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May 14, 2012

Monday, May 14, 2012 3:32 PM/EST

Technology's Weakest Link

By Samuel Greengard Optical scanning technology has come a long way in recent years. Flatbed and portable scanners, along with smartphone apps that snap pictures and convert the images to PDFs, have made it increasingly easy to crumple the paper...

May 9, 2012

Wednesday, May 09, 2012 2:07 PM/EST

Don't Get Stung by Social Media

By Samuel Greengard Right now, social media is all the buzz--and for good reason. It connects people in new and profoundly different ways, and it allows a fundamentally different type of interaction: bottom-up and side-to-side rather than merely top-down. Used...

May 7, 2012

Monday, May 07, 2012 9:07 AM/EST

Publishing Needs to Turn a New Page

By Samuel Greengard Digital technology is shredding the publishing industry. Newspapers are bleeding red ink, and book and magazine publishers are scrambling to find new ways to connect to readers and earn a profit. Remarkably, the publishing industry is following...

May 4, 2012

Friday, May 04, 2012 10:59 AM/EST

Of Porn and Prayer

By Tim Moran It's all in the eye of the beholder. A recent story from NYDailyNews.com covered Symantec's annual "Internet Security Threat Report." Clearly, this kind of report is not something Daily News reporters and editors are used to perusing....

May 1, 2012

Tuesday, May 01, 2012 11:45 AM/EST

Mobile Boarding Passes Don't Fly

By Samuel Greengard Airports and airlines offer what seems to be the perfect confluence of poorly implemented technology and really bad business processes. Case in point: The day before boarding a recent flight from Newark to Portland, Ore., I received...

April 25, 2012

Wednesday, April 25, 2012 9:50 AM/EST

Seven Deadly Social Media Sins

By Samuel Greengard Social media is an amazing thing. Unfortunately, too many people and companies use Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other services in an ineffective or obnoxious way. Here are some of the biggest faux pas: 1. By the Numbers:...

April 18, 2012

Wednesday, April 18, 2012 4:02 PM/EST

Word Up! For IT Security

By Tim Moran IT has always been in a position of power, in the sense that those employed within its ranks often have access to the most sensitive company data. This isn't a problem when things are going well, but...

April 16, 2012

Monday, April 16, 2012 10:34 AM/EST

Dealing With Disruption

By Sam Greengard A few weeks ago, my four-year-old laptop went DOA and, after much deliberation, I decided to buy the new iPad with a Bluetooth keyboard. When the unit arrived and I began installing apps, it immediately struck me...

April 9, 2012

Monday, April 09, 2012 10:04 AM/EST

Seven Deadly Email Sins

By Sam Greengard You would think that by now we would know how to use email. Nope! Here are some of the most common and annoying gaffes, glitches and breakdowns: 1. Unsigned, sealed and delivered. Sending business email without a...

April 2, 2012

Monday, April 02, 2012 12:13 PM/EST

Swinging the Social Media Wrecking Ball

By Samuel Greengard If the Internet has proved one thing about human nature, it's that it's possible to hold a megaphone up to stupidity. Peruse discussion boards and reader comments at news sites, and you'll find a seemingly endless stream...



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