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Google Announces Google Drive – Finally!
By Nerino Petro at 24 April, 2012, 12:16 pm
Thanks to liliputing for being one of the first to announce that Google has finally released it’s much rumored and awaited Google Drive. For years, users of Gmail and Google Docs waited for the ability to use their accounts to store more than just email and documents. That day has finally arrived with Google’s official introduction of the service on it’s blog. You know can store up to 5GB of not only the documents you create using Google Docs, but your videos, photos, PDFs and more.
Read More >>Keep Your ISP Honest and other Free and Useful Websites and Utilities
By Nerino Petro at 21 March, 2012, 4:05 pm
Everyone likes useful websites and tools and we like free and open source tools that work even better. However, many websites and utilities that claim to be helpful are actually full of malware, viruses, rootkits and other little computer nasty’s that will make your computer life a living hell. So how do you know what tools and websites are safe? Turn to trusted resources…
Read More >>Windows and MS Office on your iPad or Android device?
By Nerino Petro at 4 February, 2012, 10:11 am
Working on a hosted desktop offers a number of benefits, including the ability to connect to it from a variety of devices across different platforms. Work on your virtual desktop from your Windows PC at home, check in from the coffee shop and make a change to a letter on your iPad and finally, access and open a pdf from your Android device. If your device crashes, no worries, the virtual desktop is unaffected because it is not running on your device but on a hosted machine in a server farm.
Read More >>Are there Alternatives to Dropbox?
By Nerino Petro at 8 July, 2011, 4:39 pm
Dropbox has quickly become a widely used product and service with a good reputation at least up until recently. In the last few months, Dropox has made a number of misstatements and gaffes regarding who has access to your data and to what extent that Dropbox could make of it. From a lawyers perspective, Dropbox should not be used for confidential or other sensitive data unless it’s been encrypted prior to uploading to your Dropbox account.
Read More >>Is Marketing the most Important Function You Have in Your Law Firm?
By Nerino Petro at 29 December, 2010, 11:14 am
A post on the Lawyer Marketing Blog believes that marketing is more important than the accounting and management aspects of running a law firm. In his post Marketing, More Important Than Accounting, Finance, and Management, Gyi Tsakalakis of AttorneySync (“legal web strategy professionals”) advocates this premise based on an article in the New York Times and his own experience working with law firms.
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