Early in the pandemic, all the virtual meeting platforms: Google Meet, GoToMeeting, Microsoft Teams, Cisco Webex, and Zoom, found themselves in a gold rush. Zoom was the early leader--in part because of price: a freemium version allowed group meetings of up to 40...
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DNS Firewalls: A New Tool to Protect your Business
If your computer connected to a DNS Firewall instead of a regular DNS and you typed in “yotube.com” (note the missing “u” from “you”), the attack will be thwarted. Yotube.com is a known phishing site that tries to download malware (viruses, worms, ransomware, botnets, etc.) to anyone who mistakenly tries to visit it.
Paying for Dropbox AND Zoom?
A basic Zoom subscription is $14.99/month. Dropbox is $12.99 (with a yearly commitment). Together, storing your documents in the cloud so your entire team can access them, and video conferencing with clients and colleagues is $28/month/user plus taxes. Google has just...
Google Meet is Now Free for EVERYONE!
Looking for a Great, Secure, Affordable option to Zoom? Google just announced that it is making Google Meet FREE for EVERYONE! Why consider Meet? Meet is part of Google's Business Suite. It is reliable and easy to use. You don't need to install an app to use it on...
What’s this Buzz about Zoom? What Else is There?
In a time when we are starved for human connections in our personal lives and virtual meeting options in our business lives, Zoom came along. It was slick and well marketed. Sure the free version was limited to 40 minute calls if you had a party of 3 or more, but it...
Needing a web meeting solution to allow your team to work from home?
To support businesses at this time, Google has announced new capabilities for its video meeting software, Google Meet. Meet will now support up to 150 concurrent users and allow recordings of meetings to be stored to your corporate Drive directory for people to review...
What is a Password Safe?
Tired of having to pick a password that has at least 8 characters and at least one uppercase, lowercase, digit and special character (but not a / or -) and can't be any of your past passwords or contain your username, first or last name? Tired of writing all these...
Reimagining Work in a Digital Age
Work is changing. According to Gallup, 84% of people work in virtual teams. On average, an employee uses 22 different apps with 3 separate devices. Working remotely is now the norm fo 70% of traditional workers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/oGPc_o-e4BQ
The Benefits of G-Suite for Non-profit Organizations
Inglewood is an urban neighbourhood in northwest Edmonton, Canada. Its Community League has a few part time employees and is managed by a volunteer board. In addition to advocating for neighbourhood issues with the city's administration, it rents out its community...
Why VoIP Should be on Small Business’ Radar
Maybe you've never heard of VoIP or if you have, your eyes glossed over and you turned your head the other way. Simply put VoIP is a telephone service. It rings phones and connects people. But unlike the phone service offered by your public telephone company: the...