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You Don’t Have ADHD, You Have A Thousand Obligations: Finance Apps That Help

So the first of the month flitted by.

As did the fifth, and then subsequently the month ended. Oh, months, will you ever change your ways? No. Somewhere between the mortgage or rent, the utilities, the Lowes card, the Capital One, the Care Credit for the cats, of course the car payment and insurance, and let’s not forget Junior’s daycare, somehow something slipped through the cracks of your airtight system… you know, that one notebook you keep on the kitchen counter. It’s not working, and also, it has spaghetti sauce and your dad’s pulmonologist’s phone number scribbled on it for reasons unknown. It’s time for a new system. And if you run your own small business from home or a nearby little office, your notebook is seriously going to love partnering up with an app.

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What Are “Fake Apps” and How Do You Avoid Them?

Have you ever downloaded a smartphone app, only to find that it didn’t work? You probably ignored it or deleted it from your home screen, assuming the developers hadn’t worked out all of the bugs yet. However, you may have also fallen victim to what is known in the industry as a fake app.

Simply put: not all of the apps in the Android Market or on Google Play are legitimate phone applications. Some of them simply pose as phone apps, then install malware or other malicious code onto your smartphone after installation. Some of them even copy the logo and name of real apps, in the hopes that you’ll download and install them by mistake.

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5 (+1!) Tools to Get Better at Printing

Printing…even with tablets and smartphones and the ability to access data everywhere, we still do it. But that can be bothersome, between how much paper and ink it takes, and the cost of those items as we move into a move digital world. Since we can’t just give it up altogether (not yet, anyway), it is a good idea to become more efficient at what you do print.

There are tools for that, which is fortunate. You just need to know where to look for them, and which ones are worth getting. Here are five – plus one bonus – tools that will make you a better printer.

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Choosing An External Hard Drive That Will Complement Your Laptop

Thanks to modern technology and increased computing power, external data storage devices are much less cumbersome and unwieldy than only a few short years ago. In fact, many such devices are now stylish and pocket-sized; allowing for easy transport and storage. It is for this reason that an external hard drive has become the best option for secure data storage for millions of individuals around the world. Still, it may be difficult to select the correct storage device that suits a specific requirement. Therefore, let us take a brief look at some of the most important variables that need to be considered.

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5 Cool Education Tools to Check Out in Summer

Nothing has made getting smarter easier than the advent of the personal computer and the inception of the internet, and the last decade has seen a huge crop of deep and deeply interesting educational opportunities present themselves online. From toddlers learning their ABCs to adults looking to advance their knowledge of infinitely complex subjects, there is simply no topic left unexplored by the virtual world at large.

Whether you’ve got children to keep on their toes over the warm, lazy months, or you’re looking for a way to effectively spend your own sunny afternoons, here are five cool education tools to check out in summer.

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Getting More Out of Your IP Network with SIP Trunking

At idaconcpts.com, we have discussed about VoIP smartphone apps quite a bit. While the use of these apps works quite well for personal use or even small business situations, they do not meet the necessary requirements of medium to large businesses. Larger scale businesses require communication solutions that are able to handle calls between locations with several extensions spread across large distances and power features such as negotiating capabilities and features among all session participants.

In this article we will discuss how you can get more out of your IP network through SIP trunking to save money and create opportunities for your communication channels today.

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4 Great Gadgets for Ocean Sports

Since 2007 I have called Honolulu, Hawaii my home. After traveling around the world for many years, from Ecuador to the United States to Canada to Germany to Italy to Mexico and then back to the United States, I cannot imagine living anywhere else. Living in the island of Oahu, I am surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and I love it. With my wife we love to practice many ocean sports, particularly surfing, stand-up paddle boarding and spearfishing. Based on our ocean adventures here in Hawaii, I recommend these four great gadgets for ocean sports.

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4 Free Fisher-Price iOS Apps for Kids

With the skyrocketing costs for life’s basic essentials a mere norm. It is refreshing to find that there is still a perk or two left out there. Like mobile applications that will kick start your children’s computer aptitude without breaking the piggy-bank. These free apps from the leading toy maker Fisher-Price expand the company’s edutainment vision to encompass today’s technology. Adults can get a breather from their grown up problems when they responsibly supervise their charges’ mobile computing activities. So even grownups may learn a thing or two when as the rock group Queen advised, they “Play the Game”.

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4 Free Fisher-Price Edutainment Apps for iOS Devices

Fisher-Price has long been the top banana in the field of edutainment. Their educational toys, games and miscellaneous other products define the category. When parents and guardians invest in the early childhood educational development of their charges, the sky truly is the limit. One amazing thing that continues to be so is that educational apps like those that appear on this list, exclusively reviewed here for the world-renowned idaconcpts web site, often have the effect of enlightening adults as well. So climb aboard the Fisher-Price app wagon and prepare for an exhilarating examination of their simple and fun software applications that can also make a vast difference towards preparing kids to enter today’s demanding educational environments.

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4 Internet Radio Apps for Android Devices

In the old days, if you lived in a small town, you were lucky if you had two or three stations to choose from. Now the problem may just be way too many stations! But really that is the best problem of all for radio lovers. Make sure you have your cell phone data plan up to snuff, because audio can demand a lot of your mobile resources. It’s funny how, that with all of the exciting technology to play with these days, it’s still fun to just listen to the radio. Download one or more of these apps to turn your smart phone into a radio. Now that’s progress. (Note: Apple fans don’t panic, we also got you covered with these 4 Radio Apps for the iPhone).

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