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Using Social Media For Your Business

Using Social Media For Your Business

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Sarah Rohrbacker
The huge explosion of social media use has allowed individuals to stay connected with friends, family, and all sorts of social trends. However, while it seems that it was designed to help people burn time on their lunch breaks, the…
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Press Release: Best Of Hays 2019

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For Immediate Release: 4/1/2019CEO Randy Bryan                                                                      tekRESCUE Technology Consulting(512) 843-2835https://mytekrescue.com/ tekRESCUE Wins Local Best Business Awards For the sixth consecutive year, the outstanding team at tekRESCUE was voted Best Electronics and Computers business in Hays County, Texas. This local…
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The Progression Of Facial Recognition Technology

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Using computers to identify and pick out human characteristics such as the distance between the eyes, the shape of the nose, a person’s jawline, and other distinguishing characteristics, has been in vogue and evolving since the early 1960’s. How it…
A Guide To Taking Care Of Windows On Your Computer

A Guide To Taking Care Of Windows On Your Computer

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Austin Koester
Windows Maintenance  You must perform maintenance tasks for your computer to run at optimal performance. If you take care of your computer, it will remain responsive and fast for a long time. If you do not perform regular maintenance, your…
SEO Trends of 2019

SEO Trends of 2019

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Austin Koester
    With the implementation of mobile first indexing in google and the rise of voice activated devices, there are several SEO (Search Engine Optimization) trends to look out for in 2019.   Reaching your targeted audience will need to focus on more…
Using Quickbooks Online for Your Small Business

Using Quickbooks Online for Your Small Business

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Austin Koester
  A small hobby turned into a large project that turned into a small business. Many people who’s hobbies turn into businesses are clueless on how to manage and track their finances.  Luckily there are many options out there. One option…
The Science of Using Eye Tracking in Web Design

The Science of Using Eye Tracking in Web Design

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Austin Koester
Humans have a variety of senses that modern technology is constantly finding new ways to stimulate.  When visiting a web site, the first and sometimes exclusive sense used is eyesight. Over half of viewers typically spend less than fifteen seconds…
Benefits Of Managed IT Services in 2019

Benefits Of Managed IT Services in 2019

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Austin Koester
Due to the technological revolution all the world, many IT companies are coming up to offer managed information technology services. Managed IT service providers offer small businesses and other organizations a variety of technical services that promote growth and development,…
How Site Design Affects SEO

How Site Design Affects SEO

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Austin Koester
With the advent of technological advancements such as the internet, business opportunities such as the sale of products online have been sprouting. The use of the internet to sell products is known as e-commerce and people have been showcasing their…
Living in the Internet

Living in the Internet

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Austin Koester
Virtual Reality (VR) will soon be more than something reserved for tech expos and a few select console games. VR will soon be part of the everyday internet experience in ways that you did not think possible. Predicting the Future…
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Backing Up Your Data

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Austin Koester
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Backing Up Your Data A large corporation to a small business realizes the importance of backing up their data. However, there are still some hold-outs that delay backing up their data. Surprisingly, they assume that their company is immune to…

Important Update Regarding Your Internet Safety

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Animate Mazurek
The FBI announced on Friday that hackers from a Russian organization called Sofacy Group have developed and implemented a sophisticated malware system known as VPNFilter. This new malware system has reportedly infected over half a million home and office routers,…
Urgent Security Update

Urgent Security Update

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Nici Starkey
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The world is currently in the middle of one of the largest malware outbreaks we have ever seen. It has been all over the news. This malware will take your important files hostage and make you pay a $300-600 ransom…
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The Not-So-Bright Side of Blue Light

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Stephen Mesko
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Prior to artificial light being created, we got the majority of our light supply from the sun and, after the sun went down, people were basically without any light. Today, the majority of people always have some kind of light…
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Russian Gang Amasses Over a Billion Internet Passwords

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Randy Bryan
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This is really disturbing. If you don’t use a random password generator it’s time to start. We use LastPass at tekRESCUE. It’s important to use a different password for each site too. From Drudge via the New York Times: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/08/06/technology/russian-gang-said-to-amass-more-than-a-billion-stolen-internet-credentials.html?referrer=
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Breaking News: IE Exploit Found

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Randy Bryan
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From Redmond Pie: Major Internet Explorer Security Flaw Patched By Microsoft, Including Windows XP Now would be a really good time to perform Windows Updates. It’s another good reason to use Chrome or Firefox too. http://www.redmondpie.com/download-internet-explorer-ms14-021-patch-to-fix-major-windows-vulnerability-in-ie/
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