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How Hosted PBX VoIP Are Assets for Small Business Use


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Traditional PBX phone systems were a helpful tool for large businesses. However, it was not always necessary or cost effective for a small business to implement such a system. Now virtual hosted PBX systems are available to small business at prices that fit within their budget. Since there is no hard-wired system, cost is limited to the service itself and can be as big or small as needed. Now a small business can enjoy the same tools as large corporations.

Virtual based PBX systems, better known as Hosted PBX VoIP work wherever there is an internet connection. Your small business can establish service and have a complete digital internet based communication network. Voice calls and even fax are available on any device connected to the internet.

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Is the iPhone Really the Revolutionary? [Video]


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As revolutionary as the iPhone and iOS is referred to, this video, Everything is a Remix Case Study: The iPhone, really points out the truth about design and development.

There’s nothing new under the sun.

This is really goes to show the craziness of some of the recent patent wars and intellectually property rights, doesn’t it?

Take a look and tell me what you think:

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How Many Articles Are Posted On the Web? [Infographic]


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Is your church on the Internet, yet?

It might seem to be a silly question to ask on a church tech focused website, but many churches do not have a good online presence yet. If you follow the wisdom of Michael Hyatt from his book Platform, you need to make your first and strongest online presence your home website. And when you have a fully running website that shows off your staff, ministries, volunteers, and an active and consistent blog, then you can say you have a strong online presence.

Want to see how many articles are posted on the web every day?

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The New Facebook Donate Now Button for Nonprofits


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Do you remember Facebook Causes?

It has had evolved in many different ways over the years. It was initially integrated into Facebook in such a way that it was fairly easy to give to your favorite nonprofits and charities using Facebook Causes. For the past several years, however, Facebook Causes has faded away and most nonprofit organizations now find Facebook more difficult to engage their following, as reaching your own Facebook Page fans now comes at a price.

However, Facebook has now made a new option available for select nonprofits to accept donations directly on their Facebook Page and Newsfeed posts.

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Tech Wreck Tuesday #17: No More Memory


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Excuse me for a second, I am going to get very technical.

For those that want the tldr version: If you do not program right, you can ruin your hard drive quickly.

My background is in Computer Engineering and so I have my years of experience in low-level languages. One of the best features that I saw huge use for in my first year was in using C++ with pointers.

The hope is that you can use less processing power of locating, accessing, and then releasing memory by doing the foundational work yourself instead of using API functions that have lots of processing overhead. The concern is that if done wrong, you will loose your data and potentially corrupt your entire hard drive.

Now, to the devastation.

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Buzzsprout Review


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A few months ago, I was browsing the Church Tech community in search of some good podcasting advice. Missio Dei (MD) has had a YouTube account that was our primary source of content outsourcing, but I had recently realized the glaring problem with this: it’s not very portable. Sure, you can rip the audio from the video and throw it on your phone, but we wanted our content to be more accessible on the go.

I found a thread in the community and was browsing the comments and Buzzsprout came up. I checked out their site, contacted them and they offered a review period for us to try. A huge thanks is in order to Jared, one of the best customer service people out there. Thanks for the review trial and amazing support of your product! So, as we enter the new year, and you start new endeavors, here’s a rundown of Buzzsprout’s service.

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