Regular computer maintenance is the key to maximizing both a computer’s performance and its longevity. Whether a computer’s lifetime exceeds the minimal three-year lifespan and instead lasts five to eight years – or longer – often depends on how it is maintained. Here are five reasons why it pays off to regularly maintain your computer:…
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Tech for Success: A 2020 Guide for Back to School
The coming school year promises to be different for both students and parents. COVID-19 has pushed many schools throughout the nation to go online while other educational institutions struggle to reopen even as the threat of a second shutdown looms. Regardless of where school happens for students, one thing is certain – much of their…
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Get in The Game – How to Experience In-Home Gaming Like Never Before
Taking your gaming experience to the next level requires the right setup and support for your system. Your gaming adventure begins when your setup is completely in sync with your Wi-Fi at full speed and all of your equipment works together, including your PC, sound system, and headphones. It’s also important to properly connect your…
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Smart Home Assistants – A Beginners Guide
Now that digital home assistants have gone mainstream, they are quickly becoming the top choice of many to help run their smart homes. A digital home assistant is an electronic device you install in your home that only requires Internet access to respond to your voice commands. You can ask it to control your home’s…
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Top 5 Computer Tricks that Make Working from Home Easier
Working from home has its challenges but there are several ways you can set yourself up for success in the process. Working from home can be easier if you consider the following computer tricks. 1. Minimize Background Noise Even though the “mute” button is your tried and true solution to minimizing background noise, this is…
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2020 Home Automation Trends
With 2020 well underway, new trends are emerging in home automation. All signs are positive that we are quickly approaching advances in technology and artificial intelligence (AI) to make our homes more efficient and easier to sync with our smart devices. Here are just a few of the trends taking us closer every day to…
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IoT: What Is It Really?
Whenever a new technology-related acronym appears, it’s easy for anyone not in the industry to feel confused about its meaning. Such is the case with IoT, which actually refers to how the devices we use routinely can work together and be controlled remotely via one device. The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to a system…
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Windows 7 is No Longer Supported by Microsoft and You Still Need Support?
Microsoft recently announced that it will end its support services for Windows 7 as of January 14, 2020. If you have the software, there’s no need to panic, it should still function. However, Microsoft notes that it will no longer provide support for any Windows 7 technical issues, security issues, software updates, and security updates…
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Geeks on Site Partners with Designing Spaces Airing on LifeTime TV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG95EhA2OCU&feature=youtu.be January 20, 2020 (Coral Gables, FL) – Geeks on Site has launched a new partnership with Designing Spaces airing on Lifetime TV to show how the company’s professional technicians help customers solve their IT and electronics challenges at home. The first official commercial pilot, which describes how Geeks on Site achieves success for all…
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How Do You Really Know Your Devices and Data are Secure?
Many of us have numerous devices we work and play with every day that brim with information about ourselves, our purchases, our preferences, our finances, and our businesses. The need for all of them to be secure from hacks is both real and vitally important. Security is especially important if all – or even a…
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