• Services,  Software,  Technology

    Technical Training for Your Sweepstakes Parlor

    If you’re planning to launch a sweepstakes parlor, congratulations! You’re about to start a profitable company. But before you can open a sweepstakes company, you will need to learn the technical aspect of running this type of company, such as how to install and use the equipment. Learning how to properly install and use sweepstakes machines and web games can mean the difference between success and failure. But where can you find the technical training you need for your sweepstakes parlor? The answer is by hiring the right consulting firm. If you want to operate a successful sweepstakes machines parlor, consider hiring a consulting firm that can offer onsite installation…

  • Business Services

    Choosing the Right Punctuality Software for Your Business

    By Allied Time Once your company reaches a certain number of employees, it becomes necessary to keep an eye on their punctuality so you know they’re keeping to their schedule. Fortunately, this is easier than ever thanks to companies like Allied Time that deal in clocks and software companies can rely on to keep them on top of their employees’ punctuality issues. Depending on the size of your company and the type, if any, of problem you’re seeing in your staff, some options will work better than others. That being said, some type of tech is absolutely necessary so you can track your staff’s attendance throughout the day, week, month…

  • Goods and Services

    Save Money on Shipping Containers

    By Port Containers With so many options for shipping your company’s cargo, it can be tough finding ones that will just help you save money. Without a doubt, the highest value for moving cargo is with shipping containers, but this doesn’t mean they won’t cost you money. Fortunately, there are other ways you can save your company’s budget. One way is to simply rent room in another company’s container. With so many companies using storage containers for cargo transportation, it’s very realistic that many simply aren’t using up all the space they have. Propose a price and ask if you can rent that much amount of room for your company.…

  • Web Development and Hosting

    Hassle-Free Network Setup

    By Rack Alley As we grow up and no longer rely on our parents for support, we are often faced with a decision: to look for a job and work for someone else, or to start your own business. The former is the most common way to go about it, but the latter can yield better results so long as you are hard working and persevering. With many start up enterprises growing in Los Angeles like mushrooms in a field these days, staying ahead of the competition is tough. Ensuring your advantage, you must have a strong online presence especially now that everybody turns to the internet to find solutions…

  • Software

    Protect Your Terminal Server Sessions

    By RDPSoft Company Any company that has a large staff and a centralize database should take advantage of terminal servers. They’ll allow more of your staff access to that important information at once. Furthermore, you can also add remote applications so your staff can access that database from just about anywhere. If your company currently isn’t using terminal servers, they’re missing out on a lot of potential. But even if your company is already putting them to use, there’s still a lot more you could be doing to get the most out of each and every terminal server session. Remote desktop allocations are certainly one example. However, a log terminal…

  • Home Improvement

    Playing it Cool

                    The server room of any company is the brains of the operation. It isn’t the brains of the whole operation as we can’t discount the work and input of the employees, but it is definitely the brains of all the computers in the building. With thousands and maybe even millions of calculations happening  every second, server rooms can get hot and this is definitely not a good thing. When computers and servers get hot they start to work slower, reducing efficiency and productivity in work. When it gets too hot, serious problems can occur and damage might happen. Computer cooling is needed in situations like these and here’s why.…

  • Business Services

    Making Your Ads More Clickable

    Written by Ted Dhanik Companies like Pringles, Red Bull and Volkswagon craft visually stunning banner advertising that help to sell more than products. These ads sell ideas, with well-crafted copy and eye-catching visuals. A good ad tells a story and involves the user in its concepts, but a good ad also conveys a point and knows when to let the story go in favor of the benefits. Only testing will determine which technique works best for you, but you can use some simple design tricks to make your ads more clickable. Use Common Sizes Beginning with the large rectangle size (336×280), the most successful ad sizes are the medium rectangle…

  • Technology

    How Radar Guns Measure Speed

    Radar is a directed radio frequency transmission that is projected to an object and bounced back, allowing users to send and receive information. The information may include an object’s location, size, shape, composition, and velocity. First developed during WWII as a means of locating enemy ships and aircraft, radar is now used by a number of devices for an array of reasons, including police radar guns meant to deter speeding. Radar Guns Explained Radar uses a phenomenon known as the Doppler Shift to measure the speed of objects. Similar to sound waves, radio waves have their own specific frequency, or the number of oscillations made for each unit of time.…

  • Business Services

    Behavioral Vs. Contextual Targeting

    Written by Ted Dhanik. The battle between contextual and behavioral targeting is just now coming to the forefront of display advertising. For a long time, advertisers utilized in-context links and ads to sell their products. Because of the nature of search, mainly that people tend to ask questions of search engines, contextual advertising was a reliable means for advertisers to draw upon text from the pages they were present on. Google’s Impact Google search ads were excellent tools for context, then organic optimization came around. This became a new twist on the idea of context, namely that you could use existing articles to try and sell your products. Google’s platform,…

  • Science,  Technology

    How to Metallize Plastic

    Written by: Denton Vacuum Plastic does not innately conduct electricity. It’s also not usually reflective and glossy, unless you metalize it. The process leaves plastic pieces coated in a metallic shell, allowing usage in the same components that metal pieces would be used. Another advantage to metalizing plastic is that you can make a metallic component for cheaper than it would cost to make manufacture the metal piece. The final piece also has some protection against abrasion, and its lighter weight than a metal component would be. Here is how the vacuum metallization process works. Coating To begin, the piece is washed and coated with a base layer. This base…