If you are a small business owner and not yet decided about the adoption of tablet computers, below are the advantages of having the device, in so far as improving work efficiency is concerned.

Flat Working Surface for Better Work Dynamic

Meetings with a lot of people such as business partners, suppliers and clients are one of the many things that you do when you are in a business. With this, it is important to use technologies that cannot hinder better and personalized interactions. Tablet computers are just perfect for any type of business meeting such as sales meetings. The tablet has convertible design and form factor that allow it to be laid on any flat working surface. This allows for better presentation of reports or proposals. With a tablet, there are no dividing walls that you experience with a laptop. You can hold the tablet in a way that everyone sees what you are talking about. You can also lay it on the table to have ease in taking down of notes. In this way, you can focus on what you are saying while everyone can have better understanding of what you are talking about.

Mobility for Completion of Work Anywhere

Another business concern that is greatly addressed by tablet computers is mobility. As you know, business people are now engaged in a lot of business meetings and travel every day. With this, it is crucial to have a gadget that is handy and reliable. You can achieve all these with a tablet computer. You can bring and use it anywhere as it is very handy and extremely lightweight. Whether you are sitting down or standing up, you can use it with great ease. While in a car or plane, you can also accomplish staff work such as reports. With these functions and capabilities, more businesses are now adopting it in their operations.

Electronic Input Power for Better Outputs

As mentioned earlier, you can use your tablet in taking down notes whenever you are in a meeting or business conference. The notes are what we call electronic inputs which you can store and access later. Having your handwritten notes electronically input gives you the opportunity to review and reorganized them. You can also synchronize them and change the format to produce a better output.

These are some of the significant advantages of tablet computer adoption in a small business. Another great use of the device is its capability to access third party phone services to call anyone, anywhere and anytime.

There are two types available today from which you can choose the one that best fits your business and its needs. The first one is a convertible model which has a display that can rotate 180 degrees and an integrated keyboard. This can be also folded down over the keyboard. The other type is the slate style with a removable keyboard.

Author’s Bio:

Chiastine Ross, a freelance article writer and contributor who focus more on technology, mainly Gadgets and all the latest trends which are interesting for readers and tech enthusiasts. You can reach her through Facebook, Twitter and Email.

As shown in the screenshot below you can see there is a small microphone icon in the search field, clicking on which will initiate your conversational search. The icon has been here for quite some time now but earlier it was only a “Voice Search” and not the conversational search. There is a difference between the two as voice search lets you speak to search while Google display the results in text, on the other side, Conversational Search lets you speak to Google and the results are not only displayed but Google also speaks them back for you, as if you are chatting.

Check the search made below. For the search of “How old is Barack Obama” the answer is not only displayed as a card on Google but also pronounced by Google.

The results that you will get will look like the one below.

It will also pronounce the age for you as “Barack Obama is 51 years old”.

Conversational Search is lot more than speaking the question and the answer, Google now also keep the record of the previous queries and you can ask more questions based on your previous query. For example, if you ask “How tall is he” then you will get the results as below.

Google will not only display the result but also answer your question as “Barack Obama is six feet one inch tall”. Clearly, it now recognizes the pronouns based on your previous queries like the word “he” in the question “How tall is he”. This conversation can go on and on as if you are having conversation with Google.

More to the search:

There is more to Google’s conversational search as it is now more clever and intelligent to understand your question and reply accordingly. For instance, if you ask “Will it rain tomorrow” then it won’t come back displaying some useless results instead will correctly show your location and the weather for the next few days. Isn’t it cool?

Do try this new search for yourself and see how easy and correct the search results are. [via]

A day ago, it came as good news to everyone when Flickr announced that it is now offering 1 Terabyte of free memory space to all the users which mean they now have lots and lots of space to store their photos and videos online in their Flickr account. Lets see what Flickr has to say

“At Flickr, we believe you should share all your images in full resolution, so life’s moments can be relived in their original quality. No limited pixels, no cramped formats, no memories that fall flat. We’re giving your photos room to breathe, and you the space to upload a dizzying number of photos and videos, for free. Just how big is a terabyte? Well, you could take a photo every hour for forty years without filling one.
And yep, you heard us. It’s free.”

Moreover along with the increase in the memory space Flickr have totally updated the look and feel of the website too. According to Flickr, this new beautiful design will enhance the beauty of your photos by placing where they should be. The all new design will also display the images in as many pixels as possible. It also allows you to set a profile picture of yourself.

In case you are not only limited to photos and like uploading some videos, then also Flickr will come to your help. You can now upload 3 minutes per video of 1080p HD quality. You can upload as many video as you want provided you are within your memory space limits.

You can also enjoy the Flickr on your mobile phone with the official Flickr apps both for iPhone and Android phones. While the app was there for iOS already, it has been released for Android. [via]

Now if you have been using this app for some time now then it must be the case your exchanged data is stored in your phone. Whatsapp stores everything shared in your cell phone memory thereby reducing the free space. So if you are running low on free memory space on your Android phone then you should consider cleaning up the Whatsapp data off your phone.

WCleaner works great on Android and you just need to run it after installing. It will list all the items present on your phone stored by Whatsapp categorized as Images, Audio, Video and Backups. Just select any item to see the stuffs present inside each of them. Now you can manually select each item to delete one by one, or just select all to delete everything.

You will be surprised to see that it will free up lot of space on your mobile phone. If you are wondering that why would you want to delete the stuffs then consider lending your cell phone to someone in your family may be for couple of days, I am sure you won’t want to let them see your entire whatsapp gallery, or would you? Not only this, if you have also decided to sell your cell phone then it is the best to either factory reset the phone or use this tool to cleanup your conversations.

Using this app you can also save the already saved image to some other location in your cell phone, say from external memory card to internal cell phone memory.

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So what does that mean? This simply means people wearing the Google Glass won’t have to switch to their computer or cell phone to be able to use Facebook. Built by Facebook, this app allows you to upload photos from Google Glass directly to your Facebook timeline. Moreover, you can also add an optional photo description, just by speaking it little loud and clear. Right now, users can’t tag people in photos from Glass, but they can tag the pictures after sharing them by going on a computer or mobile device.

Although the Glass is not released officially for public, we can see more and more companies already gearing up for the next revolution. This Thursday, Twitter also launched their app for the Glass about which you can read more here.

Using these apps like Facebook would be simple for the users, for example you will see a small icon on the right side of the image that you have already shared on Facebook (same goes for other apps too). If you then need to add some description to the image, that is also possible just by tapping it and speaking into the glass.

With Twitter for Google Glass, you can share photos to Twitter. The Tweet will automatically include the text, “Just shared a photo #throughglass”, as shown in the screenie above. [via]

For more cool updates, keep in touch! [via]

What is Multi-tasking?

In the technical sense, “multi-tasking” means doing more than one thing at the same time. This involves switching from one task to another until all of them are done. For instance, you answer calls on RingCentral Virtual PBX and reply to emails as you work on your PowerPoint presentation for your weekly meeting. On paper, this sounds like a good idea – you get more things done by switching from one task to another as you go through a multitude of tasks each day. Boredom does not become an issue; and it appears like you’re going through your to-do list at an amazing pace. However, experts disagree – the proof is in the end results!

Does It Really Work?

Switching from one task to another opens up windows for distractions, including browsing on Facebook, surfing the net, or sending out a few Tweets… before you know it, you’re no longer multi-tasking work; you’ve included distractions on your plate. This not only makes your work harder so you could finish, but also takes up most of your precious time. In practice, multi-tasking does not make your work better – it only appears that way.

Different Folks, Different Strokes

There are those who thrive by multi-tasking though, claiming that they are more productive and their end results are excellent, thanks to multi-tasking. If you’re one of these people, then kudos to you! After all, we’re each wired differently and each one of us has a unique gift. For a select few, multi-tasking is a gift!

The good news is that there are some helpful software and online tools that enable us to focus on one task at a time. These help us manage our to-do list so that we accomplish everything that’s on that list from A to Zed. Here are 3 of my favorite online applications for juggling tasks every day:

1. Pomodoro

This nifty tool allows you to manage each task by spending an average of 25 minutes on each task with 5-minute breaks in between. If you need more than 25 minutes for a certain task, you can simply restart your timer; and off you go. I find this very useful, especially when writing articles. I usually set my first timer for research and the second one for writing. Then I set aside my article, work on another task, and go back to the article, set the timer again, and edit my article. So far, so good!

2. Wunderlist

I find this online tool very handy when it comes to planning my day because I have a way to tick off what I have already accomplished. Yes, I still like seeing my to-do list on paper (the transition is not that easy for me) because old habits die hard; but Wunderlist is slowly growing on me and I find it easier to track my progress now. No more sticky notes all over my desk (this used to drive my boss crazy!) and no more mess. I just have to wean myself from my cute notebook that holds my physical to-do list.

3. Evernote

This is my favorite among all the software out there. For people who heavily rely on research like me, this application is a lifesaver, not to mention a space saver. It enables users to save everything from URLs to articles, from websites to notes and pictures. You can even add your own notes; include tags to help you with your research, and include anything else that will help you with your work.

So there you have it. These 3 applications are the main tools that I use every day to help me manage my many daily tasks. How about you? Do you multi-task? What helps improve your productivity? Care to share?

Author’s Bio:

Chiastine Ross, a freelance article writer and contributor who focus more on technology, mainly Gadgets and all the latest trends which are interesting for readers and tech enthusiasts. You can reach her through Facebook, Twitter and Email.

Here is a simple solution to focus on one window whenever you have many opened in the background. The tool being reviewed today is called Le Dimmer and is a simple yet easy to use tool that can dim the entire screen for you except the current window that is active at the moment. So that means you can make any window in focus while dimming the rest of the screen so that you can focus more on the current active window. Well what’s better than a screenshot to explain the process?

Using Le Dimmer is very easy as it requires no installation and also is very small in size. You just need to download the tool from the location mentioned at the bottom, unzip the package and double click it. Le Dimmer will sit in the system tray and can be accessed from there. However do note that initially it might dim everything, in that case you just need to adjust the settings a little, provide a number between 0 and 255 to adjust the amount of dimming.

If you wish to stop this process and exit the tool, then simply right click on the Le Dimmer icon in the taskbar and exit the application. Le Dimmer works great as it keeps you focused on one window while the remaining screen is dark.

Le Dimmer works well on Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8 for both 32 and 64 bit versions.

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This is sort of an added feature that helps us in knowing which song is currently being played just by looking at the phone but this sometimes can minimize our privacy. There can be times when you wish that no body can find out which song you are playing, to add to your privacy or simply you wish to have a cleaner interface on your iPhone display.

So whatever be your reason, this post will help you in hiding the songs information from the iPhone lock screen. There is small tweak for this purpose called as Secret “Now Playing” (yes with the quotes in the name) and as the name suggests, this app will let you disable the Now Playing songs information from the iPhone lock screen.

The app can be downloaded free from the Cydia store but you will first need to configure the app in the settings after installing before it is able to take control. So just go the Settings, where you will find the app settings. To configure the settings, Enable the app from the first button as shown. Now you will get more options below which will hide the information from the lock screen making the phone look lot cleaner.

Remember you can hide or show following items using this utility, album artwork, song name, song artist and the song album. So if you liked the app get it for free from the BigBoss repository [via]

Recently Microsoft warned all the Facebook users about a new browser extension Trojan that is spreading on Facebook and hijacking the profiles. This Trojan is called Trojan:JS/Febipos.A and was first discovered in Brazil but the rate at which it is spreading, we are sure it will include the other areas of the world soon.

The malware is a malicious browser extension mostly attacking Chrome and Firefox. When installed, it attempts to update itself using the following URLs:

Chrome browser:

du-pont.info/updates/<removed>/BL-chromebrasil.crx

Mozilla Firefox browser:

du-pont.info/updates/<removed>/BL-mozillabrasil.xpi

What this Trojan does is, it monitors the user activity to see when the user is logged into Facebook and when the user is logged in, it attempts to get a configuration file from the website <removed>.info/sqlvarbr.php. The file includes a list of commands of what the browser extension will do.

This extension/Trojan can be responsible for liking a page, share, post, join group, invite friends to group, launch chat to friends and comment on a post. In short this Trojan can do activities that you would not like to and that too without your consent.

Recent example of the activity of the Trojan. The configuration file contains a command to post the following message in Facebook:

GAROTA DE 15 ANOS VÍTIMA DE BULLYING COMETE SUICÍDIO APÓS MOSTRAR OS SEIOS NO FACEBOOK
Vìdeo no link abaixo:<Currently unavailable link>

It is written in Portuguese and here’s an English translation:

15 YEAR-OLD VICTIM OF BULLYING COMMITS SUICIDE AFTER SHOWING HER BREASTS ON FACEBOOK.
Video on the link below: <Currently unavailable link>

Trojan can also like some malicious page and spread via the page (as shown in the screenshot). It may also post links on Facebook profiles. For example, the posted link from the Facebook page in the image above redirects to a website that sells cars.

As per MS, the simplest way to stay safe from this Trojan is to keep your security products up to date and always be little more cautious while installing an add-on for the browser [via].