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Last week Apple held a marketing event in New York City to announce something that was touted to be a game changer in the educational world. Many of you may have heard about the event, and I’ll briefly provide a synopsis of what Apple is doing for education in 2012. Firstly, students will require an… [Read more]
In November, Convergence announced a comment contest. Each day a third party company randomly surveys our clients after they receive support, and they have a chance to leave comments in these surveys. So we challenged our clients to get creative and come up with comments to make us laugh. We appreciate ALL the survey feedback… [Read more]
Have you noticed your Google search results look different lately? Google’s new update, Search Plus Your World, incorporates the following elements of Google+ into search results: Google+ posts that you or your friends have shared, related to your search. Google+ profiles of people whose names match your search terms. Google+ profiles and pages related to… [Read more]
“SOPA and PIPA are the effective equivalent of blowing up every road, bridge, and tunnel in New York to keep people from getting to one bootleg stand in Union Square — but leaving the stand itself alone.” – Nilay Patel, The Verge The Internet is exploding with passionate opinions about SOPA and PIPA (aka the… [Read more]
Convergence has partnered with Oregon Institute of Technology to present a cloud computing workshop designed for business managers looking for answers. What is the cloud? How does it affect your business? Is it secure? Some people tell you the cloud is safe and affordable. Others tell you it’s risky and can cost more in the… [Read more]
Tony is the biggest nerd in the office, but now someone else is driving everyone crazy. See what happens when the sales guy goes too far and gets a taste of sweet nerd revenge. Do you want to see more Milwaukie Shore episodes in the future? Let us know in the comments.
If you don’t update your email signature often, it’s easy to forget how to do it. Here’s a quick reminder in case you want to update your signature to something festive for the holidays. In Outlook, go to the Tools menu and click Options. In the Options box, click to the Mail Format tab, and… [Read more]
Whether you’re going online or hitting the streets for your holiday shopping, this gift guide will help you please any of the tech geeks and nerds on your list. In other words, these are our staff’s favorite gift picks this season. A Dance with Dragons – $21 Picked by John Shenberger, Network Admin - John highly… [Read more]
If you’re planning a migration to Office 365 for your business, here’s some information about the different plans to consider first. It’s important to know the limitations of the P plan, especially if you’re a small business expecting to grow. Here’s how the P plan compares to the E plan: P caps out at 50 users. There… [Read more]
Note: If you don’t own a Droid Bionic or Droid 3, you can disregard this blog [iPhone users insert smug comment here]. If you are still reading and don’t own a car, you can disregard this blog as well. All others, if you were thinking about buying a vehicle dock from the Verizon store, don’t do… [Read more]
If you find yourself constantly typing out the same thing over and over on your iPhone, consider the new iOS feature for creating shortcuts that expand into whatever you want. (iOS = the operating system used on Apple’s mobile devices, like the iPhone and iPad.) Apple quietly added this feature to iOS 5 recently. You… [Read more]
Are you looking to set up a secure wireless network? Here are some tips for the do-it-yourselfers out there. Do: Use WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access 2), the current and strongest encryption, in conjunction with a strong passphrase. Change your WPA2 password regularly. Change the default admin password on your router to something much more difficult…. [Read more]
Got an iPhone? I have a quick warning for you. While setting up my new iPhone4S in iTunes, I noticed that it was set to “Sync Calendars with Outlook”. I unchecked it thinking it was unnecessary since it would already sync with Exchange. A box popped up (see image to the right) that looked pretty innocuous…. [Read more]
What is virtualization? Virtualization is a means of taking a physical server—its hardware, operating system, etc.—and running it as software. By virtualizing a server, we’re removing hardware dependency, so we gain the freedom to move virtual servers among many physical servers. How is virtualization deployed? Ideally, we would host several virtual servers on several physical… [Read more]
Want to blow your neighbors away this Halloween? Create your own pumpkin carving pattern from a photo using Microsoft Word and Paint. Here’s how: Pick a photo with good contrast. Paste your photo into a Word document. Crop your photo down to just the part you want to carve. Select the photo, click the Format… [Read more]
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