Google Voice is just rolling out to Canada. What is it? It's a phone service that integrates with your existing Google Workspace tools and apps. What if you could call or answer your phone from your computer, your tablet, your smartphone, and even a desk phone (if you...
Communications
What’s Wrong with Your Phone?
If you’re still using a Plain Old Telephone System (or POTS) from Telus, maybe it’s time to consider a new technology. First of all, you’re probably paying more than you should. Plus you get a whole bunch of new features. For example, your POTS can’t: Send you a...
Google Voice is Now Available in Canada
Google Voice is Now Available in Canada! Google Voice is a low-cost, simple to use, business phone service. Instead of using your personal phone number for business calls, Google Voice gives you a dedicated business number as an app on your smart phone. That way you...
New Features in Google Meet
Google Meet has a very different philosophy from the Zoom platform. Google values "Collaboration Equity." Google defines this as, "the ability for everyone to contribute regardless of location, role, experience level, language, and device preference." What does this...
Latest in Phone Scams
As a pretty security savvy IT person, "Yours Truly" was almost stung this morning. I answered an incoming cell call from an Ontario phone number. Very quickly, a recorded message began with a North American digitized voice in perfect English telling me that I had 2...
Google Meet moving to compete with Zoom
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...
Local Business Loses Out with Inadequate Phone System
I needed a BBQ part on Saturday and wanted to buy local. Google gave me a good list of local companies. No local business had a website integrated with their parts systems. It would take a phone call.I called the one that seemed to supply parts for my brand and model...
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...
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
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...