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Scams

In the past few weeks, I’ve received several messages from people that consist of a screenshot of a text message or email followed by one word “Scam?”. Invariably, they were all scams. So, I figured it might be a good idea to make a blog post with some tips on picking out whether something is a scam or not. These can apply to various types of scams like...
Tags: Support
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Digital Marketing for your Business

Now that we’ve understood the difference between Traditional Marketing and Digital Marketing, let’s take a deeper look at how digital marketing can be used as a way to give your business a competitive advantage.
Tags: Marketing
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Google Wants You to View More Ads

Statistically speaking, you are probably using Google Chrome to read this blog post. While Chrome is a great browser that makes using the Internet fast and safe, it isn’t the only horse in the race. Google recently announced changes that will be coming to Chrome later this year that may affect how third-party browser extentions work, nam...
Tags: Technology
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Google Chromecast Desktop Casting

Google Chrome version 53 introduced native casting support to the Google Chromecast. This ability has been available for a while using an extension but now that everyone with an up-to-date version of Chrome has it lets take a look at an interesting feature that it includes.   For the uninitiated, the Google Chromecast is a little HDMI dongle ...
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My Frankenstein Kitchen Audio System

So like many I have tried installing a Bluetooth speaker in the kitchen to listen to some tunes while doing dishes or the like. Also like many others I am let down buy the terrible sound quality, low volume and flakiness that is Bluetooth (sometimes). So as a project for myself I decided to whip up my own wireless streaming audio system.   To...
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The Road to UHD: 1440p (Part 2)

So who does this matter to? Well, the average person probably doesn’t care, the people who do care range between computer hardware enthusiasts/gamers to prosumer/professionals. I think I technically fit all 4 of those categories, but the hardware enthusiast/gamer is probably the one I most resonate with. Gaming with a higher resolut...