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Siri, the traveler’s and restaurant’s new best friend
Siri, the “personal digital assistant” that responds to voice commands, is an entertaining way to search the Internet and open apps on Apple devices. First available on the iPhone 4S, Siri is now available on the latest generation of Apple iOS6 devices, including the iPad 3 and iPad Mini. If you have just met Siri, you may need [...]
Apps and maps enhance international business travel
A story making the rounds a few years ago (though never substantiated) recounted Pepsi’s efforts to penetrate the Chinese market. Unfortunately, the slogan that had opened up market share in the U.S.— “Come alive! You’re in the Pepsi Generation!”— fell as flat as a bottle that had been left open overnight. When translated into Chinese, [...]
How to use Airplay
Are you an Apple user wanting to know how to use Airplay? Here’s a quick walk-through of the basic steps of this cutting-edge technology. First, ensure you have all the hardware to enable Airplay. You need an Apple TV device, a WiFi device, and a recent Apple mobile device (iPad2, iPhone4 or iPod Touch) . [...]
Apple TV
The Arkansas SBTDC recently acquired two Apple TV devices for use with our classroom set of iPads and staff iPads. Were we impressed! The small digital media hub allows users to easily play content on a television or media projector. Within minutes of reading the instructions, we were wirelessly connected to our room projector and could use [...]
Apps take frustration out of scheduling meetings
How often has it happened? You try to schedule a meeting by e-mail. Before long you have a tangled message thread and no resolution. Some people forget to “Reply All,” others don’t respond, others provide you with an epic narrative of all their potential conflicts … But wait? Is anything on the calendar yet? Scheduling the [...]
Technology presentations: Taps and Clicks hits the road
Recently, I had an opportunity to share some technology tips at the always enjoyable monthly breakfast meeting of the Arkansas Hospitality Association. My topic was “Using Media Tablets and Mobile Devices for Location-Based Marketing.” Businesses in the hospitality industry are highly dependent on location – whether that be a physical address or on the web. [...]
Market research app takes the guesswork out of site selection
Location, location, location. Certain types of businesses–restaurants, retail shops, and personal service providers–live or die by location. But there is much more to finding the right real estate fit than locating along a heavily traveled route. (In some cases, high traffic can even be hurtful to business survival, but that’s a post for another day.) [...]
Best language apps: Mango Mobile
Looking for an app for learning a foreign language? One of the best language apps for the iPad, iPhone and Android devices is Mango Mobile. I used Mango on the desktop for maintaining foreign language proficiency and was excited to find Mango is now more easily accessible on mobile devices as a language app. If you’re [...]
Mobile payment systems
Do cash and check payments and high fees from credit card companies hold up your small business? Do you need a way to accept credit card payments away from your shop or office? Mobile payment systems are making financial transactions a breeze for tech-savvy business owners. Mobile financial services, commonly called mobile money, mobile payment, [...]
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