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Google began as a research project by Larry Page and Sergy Brin in 1996 when they were both PhD students at Stanford University in California. At that time search engines ranked results by counting how many times the search terms appeared on the page. Larry and Sergy theorized about a better system which analyzed the relationship between websites. Almost like a voting system, websites relevance was determined by the number of pages and the importance of those pages that link to the original website. They called this new techonology PageRank. One way to describe this is like being popular at school, the more friends you have the more popular you are. And say you are friends with the most popular kid at school, this would give you more street credibility and make you more important. The search engine was initially called BackRub until they changed the name to Google which originated from a misspelling of the word "googol" which is a seriously large num...

Regardless of your feelings regarding triskaidekaphobia, there is plenty to be nervous about in the coming year ending in the dreaded number 13. It's not just the fear of the number itself or the superstition that surround it, rather most SMB decision makers are fearful of the economic unknown we continue to see in the U.S. economy. The general consensus, post-election, is that the current administration is less than friendly towards the needs of the average small and mid-sized business which ironically is considered to be the largest driver of the U.S. economy. Let me be clear, my intention is not to debate the merits or shortcomings of the government's economic policy rather I mention it as one of the factors in trying to predict what new technologies will be major players in the New Year. Even though the economic outlook for growth is less than rosy, the SMB community will still be spending on technology. To that end, I turn to my go-to expert of al...

If you have an iPad 2, then more than likely, you have heard of the Smart Cover, and how it offers some of the best protection available for your device. The benefits it offers such as the wake/sleep Smart Technology and self-cleaning side of the cover make it a necessity for keeping your device in pristine condition. The only issue you might have with the Smart Cover is that while it offers top-of-the-line protection for your screen, it is a top cover only. This means that the entire back of your iPad 2 is left unprotected and because of this, will surely attract all kinds of dust, dirt and scratches. Most iPad 2 users come to depend on their devices and use them daily. The more the device is used and handled, the greater the potential for incurring some kind of damage, especially the parts that are left unprotected. The answer, of course, is to provide protection for every inch of your iPad 2 and that is where a good case come in. There are quite a few good cases available tha...