Earlier in the year, we saw one of our friends asking for contributions to their Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure team (Plus Inc.) and two of us here at Homeland Secure IT supported them with small contributions. After discussing it further, we decided to form our own team and participate in the 5K walk ourselves. It made total …
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Social Story Conference was a blast here in #Greenville today! #socialstory
If you have been paying attention, you know about the Social Story Conference put on by Trey Pennington here in Greenville today at the Warehouse Theatre (@WarehouseGVL). Pamela and I played hooky from work and attended it, feeling a bit naughty, like a kid skipping school! The speakers were Tim TV, Sean Buvala, Amber Osborne (@MissDestructo), Rick Murray, Olivier Blanchard …
Consumers are happier than ever with their computers!
According to a story published in the Washington Post, computer users are happier with their PCs than at any time since the first year (1994) that this was tracked! This was based around a poll run by ACSI LLC. It was not surprising that Apple had the highest user satisfaction with their “cult-like” Mac following, though it may catch some …
Are you so busy looking for success that you just walk past opportunity?
Are you the type of person who is totally engrossed in finding success? Are you rushing through life trying to succeed at your endeavor? I’m talking about the type of person who wants to make a name for yourself, push your new business to the top, obtain great wealth, or maybe even become a superstar athlete or the best guitarist in the world… We all know these …
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Random thoughts about cell phones and service industry usage
Homeland Secure IT is stuck in the past! That’s right, a high-tech business is using what most consider to be antiquated technology. It isn’t because of the cost, it is because of the features. We are actually paying more per month for our cell phone plan than if we were using the latest devices and connectivity. What we use and …
The New Newsday Application – Better than the newspaper in all kinds of ways, except for one… #iPad
Do you have an iPad? Then you know it can do some pretty awesome things… There just a few ways in which an old newspaper is better….
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Social Story Conference in Greenville Sept. 24th w/Trey Pennington & Others #Greenville #SocialStory
Here’s what I am looking forward to this month in Greenville: Trey Pennington (@TreyPennington) has created the “Social Story Conference” which is going to be in Greenville, SC on September 24th. Trey, along with some other awesome people will be speaking on the subject of social media and social stories. In short, how businesses can, and do, connect with people …
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Congratulations to our Trend Micro Internet Security 2010 winners!
Lee Brookshire of Hitachi/HEDUS corporation in Greenville and Allen Vailliencourt of Find Great People, also in Greenville are our winners! Congratulations to both of them, as they have won Trend Micro Internet Security 2010 anti-virus in our little giveaway… Trend Micro Internet Security 2010 is designed for home and small business users and offers protection against viruses, spyware, unauthorized changes …
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SECURE IT ALERT: Protect your data with DATA DESTRUCTION from ShredDisk #Greenville
Protect your data – by destroying it! Boy that sounds interesting doesn’t it? But what does that mean? As computers age and are replaced, they might find their way to a dumpster, or given to a non-profit organization who refurbishes them and resells them, or they may be given to a computer recycler who is supposed to dispose of the computer …
Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac to be Released in October
Microsoft’s latest version of Office 2011 is due out in October of 2011. It features many improvements over previous versions and comes in the following flavors: Microsoft Office for Mac Home and Student 2011 includes Word for Mac, PowerPoint for Mac, Excel for Mac and Messenger for Mac. It will retail for $119 for a single install and $149 for the …