Modern Street

Information is the most important commodity in this generation. The more you know and the easier you access sources of essential information, the more you become ahead of competitors, especially in business industry. Of course, you don’t wait for data to come to you; you must set up a system in gathering and sharing information. The most practical step is to embed a chat app in your website or blog. Read the rest of this entry »

If you are someone seeking to further your education but lacking the means since you would need to take a hit on your pocketbook, there is now a good opportunity to do so in the form of a “Massive Open Online Course”. What, you say?

Let me introduce Coursera.org, a social entrepreneurship company that has managed to do what previous similar efforts stopped short of – bring together a consortium of universities willing to participate in providing courses for free over the internet, with most of these also issuing certificates as well (the certs need a modest payment now). Read the rest of this entry »

Replicating a website on a local host is an essential feature when it comes to server maintenance, but quite often, it is not so straightforward. Many different troubleshooting procedures are needed to be performed for the replication to take shape. Doing so also needs a lot of error checking and testing. One such error that occurs quite frequently is that of database connection failures which creep up every time the test site fails to connect to the database of the server. Read the rest of this entry »

The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is considered by many to be the best or at least the most powerful phone of 2012, and will probably still be amongst the top mobile phones for most of 2013 (until the next craze). The self-styled phone/phablet certainly has the size and specs to back this reputation, but all that power comes with a price – it needs a good battery to match its needs.

The default stock battery provided by Samsung is actually quite good; at 3100 mAh, it does provide enough of a boost for my Note 2 to make it through at least one and a half days of rather heavy usage (most of the time, anyway). But for those of us who find that we are using our mobile phones more now than before, this battery life may not be enough. Read the rest of this entry »

Android phones nowadays are getting better all the time and have by default, access to a plethora of applications which can be helpful for handling small-scale businesses. These applications are not only versatile in nature and can perform multiple tasks at a go, but are either free and/or light on battery consumption, thus making them ready-made tech sidekicks for any person on the go. Read the rest of this entry »

Social media websites connect people worldwide and revolutionize the world with effective and speedier communication. To advertise your product at social media networks, what you need is just a laptop and a high speed Internet connection. Some of the most popular social media websites are Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Yelp, Pinterest, and MySpace. Through social media networks, you can easily connect with your customers.

Here are some interesting facts that explain how to use Twitter to boost your business among Internet users. Read the rest of this entry »