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Five Challenges Getting Smartphone App Designed and Accepted for the Apple App Store
Apple provides the platform and tools needed to develop, test and submit an app to their app store. Getting an app approved to the Apple App Store is the Holy Grail for developers as it is highly lucrative. However, developers have been grappling about Apple’s App Store approval process being controversial and inconsistent since its [...]
Is Google Maps Ready for iOS 6? What to Look For in the New App
iOS 6 has more than 200 features that have changed the last iOS experience. Apple keeps on enhancing their products, embracing the philosophy of the late Steve Jobs: “Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.” However, Apple Maps has disappointed users who were forced to look [...]
Interview with Joost De Valk of Yoast.com
For the last few years we’ve enjoyed interacting and working with Joost De Valk, a 28 year old illustrious WordPress and PHP developer who publishes awesome content at yoast.com. I had the chance to interview him about what he does, how he got there and what he’s got up his sleeves.
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Happy Birthday World Wide Web!
The first time I signed into a chat room, nearly 16 years ago, I don’t think I realized how young World Wide Web actually was. At that time I knew about America Online, Netscape Navigator, and CompuServe; in fact I thought everyone knew about those things. The reality is, I was there during the infancy [...]
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Hosting Companies Unite to Provide Relief for Haiti
HostingforHaiti.com As many of you know, beginning January 12th, a chain of earthquakes devastated Haiti leaving its people in a famine of essential supplies and support personnel to assist. Although normally fiercely competitive, WestHost has joined VPS.NET, midPhase, HostGator, SingleHop, Laughing Squid, HostDime, iWeb, Site5, SoftLayer, Blue Box Group, Webair, and more in a community [...]
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The Thanksgiving Story, My Family History
What was the first Thanksgiving like? Thanksgiving has been a tradition in my family for the last 388 years… really! I am a great grandson to William Bradford, one of the original American Pilgrims and Governor of the Plimoth Colony. Sounds pretty cool, right? You’re probably picturing my family party… dressed in ruffles, gold buckles [...]
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7 Steps to Minimize your Risk to Consumer Fraud – Internet Scams Part II
This is part two of a two-part series dedicated to protecting your information and/or money from deceitful individuals, online fraud and email scams. Have you ever felt that something is too good to be true? Chances are it probably is! Many people use the Internet to take advantage of others that are not familiar with [...]
4+ Tips to Expose E-Mail Scams – Internet Scams Part I
Follow these four basic rules, and most of the risk of any e-mail message can be removed. (1) Never click directly on a link in an e-mail message. (2) Never trust a message from somebody you are not familiar with. (3) Judge the clarity of the message’s language. (4) f you are suspicious of a message but don’t want to disregard something that might be important, call the company.
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7 Fun Web sites and an Excuse to Visit Them!
Admit it, most of you with a job that involves staring at a computer screen for 8 hours a day have been caught surfing the wonderful Web. For many of you, this may have happened more often than you’d like to admit. While in the middle of your reprimand did you ever have the chance [...]
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Lance Weeks – Client Services & Sales
We would like to congratulate Lance for his outstanding contributions in client service excellence! Lance has not only been a valuable asset to our Sales team but he has also been instrumental in maintaining some of our social media campaigns. Clients who have had the pleasure of working with Lance have commended him on his [...]
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