And You Thought Today’s Macs Were Expensive…
Forty years ago, two friends named Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs were building computers in a home garage. Between April 1976 and September 1977, about 200 Apple I computers were manufactured and sold. This computer was particularly noteworthy at the time because all you needed to use it was a keyboard and a functioning TV […]
2 Everyday Tech Gadgets We Love
You’ve probably heard of the Consumer Electronics Show (also known as CES) in Las Vegas, and frequently the gadgets that get the most press from CES are electronics prototypes or the robotic technologies that cost tens-of-thousands of dollars. But we are here to share two of our favorite, readily available and relatively affordable consumer electronics […]
Oracle’s Cloud-Based Services on the Rise
Anyone who has followed our blog, read our website or is a current ATB client already knows that we are big proponents of cloud services, and for many of our small and medium sized business (SMB) clients, CRM and database software play an integral role in their ongoing operations. While we still see a lot […]
Millennial Money: Big Banks Take on Venmo
If you’re not a millennial, it’s quite possible you’ve never heard of Venmo, but this peer-to-peer (P2P) money transfer service certainly has its advantages over more traditional means of transferring money between individuals, such as bank transfers or even PayPal payments. From a pure functionality perspective, what immediately set Venmo apart from other legacy online […]
Microsoft Outlook for Mac Will Soon Support Google Calendar & Google Contacts
For Gmail users who are also avid Mac users, the Outlook mail app has consistently been a bone of contention, as Google Calendar and Google Contacts was not supported by Microsoft’s software. But that is all about to change. In early March, Microsoft announced that it would add Google Calendar and Contacts support to the […]
Amazon Is Chiming In With a New Cloud-Based Video and Voice Collaboration Tool
When you think of online meetings and web-based conference calls, Skype for Business and/or GoToMeeting probably come to mind, but a few weeks ago Amazon Web Services (AWS) decided to get in the game with their new platform known as Chime. With their strong position as a leader in cloud computing, AWS is taking swings […]