big data can be a little overwhelming, especially when you have limited resources and time to do so. Small business has also often shied away from crunching all that data because of the insane amount of cost associated with it. However, because there has been a major focus on small business in recent years, there are tools...
Read MoreIt’s okay to admit that your business is noisy. One day might mean hundreds of decisions, conversations, and insights. Even when we’re not listening to others talk, we’re talking to ourselves. Every thought we have doesn’t quietly drop in to say hello, it comes in full-charge so it can get our attention and we have to pay attention...
Read MoreIn an effort to catch illegal downloaders and stop them from stealing information and videos, AT&T, Cablevision, Verizon, Time Warner, and Comcast have all signed on to financially support the new Copyright Alert System that has been designed to “educate†consumers that have chosen to download games, music, and other forms of media illegally. Though the formal name...
Read MoreGoogle Fiber is the invention that promises to put an end to all of that waiting online. We’ve all waited while we’re surfing the web. We’ve waited for that site to load, we’ve waited for the game we’re playing to stop lagging, we’ve waited for photos to upload. Google Fiber says no: stop waiting, and many businesses and...
Read MoreNaturally, the malware market is still growing in volume as more and more people decide that there’s money to be had in the market. However, malware isn’t just growing in volume, it’s growing in sophistication, too. McAfee’s fourth quarter report from last year that gauges threats has indicated that more and more organizations, large and small, are being...
Read MoreThe economy has been a tough one for many small businesses, and many haven’t made it past the first few years of struggle. If you have, congratulations – you’re among the 10% of small businesses that has actually survived. But all of this difficulty should be teaching your business one very important thing – how to be innovative....
Read MoreAs someone who manages and runs a business, you’ve probably noticed that you’re pretty much always busy. You can never just focus on one thing because you have to focus on that thing that was due this morning and that thing that is due this afternoon, and there are so many jobs that should have been done yesterday....
Read MoreThough most businesses do the majority of their planning at the beginning of the year and the beginning of their fiscal years as well, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t always be planning in some shape or form. In fact, without planning, your goals may just sit, untouched, all year. But have you really looked at your goals and...
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