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You protect your smart phone with a passcode that you must enter before it comes to life. But how much protection does this passcode actually provide? The troubling answer? Not nearly enough, as outlined by a recently available story by the tech Web site Lifehacker.

How much time should you sit throughout the day? If you have an ordinary office job, the answer might shock you. Chances are you'll spend the vast majority of your days sitting down. That, researchers are discovering, is far from healthy. Consider a recent report from NPR. The news organization talked to a researcher at South Carolina University who completed a survey showing that men who sat more than 23 hours a week faced a 64 percent greater risk of dying from heart related illnesses than those who set under 11 hours per week.

E-mail can become overwhelming. It clogs our inboxes and slows us down. In some cases, we pound out responses as fast as possible to clear out our inboxes, showing little consideration to whatever we are actually writing. This really is ill-fated. There is a certain etiquette we ought to follow when sending e-mails.

5 Easy Ways to Spruce Up Your Site

It’s that time of the year, when all of us get around to doing a little spring cleaning, this also ought to apply to your business website, also. It’s far too easy to let this task go by the wayside, however the results of this is a progressive loss of visitors, a poor site reputation and even sales.

You had no idea that your smartphone was perched so precariously on the edge of your bathtub. And you certainly didn't think you might actually knock it over the edge and into gallons of bubble bath and water. Yet you did. Now your phone is ruined, right? Maybe not.

How safe do you reckon your data is when you store them in an Evernote notebook? The surprising answer: Not as safe as you might think. That’s because Evernote isn’t a true backup service. It’s a synching service.

Is it really necessary?

But this isn’t quite as secure as you may think.

It's tough to envision a world without the Internet. After all, a lot of us use the Internet today to watch movies, converse with our friends, play games and catch up on current events. But just how much do you actually know about the Internet and exactly how it works? You might be surprised at everything you don't know.

Don’t Make These Social Media Mistakes!

Understanding what NOT to do when it comes to social media is nearly as critical as knowing what you should do. Below are some social media blunders to avoid at all costs!

Jokes in poor taste – It should be obvious, but you need to put on your thinking cap before you tweet, update or post.

Make Your Facebook Page Come to Life

Curious about how you can improve your Facebook page quickly and easily? There are several ways to do this, but to get you off to a flying start we’ll limit ourselves to only eight for the moment. These methods will not only help you get more visibility in Google, but also lay the foundation for better customer relationships that lead to greater loyalty, which has obvious and numerous benefits.

Only one key employee can access all of your small business’ important online accounts: your cloud-based payroll software, Twitter account, Facebook account and bank account. That’s fine. But what if that employee should die suddenly? Would you know the passwords to your company’s online bank account? What about that cloud-based payroll service? And even if you did, are you legally be able to access the online accounts after this employee dies?

Too much power?

The Wall Street Journal recently wrote a feature story on this rarely discussed but important topic.