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These days, when you need to share a 100MB file with a customer, you have two options: Go to IT and ask for a way to do it, wait 3 weeks, and finally be told the only option is to express a disc; or just set up a Dropbox account and send it this afternoon, without asking anyone.
Ever since John Sweeney and his wife bought a sketch comedy theater, they've faced one business challenge after the other. Fortunately, they've found that improv is perfect preparation for entrepreneurship.
Google's new search tool, Google Instant, displays not just matching words and phrases as you type your search terms, but also actual links. The time you save could be your own.
Use your iPad to fill out a form during an inspection. Or sign and send an important document. Or take meeting notes with audio that's tied to what you type. Apps for all that and more.
Company values can be more than just words on a placard. If you pick the right ones, they can propel your company (and your life) to higher levels of success.
Word has not one, not two... but three different kinds of placeholder text you can insert in your draft project with a few keystrokes.
Staring at a monitor all day means your eyes don't blink as often as they should, you squint at large blocks of small text, and your retinas are blasted with a bright screen for hours at a time. Here's the remedy.
Frances Moreno struggled to balance motherhood and work when she started her company. Nearly five years later, she has learned that a family-friendly workplace is also good for business.
If you don't need Outlook, you probably don't need the pricey overkill of Microsoft Office, either. Check out this free suite of Office-compatible word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation apps.
Other winners from last week: how to tell if your boss is lying, 15 productivity-boosting Android apps, and Gmail's new tool for tackling inbox overload.
Social media has given companies and customers the power to communicate directly. Draw inspiration from these three true stories of customers-turned-evangelists to give your own customers their halos.
Here are three lessons that will make the conversation a lot less painful.
Gmail makes so many things so darned difficult. One such task: Just show me my unread messages. Incomprehensibly, there's no button or menu item for that. Well, fret not. Here's now to do it.
Nick Friedman and Omar Soliman, the founders of College Hunks Hauling Junk, have been best friends since they were 15 and now have a $3.5 million company. Should you start a company with your best buddy?
You have a cell phone plan, data plans, rewards programs, and more. I've recently discovered an app that'll let you track all of them (or at least a slew of them) in one place on your iPhone.
