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Tech Tips: What Is Facebook?
Check out our Tech Tip video of the week to find out what's all the fuss about Facebook. Have you ever wondered: What’s the big deal about Facebook? Why do I need it? What can it do for me?
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We’re a bunch of geeks at heart and that means that we love to be creative. Browse some fun factoids, find out what we’re working on next and what’s happening in the world of whole home support by reading our blogs below.
What's a Firewall?
What is a firewall? How do firewalls work? Learn more about how firewalls protect your system against attacks and malware here.
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Tech Tips: What Is Pinterest?
What is Pinterest? It's designed to be a vast, virtual cork board where you can save things for later!
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Capacitive Touchscreens
Unlike resistive touchscreens, capacitive touch screens use electrical capacitance. When you apply an electrical charge to an object, the charge then builds up. When there’s no place for the electrical charge to go, the object holds on to the charge. This storage in known as capacitance. While resistive touch technology uses mechanical pressure, capacitive technology uses the electrical properties of the human body.
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Tech Tips: Give Your Computer a...
If your computer is acting fussy or running a little slow, there's one simple thing that might do the trick: Shut Down! Give your computer a weekly rest.
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Resistive Touchscreens
We use touchscreens just about every day in our homes, cars, stores and banks. It's a technology we have started to take for granted; we expect our devices to be responsive to touch. It wasn't that long ago that inputting data with a stylus or a micro keyboard was the latest innovation, but now there is quite a
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#TwitterLingo
While Twitter is a great social media platform, some of its traits and vocabulary associated can be daunting to someone looking in from the outside. A big part of the Twitter culture is its lingo, so today we’re going to introduce you to some of the vocabulary specific to Twitter. Tweet – A post on Twitter. […]
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What Is Touch Technology?
Every day people use smartphones, tablets, public kiosks, point of sale applications, gaming consoles, GPS devices and computers that can be operated with touch technology—with the simple swipe of a finger across the screen. What is a touchscreen exactly? A touchscreen is an electronic visual display capable of detecting and effectively locating a finger touch […]
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Medical Devices and Helps Part ...
Our goal with this series of articles (see part 1 on medication and part 2 on in-home monitoring) is to look at technologies that help people stay in their home as long as possible. Seniors or the chronically ill typically move into a health care environment as a last choice. Improvements to technology today can […]
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What Is Oculus Rift?
You may have heard the term Oculus Rift recently. The biggest reason is that the product has been in the news: Facebook bought the company on March 25, 2014 for two billion dollars. Why? What tech gadget could possibly be worth so much?
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