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Are you the kind of person who has to have the latest versions of hardware and software? If so, don’t bother to read on; for the rest of us, it’s worth considering if and when to move to a new version. Read more »

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Collaboration is in full swing on the web, for both social and work-oriented purposes. Most of us can rattle off the well-known applications that are available, but there are many targeted, useful collaboration apps that are more offbeat. Here are 10, many of them free. Read more »

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I just received an email message about the demise of Projecho, little more than three months after first hearing about the easy conferencing application during its big PR push. What do you do when an application you’ve adopted and incorporated into your work process suddenly goes […] Read more »

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You are an independent contractor, sole proprietor, or owner of a company of one. What happens to your business, your income and your clients if something happens to you? If you haven’t thought about setting up a formal contingency plan to outline the steps you need to take now in case something happens to you, you could be jeopardizing your livelihood. Whether it is an accident or an illness, something unexpected could occur at any time that can put a strain on your work and life.

Here are some things you should think about when developing — and implementing — a contingency plan. Read more »

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We’ve raved about real-time free file-sharing service drop.io before. The company just unveiled a new free, no-download web presentation system called present.io. The key to present.io is simplicity. First you make a “drop,” which is drop.io’s term for storage space, and add any required media in […] Read more »

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There’s been lots of talk recently about what the future might have in store for the new iPhone camera, with one report claiming that the orders have already been placed for 3.2-megapixel sensors for the device to be released in June. Today, AppleInsider pointed out a […] Read more »

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Free file-sharing service drop.io (previously raved about here on WebWorkerDaily) added a really useful new service this week: real-time collaboration (or “streaming” as drop.io call it). This should be very handy for web workers: you could use it to share files during teleconferences or to collaborate […] Read more »

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Updated: Verizon is following the herd with an improved broadband backup and sharing product for home PCs announced today. Just drag and drop your files into a folder on your PC, and Verizon will store them online for you — no matter who provides your broadband. […] Read more »

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We’ve covered drop.io in the past, but some recent updates definitely warrant a fresh look at the service.  The basic idea behind drop.io is to give users an extremely easy way to share files of many types in a straightforward manner. When you go to drop.io, […] Read more »

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BroadbandReports: Israel Latest to Force ISPs to Block Piracy Reuters: Logitech Says Any Microsoft Bid “Without Sense” Virtualization for Everyone: Interview with Rackspace CTO InfoWorld: Former Head of Motorola Handset Business Leaves ArsTechnica: Bad Phorm? UK ISPs sell Clickstream Data to Advertisers SAI: Storage/Sharing Site Drop.io […] Read more »

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We posted yesterday on the failure of AllPeers. This is an evergreen topic on founders’ sites like ours, failure being an experience all of us will have at one point or another. But failure—like success!—is ‘what you make of it.’ As we learned yesterday, it needn’t […] Read more »