It’s something we already take for granted: whenever we touch an icon on the screens of our electronic devices, we expect something to happen.
The 2011 Tokyo Motor Show brought us some interesting and imaginative eco-friendly concept cars. With efficiency in mind, these companies pushed their creativity to the limit. Below are a few of the most eccentric designs of 2011.
Digital Currency in a Digital World
Consumer spending heavily relies upon digital currency and perhaps someday paper money will be obsolete. It may sound fantastic but consider how often you yourself use a credit card to buy things, go online to shop, or receive gift cards preloaded with a specific dollar amount. Probably you pay your bills via online banking, pay-at-the-pump with a credit card, and even purchase movie tickets online. Once you look at the frequency of which you actually use digital currency on a day-to-day basis, we aren’t really that far off from going completely digital with our currency. The Bitcoin revolution?
Continue Reading →Do not Fall Prey to Internet Phishing Scams
One of the top cyber crimes, and the most lucrative, are phishing scams. Large corporations such as Sony have been compromised and accounts of these types of cyber crimes are being reported at a high rate. Phishing scams are just as dangerous to small business owners as they are to large corporations. Over 300,000 complaints were filed in 2010 to the Internet Crime Complaint Center , a partnership between the National White Collar Crime Center and the FBI. These grievances were from small businesses and individuals victimized by online phishing scams and numerous other Internet related crimes. Let’s look at what phishing really is, so that you can gain a greater understanding of why your small businesses may be targeted by a cyber criminal
Continue Reading →Get More Out of Your Android Phone
Android smartphones and Apple’s iPhones are very different. Android phones are highly customizable. You can change everything from your Android phone’s home screen to the way you download apps because Android is open source
Continue Reading →Telecommuting: The Direction Business is Moving?
Isaac Asimov once said, “The only constant is change.” This is not only true in life, but in business as well. One trend that has changed recently is the popularity of telecommuting. Even though many people have differing opinions concerning this, it has not been around long enough, on a large enough scale, to see its true impact on business
Continue Reading →Fun Gadget Ideas for the Holidays
As the holidays quickly approach, advertisers appear to be pushing smartphones and tablets as the only tech gifts available this season. However, there are many other good high-tech gift ideas that will make that tech savvy relative happy without breaking the bank, and several of these are flying beneath the shopping radar. Some are perfect for the eco-conscious, some are perfect for that inner geek in all of us, and some are even perfect for those lucky ones who already own a smartphone and tablet
Continue Reading →Are You battling the Crowds? Be a Tech-Savvy Consumer This Holiday Season
While many shoppers won’t be battling the crowds this year by purchasing all of their gifts online, many more will be in line waiting for the doors to open.
Continue Reading →Intel 4004, We Wish You a Happy Birthday
The Intel 4004 came out in 1971 and was the first CPU on a single chip! This week marks its birthday and we want so say a quick thank you to the microprocessor that has changed computing forever. A CPU, or central processing unit, is essentially the brain of a computer. Every bit of information input or output by the computer goes through the CPU
Continue Reading →Tips To Communicate Your IT Issues Effectively
It is inevitable that you will need to ask for the assistance of your IT service provider.
Continue Reading →About Cypress Consulting Group, Ltd.
Cypress Consulting Group, Ltd. was started in 1995 to help small businesses use technology to grow their business. We partner with our clients to help them solve business problems using the available technology thus allowing the business owners to focus on what they do best. Our principals have over 35 years in business and business technology, keeping in the forefront of what is new and what works. We are not technology people that fix technology, but business people that work with technology to improve others performance.
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- 12/23/2011 The Mystery of Touchscreen Technology
- 12/16/2011 High Tech Green Solutions at The Tokyo Motor Show
- 12/16/2011 Digital Currency in a Digital World
- 12/09/2011 Do not Fall Prey to Internet Phishing Scams
- 12/09/2011 Get More Out of Your Android Phone
- 12/02/2011 Telecommuting: The Direction Business is Moving?
- 11/30/2011 Fun Gadget Ideas for the Holidays
- 11/22/2011 Are You battling the Crowds? Be a Tech-Savvy Consumer This Holiday Season
- 11/18/2011 Intel 4004, We Wish You a Happy Birthday
- 11/16/2011 Tips To Communicate Your IT Issues Effectively