  |  By Mincom, on September 8th, 2010 Professional Singers Search for Song Lyrics – but beware… Few things will turn an audience against you quicker than not knowing the song lyrics. Everyone knows when you are muffing your lines. Just like a bad actor in a play, when you screw up the words it really makes the whole thing seem amateurish. The solution is simple: learn the words! What could be easier than looking up the words to the songs you are singing onstage? Getting the lyrics using an online search engine can be a challenge however, and if you go on the wrong sites, you could even get very bad viruses. Assuming that you were not born in the 1920s and know how to navigate in cyberspace, knowing how to search song lyrics should not pose much of a problem. Go to Google, Yahoo, or one of the other search engines and type in “lyrics green day dookie”, [...] By CJ, on August 6th, 2010 If you have decided that you want to advertise online, congratulations on choosing one of the best ways to get your message out to the right people so that you can grow your business. Television, radio, and newspaper ads still work, but if you ignore what is going on through the Internet, you are ignoring a huge opportunity to reach more of your target audience. One great way to get your company name out there is to place an ad on Google. Google has an extensive advertising program that can put your name out there right in front of those most likely to buy your product or service. The key to advertising with Google is to understand how their program works. This service revolves around what people are searching for. This means a much-targeted audience for your ads, and you don’t have to pay when the ads hit the wrong people. [...] By Mincom, on June 27th, 2010 Save money on phone, television and internet connectivity by purchasing these as a bundle from high-speed internet providers with cutting-edge technology The competition between high-speed internet providers who bundle internet services with television and phone services is still hot and healthy, much to the benefit of consumers. Bundling TV, internet and phone services, these providers have given the consumer a fighting chance in their endeavour to save cash. The promise of saving is precisely the reason bundled services are realizing success. Consumers find these deals attractive for both the technology they offer and the savings that are realized. Consumers report satisfaction with these services, although billing problem resolution remains an outstanding complaint against nearly all providers. Even so, the technology these high-speed internet providers use are top of the line. Some providers offer high-speed fiber optic cables – where available – that will eventually become the standard technology in the next ten [...] By Mincom, on June 20th, 2010 A Mobile WiFi Network on School buses – The End of all Homework Excuses School buses are tough places for children, just as tough as the schoolyard some would say. There is always bullying, screaming, loud and rude noises, running up and down, and so on. This has annoyed enough people though, that someone is finally doing something about it. A report in the New York Times finds that in a school district in Arizona, their yellow school buses are everyday mysteriously quiet all the way to school early in the morning somehow; and all the high school students on it, are just busy minding their own business, tapping away at their homework on their laptops. It didn’t really take much to get this to happen; they just gave their buses a WiFi network: they put a mobile router on the bus, and turned it into a roving hotspot. As soon as [...] By Mincom, on June 7th, 2010 High Speed Internet Deals I remember when I first got online years ago. I had a terrible dial-up connection that took ages to load, and spent more time waiting than actually surfing. And forget about downloading anything. Even the smallest files seemingly took forever to download from the vastness of cyberspace. I look back on those days and just have to shake my head at how primitive everything seemed to be comparing it to modern technology. I know that there are still some folks out there who are stuck in dial-up hell. If you’re one of them, consider to switch over to a high-speed internet service provider if possible. When high-speed internet first arrived on the scene, some people were put off by the price. Back then, it wasn’t unusual for a cable or DSL connection to cost four or five times what dial-up ISPs charged. For those interested in faster page [...] By Mincom, on June 1st, 2010 I am not a very wake-up guy and sometimes it takes me a while to catch up with something – but just you dare calling me stupid! I any case, what I discovered a few days ago after being browsing the Internet for years, is fascinating. It came to mind and will be interesting to know how many other surfers never noticed it? The normal Google text ads have a navigation bar! Little arrows! Did you ever notice it? Aah, come on! You mean to tell me I am the only one amongst you millions of surfers that never did, up to now? Oh well – for me it was amazing to never have noticed it. One should have thought Google has to make it more obvious – at least for me to notice it. OK – OK! Let’s do a survey for interest sake. Comment if you wish to tell me I am [...] By Mincom, on May 28th, 2010 Resolving ActiveX Problems ActiveX is a system that lets people attach computer programs to web pages and allow them to run these applications directly on the web browser. However, no matter how good this sounds, there are a number of ActiveX problems that make this implementation both challenging and have some security issues. ActiveX is based on human judgment. Since plugins come with digital signatures, it is up to the one viewing the web page to decide if a particular ActiveX program is safe or not. If you as the visitor consider the author of the program to be reliable, then you allow the script to be run on your browser. As you can imagine, this can have serious security repercussions, if you unknowingly let a malicious program in. Despite the fact that the browser allows you to view the author and the one who signed the program, it is not a [...] By Mincom, on May 27th, 2010 Advertising on the Internet Most know that in order to get people to find you, you have to have good advertising. Retail outlets put money into sales flyers, radio ads, television commercials, and even billboards. Some even have items they give away with their logo or company name on them. Those things don’t work as well when you are trying to bring in customers online, and most can’t afford to advertise on television when they want to get people to their web site. Instead, they have to rely on advertising on the Internet. Luckily, this is something that most can do, and can be rather affordable. When a new commercial site starts up, they should pay for advertising on the Internet just as a new retail outlet would do within their own community. As with anything, finding the right place to advertise is the way to be sure your campaign is successful. [...]  | |
