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August 21, 2014 by Vertical Axion
We see them all around us every day. They are our business associates, athletes, and movie stars; even a couple of our friends fit the bill. They have it all. They are cool and collected always, especially when the pressure is on. You have never seen them give in to their emotions or anxiety; they […]
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August 20, 2014 by Vertical Axion
On August 18, 2014, Microsoft issued a recall on its latest security patch, dubbed MS14-045. The patch was released to fix a total of thirty-seven known security flaws with the OS and the Internet Explorer web browser. Unfortunately, some users are reporting getting the “Blue Screen of Death” after applying the patch. What It Means […]
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August 19, 2014 by Vertical Axion
2014 has been a very bad year for companies on the receiving end of hacking attacks. Earlier this year, the State of Montana’s records were breached, and the data of essentially every person in the state stolen. Now it has come to light that Community Health Systems, a company that operates hospitals in twenty-eight different […]
August 18, 2014 by Vertical Axion
Quite often when you’re sending files from one place to another, a simple email attachment or Dropbox link share will work, but every once in a while you’ve got to send a fax. If you’re mobile and on the go, you might be miles from the nearest fax machine, which are, by the way, getting […]
August 16, 2014 by Vertical Axion
A picture really is worth a thousand words, and sometimes you need to show a thing rather than tell about it. You’d be amazed though, at how many people aren’t sure about how to go about taking a screen shot. If you’re in that crowd, fear not. I’ll explain how to go about it just […]
August 15, 2014 by Vertical Axion
We live in a hybrid digital/real world, and the lines are blurring. Soon, it will be impossible to tell where digital reality stops, and the real world begins. Millions of transactions are completed digitally online every single day. As a natural part of this new digital reality, we want, and indeed require the means to […]
August 14, 2014 by Vertical Axion
The best social media images are those that are shared. The number of times an image is shared is the only metric that matters. If the image is being shared then your message is being shared, which is the entire point of the exercise. Creating an effective social media image is at least as much […]
August 13, 2014 by Vertical Axion
New findings in an extensive research report reveal two surprises that run against everything you’ve heard about your passwords and their safety. The first is: write them down. The second is: reuse them. The research results are raising a lot of eyebrows for obvious reasons, but there may be something to it. What About Conventional […]
August 12, 2014 by Vertical Axion
Everybody is a good, effective and popular leader in their own mind. The question is, are you really? If you were to leave or be voted out of your company tomorrow, would your employees rally behind you and insist on your return? Well, that’s exactly what’s happening in a small grocery store chain in the […]
August 11, 2014 by Vertical Axion
It might surprise you to know but you’re probably already using at least some open source software. The server that hosts your website is probably running Apache, which is open source. Perhaps you’re using Open Office to compose word documents, which is of course also open source. You may even have some of your workstations running […]
August 9, 2014 by Vertical Axion
The yardstick by which all social content is measured, regardless of what channel you’re referencing, is whether or not that content is shared. In this piece, we’ll stick with an examination of Facebook, based on the fact that it is the largest of all the social media platforms, but the lessons here can be made to […]
The new app permissions on Facebook’s messenger app has the internet in a stir this last week. Concerned friends, family, and customers are actually emailing us asking if all the news surrounding the “crazy permissions” thing is true about Facebook messenger – so much that it’s time we write an article to address it and clarify […]
August 8, 2014 by Vertical Axion
Facebook just posted some excellent profit numbers that has Wall Street and financial experts talking. It is usually helpful to follow the strategies of the industry leaders, so you may want to take a moment to understand what they did and how they boosted their earnings. Mobile Is Marvelous Overwhelmingly, their earnings came from mobile […]
August 7, 2014 by Vertical Axion
The latest in a long list of recent security breaches should have people alarmed, but as of now, there is no need to panic. The data that was stolen by this group of Russian hackers hasn’t really been used to access your private information as much as it has been used to send links and strange […]
August 6, 2014 by Vertical Axion
Most people have a favorite browser that they naturally gravitate towards, and proponents of each of the major browsers love to weigh in on the virtues of their favorite and the failings of the others. However, from a practical standpoint there’s more than meets the eye in terms of choosing the right browser to use […]
August 5, 2014 by Vertical Axion
Sometimes, the more things change, the more they stay the same. That certainly seems to be the case with business cards. While the colors and styling have changed to keep pace with the times and our changing world, the essential elements of a great business card are the same as they ever were. If you’re […]
August 4, 2014 by Vertical Axion
There was a time when BSOD was an acronym almost everyone was familiar with. You couldn’t look at Windows 3.1 the wrong way without having it crash on you. When Windows 95 came out, it was more or less in tandem with USB connectivity, which back in the day was jokingly called “Plug and Pray” […]
August 2, 2014 by Vertical Axion
Sometimes, no matter how careful you are, it can happen. You keep your system up to date, apply all security patches as they come out, you’ve got a good virus scanner installed, and you’re careful with what emails you open and what links you click on. Even then, sometimes the worst happens and you start […]
August 1, 2014 by Vertical Axion
You hear your IT guys toss these terms around all the time. It can be dizzying. They all amount to the same thing, don’t they? The answer to that question is both yes and no. Broadly speaking, yes; they all infect your computer and cause damage in various forms, but there are subtle differences that […]
July 31, 2014 by Vertical Axion
We hear a lot of talk about internet neutrality, but what does that really mean? Once we come to some understanding of the term, the next question that naturally follows is, is it applicable? Does it actually apply to the internet we have today? The Roots Of Internet Neutrality To understand what internet neutrality actually […]
July 30, 2014 by Vertical Axion
As the number of hacking attacks and identity theft attempts continues to increase, people around the world are gaining a greater and greater appreciation for, and understanding of, the need for privacy. In addition to that, with the NSA making the headlines on an almost daily basis recently for spying on ordinary citizens who have […]
July 29, 2014 by Vertical Axion
Let’s face it, meetings can be boring sometimes, but you’re supposed to be paying attention, right? Here are some useful tips to help you stay sharp when the meeting seems to be droning on forever. Leave Your Smartphone Behind The first thing you’re apt to do when you start drifting and getting fidgety is to […]
July 28, 2014 by Vertical Axion
The signs are everywhere, and they are disturbing. Now more than ever before in history, everything you do is being watched, recorded and stored for later. It seems that not a week goes by that some new affront is revealed. The attacks on privacy are constant and unrelenting, and worse, they are being carried out […]
July 27, 2014 by Vertical Axion
You’ve probably heard the term before. Such and so company got hit with a Denial of Service (DOS) attack, but do you know what that actually means? If not, this will give you a quick overview. First, The Bad News There’s no defense against a Denial of Service attack. None at all. The best you […]
