Innovative Creations: New technologies and inventions are really a combination of old ideas that have been repackaged.

My brother mentioned there's really no new technology, everything new is a combination of old ideas. His statement started me thinking about new developments over the past ten years and…

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Small Business Phones: Make money with your telephone system. This is the first of several articles in a series about using technology you already own to make more money.

Let's make money. Over the next few weeks I've decided to write a series of articles how we can tweak technology we may already own to maximize profits. Hopefully I'll…

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Drone Quadcopter Technology: Last week I wanted to see how my little $50.00 drone worked and the technology used inside the drone.

Thirty years ago remote control toys meant a disappointing car that could barely get out of its own way. The advertising and pictures always exaggerated the toy's capabilities and made…

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Smartphone Repairs: Sometimes not fixing your phone is the best idea, here’s how the cell phone industry works.

Within the last year I've started repairing smartphones and other portable devices. It's been an interesting battle learning the types of items to inventory and new processes. The biggest challenge…

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ATM’s, Bitcoins and Smartphones: Managing our money electronically means one more step towards removing the human element from commerce.

More than half a lifetime ago when I was establishing myself in New York one of the major selling points of the bank I chose was the vast number of…

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Technology Boom: 1994 to 2004 represented a very fast rate of technology change and we owe it all to the television series Friends

An hour ago I finished watching all ten seasons of the television series Friends. Every night I'd fire up Netflix to see the latest shenanigans and relive that time in…

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