Study: Business Pros Recommend Android 50%, iPhone 32%
04/17/2012 2 Comments
“What phone should I get?” is quickly replacing “What computer should i get?” as the #1 question I hear these days, and that’s expected as more and more people are using their phones as their primary work tool. Easy access to email, scheduling, and documents in a device that fits in your pocket is a powerful asset, and everyone wants to make sure they get the most for their money.
TechRepublic recently released its poll of phone recommendations in the workplace. While the iPhone has the most marketing muscle behind it, it turns out that Android based phones are enjoying a healthy lead in the workplace. 50% of IT professionals are recommending Android phones to their workers, and with good reason. Read more of this post
Technology moves fast.
In 2005, I received my first phone with Internet access: the 
It’s amazing the things people live with because they think “it’s just the way it works.” Becoming frustrated with email, Internet connections, and applications is accepted as normal because users believe these shortcomings are built into their systems, so there’s no way to get around them.
I was driving home from the office the other day and felt the urge to blast some tunes. Without even looking, I hit the power button on the radio, hit the scan button several times, and adjusted the volume just loud enough to blast away all thoughts of the 
I remember making my first website. It was back in the late 90′s, and at the time if you wanted a website you needed to know how to use HTML. “HyperText Markup Language” is coding used to create information web browsers can translate. At its core it’s just a bunch of on/off switches that are wrapped around text. For instance, if you want the word “car” to show up in bold, you would surround it with the bold on/off switch like this: < b>car. When viewed in a web browser, it will look like: car. I was able to use Notepad (the text editor included with Windows) to create my first site using these switches and a few other commands. It had some simple text, a bad music file playing in the background (that was the trendy thing to do back then), animated icons…all done with Notepad. It looked terrible, it took me a week, and I had to learn dozens of complicated HTML tricks to get it going, not to mention learning how to use FTP to move files from my computer to a server on the Internet. Sound complicated? It was. The non-techie person would never be able to do this, and that stigma has stuck to website creation for over a decade: websites are complicated and you need a web guru to make one for you. 
We all know the old joke about men and maps. We always get lost, and we’ll never stop and ask for directions because we like to think we’re always in control and know what we’re doing. This joke isn’t as relevant anymore because of the advent of GPS devices, so the new joke is about the guy that can’t program a GPS to give him directions and won’t call technical support because he likes to think he’s always in control and knows what he’s doing. We’re stubborn on a multi-generational level. 
Happy November everyone! I’m just now getting over my sugar coma from Halloween and ready for a HUGE month ahead. TOAST.net is releasing so many awesome new products and updates that I’m not sure where to start. Upgrades to email, new ways to build websites, and a cool new way to access the Internet are just a few things we plan on introducing. Check it out:
I was reading some forecast reports by IBM about Small and Medium Business (SMB) trends for 2012, and it’s reassuring to finally see an agreeable roadmap. In fact, here at TOAST.net we’ve been saying a lot of the same things as IBM for a few years now. SMB’s have under-invested in technology over the last 3-4 years, and in doing so have lost a lot of the edge needed to compete. Technology generates efficiency, which in turn lowers costs. Things that were preventing SMBs from expanding their technology base have been expense and the economy — understandable factors. However, 4 years ago nobody could have predicted the huge drop in tech costs due to cloud technology. It’s an exciting time for SMB owners because new advancements are allowing them to outmaneuver larger corporations and bring a competitive edge back to the marketplace. Here’s the top 5 areas SMBs should be focusing on for 2012 to stay ahead of the game: 
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