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How smart is your toaster? With Android it might be a genius

Would you buy a rice cooker with the Android operating system built into it? What about a dryer or refrigerator? Would you ever consider installing a microwave oven which was partially powered by Android

Tech will change your business in 2013. Here’s how

There was a point in time when e-mail was considered cutting-edge tech. Before that, businesses were considered tech-savvy if they had their own fax machines

Is Square worth the transaction fees?

As a small business owner, you need to ensure it is as easy as possible for your customers to pay for your offerings. Square, a credit-card processing service created for iPhones, iPads and Android-powered devices can help you fulfill this goal. But Square, created by Square, Inc., isn’t free.

Small business owners: It’s time to meet big data

Small business owners are busy people. You’re hiring staffers, taming your business’ budget, developing new products and developing marketing campaigns

Why your small business still needs a printer

Business owners prefer to believe that paper will become a thing of the past. After all, we send the majority of our correspondence through e-mail today, right? Then there’s texting and social media.

Need files from your PC? Try the iPad’s remote-access apps

Ever needed to access your PC or laptop while you were on the road? Ever needed that one special file from your pc while you were on the other side of the country from it? Using your iPad and a remote-access app, it is easy to access your desktop or laptop regardless of where it is or you are.

Invest in these peripherals, not a new machine, to get the most of Windows 8

You purchased the new Windows 8 operating system due to the fact system’s new touch-screen capabilities intrigued you. There’s just one problem: Your older computer is not a touch screen

iPad in the swimming pool? There is hope

You had no idea that your cell phone was perched so perilously on the edge of your bathtub. And you obviously didn’t think you might actually knock it over the edge and into gallons of bubble bath and water

Cyber criminals turning their attention to smart phones

The vast majority of malware attacks still take place on PCs. But cybercriminals are increasingly turning their attention to smart phones.

iPad apps designed to ease the stress of writing for a living

Are you a expert writer, a person who pays the mortgage each month because of stories you turn in to newspapers, magazines and Web sites? Maybe you’re a fiction writer who’s published in journals, literary magazines and consumer publications throughout the world. If that’s the case, you are a serious writer.