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Have you been struggling to read small text or see details on a webpage or in an application? The solution is simple: zoom in! While basic, many people aren't aware of the powerful, built-in zooming functions available. Today, we've compiled helpful tricks to improve your viewing experience, including a powerful tool we bet you haven't tried.

Productivity is among the most highly prioritized metrics in modern business, as it impacts so many functions and directly influences your success. This makes every moment precious…meant to be spent progressing toward a goal, not simply doing busy work.

Let’s go over some ways you can manage your time using some proven and trusted frameworks.

Have you ever downloaded a file, then wondered where exactly it ended up? This is a common problem that can create all kinds of inefficiencies in your workflow and complicate the day more than it needs to. Today, we want to cover where you can find all the files you download using your web browser—even if you’re not using a Windows PC.

The Internet is full of incredible resources that people can use to be more productive or to troubleshoot issues. One such resource is the near-limitless feed of videos on YouTube. All that said, most videos are chock full of filler that you might not want your team to waste time on, even if it’s done so with good intentions. Wouldn’t it be great if you could just skip to the helpful stuff right away?

It’s difficult to overstate how important security is, and when it comes to improving your business’ security, not all tips move the needle in the same way. Today, we want to emphasize the most important security tip of all: actually make cybersecurity and protection of digital assets a priority. Doing so yields several benefits, including the ability to avoid financial and reputational damage from data breaches, ransomware attacks, or other types of cyberthreats.

Google is a staple in pretty much any office, even if only as a search engine. How can you make sure you’re getting the results you want to see? One way you can do so is by adjusting your Google searches in various ways to refine the results you get. Here’s how you can do it without sifting through dozens of returned results that are useless or irrelevant.

We've all been there. One minute your business is cruising along, spreadsheets humming, emails flying, and the next, your screen freezes, things start buffering, or your entire network decides to take a nap. Since technology is the backbone of business, when it stumbles, it can feel like your whole operation is grinding to a halt.

For most people, the Internet browser is likely one of their, if not the, most-used tools in the workplace. Let’s discuss some ways to keep yours organized to help you stay productive.

AI is popping up everywhere these days, and one place you've probably noticed it is at the top of Google search results. Google's AI-generated answers can sometimes be helpful, but they can also be misleading or just plain wrong, depending on where the info comes from. If you'd rather not deal with them, there are actually a few ways to turn them off.

Legacy systems can be a tough nut to crack. On the one hand, they may be absolutely essential to your business operations. Still, on the other hand, these essential tools may keep you from reaching new heights… particularly if they are never updated.

While such updates are usually far from straightforward for a layperson, a business with access to IT professionals like us doesn’t have much to worry about.

Bluesky is a new social media platform, so many users might not have lots of followers yet, and new users may not be following many people. Luckily, Bluesky has built-in tools that make it easy to explore and connect with others. Here's how you can find new accounts to follow:

We are the first to understand that nobody really likes reaching out for support. It’s time-consuming, for starters, and there’s something uniquely humbling about having to ask how to use the tools everyone relies on nowadays. However, there is nothing to be ashamed of when turning to help, especially if you can do so as effectively as possible.

Sometimes, one of the best ways to get things done is to take a step back and think. Imagine a chess grandmaster sitting and staring at the board, planning moves for the next seven turns.

To be more productive, think about your tasks like a chess grandmaster. Here's how to do it:

The Internet offers boundless opportunities… for those willing to take a few risks. Data privacy is a hot-button issue regarding the Internet, as most websites and social media platforms can track your activity and sell it to advertisers (or even train AI systems). Here’s how you can keep this to a minimum.

We’re all hooked on our devices. You likely wouldn’t think about driving an hour each way to retrieve your smartphone if you left it at home and would otherwise be without it for a couple of days. It’s not even an option to go that long without access to your phone nowadays... but is all that exposure to screens good for you? 

Studies have shown that—especially with people with desk jobs—doing what you can to limit screen time can have some benefits. Let’s review some.

Windows 11 offers plenty of great utility and customization that will help your business efficiency—provided you can use it well. Today, we want to explore how you can control your Windows desktop experience so that you can improve productivity and manage the way you make use of it throughout the day. Here are four tips to customize the way you use Windows.

Sometimes, the simplest tips are the most effective, particularly when promoting productivity. While tools like the Eisenhower Matrix or the after-action review certainly have their place, they are ill-suited to those moments where you just need to get through a long, arduous task.

In these cases, why not just keep doing one more?

Spreadsheets are a staple in the workplace, but even with these tools to help manage data, it’s easy to lose track of it as the size and scope grows larger. Today, we want to help you better reference your spreadsheets through the use of naming cells.

Scams are so common that everyone should fear them. That doesn’t mean we should be paralyzed by them, though. They’re mostly easy enough to spot, provided you know what to look for. Today, we’re covering these red flags and how you can identify a scam and consider all warning signs to make it out of such a situation unscathed.

Gmail allows users to have their inboxes automatically sorted into different categories, making it far easier to accomplish the fabled “inbox zero.” This is called “priority inbox,” and it is remarkably, even laughably, simple to set up.

Let’s go over how.