Why the new Windows 8.1 still isn’t greater than 7….

Today’s technology gives us extraordinary opportunities. It allows us to make our businesses more efficient, profitable and reliable, while simultaneously enabling us as individuals to be more connected. We can tweet, surf, post, blog, email and chat all from a device no larger than our hand. As with all progress, these advances bring a variety of threats that must be evaluated, monitored and mitigated. As business owners, we make risk-reward…

A Kansas City entrepreneur will be one of the first people in America to test Google Glass, a pair of computerized eyeglasses that can record images, translate languages, display messages on its lenses and more. Darrin Clawson, the founder and CEO of Engage Mobile, learned in early April that he was one of 8,000 applicants accepted into the test group for Google Glass. Engage Mobile wants to build apps for the…

Don’t let hardware breakdowns take you by surprise. Wouldn’t it be nice if your computer hardware took care of itself? Maybe someday, but for now, your equipment is depending on you to schedule its vacation or retirement. Ignoring maintenance and upgrades or letting them slide until you have more time is not a good idea. That is flirting with disaster, especially when business-critical processes are involved. All small businesses should…

“Where is the Start button?” That is the first of many questions to come from users opening Microsoft Windows 8 for the first time. The button is gone, and it is a surprising end to a function so fundamental to Windows. Yet, it is just the beginning of Windows 8’s surprises, which debuted last October. Windows 8 is the most dramatic departure from previous versions, whose changes were mostly cosmetic….