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"There's no shortage of remarkable ideas, what's missing is the will to execute them."
- Seth Godin
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How to Grow Your Professional Network Using Facebook
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Facebook is a powerful networking tool that can help you build relationships with new professionals and introduce your product or service to entirely new markets and groups of people. That is if you know how to use it. Here are five steps you can take to get started with Facebook and use it to build a professional network.
Understand Facebook's Informal Tone
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Manage Your Photo's File Sizes to Save Disk Space
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Today, just about everyone has a digital camera in their pockets, which has led to an unprecedented amount of picture taking compared to the days when photos had to be developed. Having more cameras has turned us into a more visual society, but not every amateur photographer understands how to best manage all of their photos, which causes problems.
Before we go into the technical details on why taking too many pictures can cause issues, consider this cultural observation from comedian Jim Gaffigan on how there are way more pictures taken today than when we were kids. "I have more pictures of my kids than my Dad even looked at me." By the way, Jim Gaffigan is the proud father of five kids, so that's a ton of pictures!
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| 3 PC Best Practices You Need to Know |
Sometimes the best thing you can do for yourself is return to the basics. For example, you can know all of the keyboard shortcuts in the world, but that doesn't help you properly shut down your computer. Here are three tips for every computer user who wants to make sure that they're using PC best practices.
How to Properly Shut Down Your PC
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5 Clues that an Email is Really a Phishing Scam
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One of the most masterful arts of deception that hackers use is the phishing attack, which attempts to steal sensitive credentials from unwary victims. The anonymity afforded to criminals on the Internet is what makes this possible. Using
 phishing attacks, hackers attempt to steal credentials or personal records by forging their identities. What's the best way to protect your business from these attacks?
Just like any other kind of fishing trip, a hacker will cast out their line by sending emails disguised as legitimate organizations. They then hope that someone will bite--someone who's willing to provide the requested credentials or information. What a lot of users might not realize is that phishing emails are pretty obvious, if you know what to look for.
Take a Good Look at the Message's URLs
Many phishing emails try to hide their schemes behind legitimate-looking URLs in the message. Some links will be designed to either direct you to a malicious web page, or execute a download of malicious files. Either way, you don't want to be caught in this situation, so take a moment to hover over the links (don't click them) and check to see where they really go. You should see the real destination appear in the bottom-left corner of your web browser.
Does the Message Request Personal Information?
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| It May Take a While For Windows 10 to Overtake Windows 7 |
The hype is still strong for Windows 10, and it's easy to see why. It's a great operating system that has the potential to change the way your business performs its daily duties.  However, the monthly desktop operating system usage statistics released by NetMarketShare hint that Windows 10 adoption is starting to slow down and that many users are simply opting to keep using Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1. What gives?
As of October 2015, only 7.84 percent of desktop users are taking advantage of Windows 10, while Windows 7 retains its predominant percentage on 55.71 percent of desktops. Windows 8 and 8.1 combined make up about 13.22 percent. What's most concerning about this chart is that Windows XP, a completely unsupported operating system that's considered a hindrance and a threat to any business currently using it, still accounts for 11.68 percent of all desktops.
Despite the fact that Windows 10 is a great new operating system, there are plenty of folks out there who still retain the viewpoint that "if it's not broken, don't fix it." The primary problem with this view of technology is that people often forget that it might not be broken now, but soon enough it most certainly will be. As we've seen from Windows XP, people will continue to use an unsupported operating system well past its expiration date for the sole purpose that they're used to it and feel that there's very little risk in doing so. Little do they know, however, that continuing to use unsupported systems can have unexpected side-effects.
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