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Last week, Microsoft announced plans to lay off 18,000 employees. If your business uses Microsoft products, will this impact your day-to-day operations? Probably not directly, but the layoffs do signal … Continue reading Microsoft Plans Massive Layoffs, But What Does It Mean For Your Company?
Today the Internet Association, comprised of the biggest Internet companies, submitted their formal comments to the FCC on net neutrality. Their comments can be viewed here: Click to access Comments.pdf … Continue reading The Biggest Players Want Net Neutrality
Many people believe the best signal they can get from their IT provider is silence—it means nothing has gone wrong. We at Janus believe that IT service should be more … Continue reading Five Things to Ask Your IT Provider
As more web users access the Internet primarily through smartphones and tablets, web design has to adapt to changing screen sizes. Some companies expect mobile users to access an app, … Continue reading Responsive Web Design: The Next Phase for User-Friendly Websites
The National Archives, after seeing its material on Wikipedia receive billions of views, has decided to step up efforts to upload their entire collection there. Details are available in its … Continue reading National Archives on Wikipedia
Last week, Amazon announced its upcoming Fire smartphone. The hardware puts it at about the same size as the Samsung Galaxy S5, the same battery life as the Apple 5S, … Continue reading Amazon Firefly: A New Frontier for Apps
Beacons are electronic devices that mark fixed locations. If you run a brick and mortar store, you may want to install them on your premises. Why? Beacons can signal precise … Continue reading The Brick and Mortar Answer to Mobile
Apple introduced the world to new iOS8 and OS X 10.10 Yosemite at its 2014 Worldwide Developers Conference last week. Many updates fit the theme of greater collaboration between Apple … Continue reading Apple Unveils iOS8 and OS X 10.10 Yosemite
The Volkswagen XL1 is a luxury car that gets over 200 MPG. 250 of the vehicles are being manufactured and sold in Europe, as a market test of the appeal … Continue reading Volkswagen XL1
Browser extensions are computer programs designed to extend the functionality of your browser. They can help protect your privacy, streamline your search process, and make it easier to view and … Continue reading Browser Extensions
In a spreadsheet, say you want to add a new column of unsorted data to an existing table of custom-sorted data. You’ve already sorted the original table by hand, but … Continue reading Spreadsheet Tip: Advanced Sorting with VLOOKUP
With rumors of Apple’s iWatch going into production and Amazon setting up a storefront for these types of devices, wearable technology is quickly becoming mainstream. Outside of communications (think Samsung’s … Continue reading Technology You Can Wear
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