A day in the life of an iPhone addict

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Kristen Vitartas

You know those people who say that you shouldn’t sleep with your cell phone? I’m not one of them. My cell phone is an extension of my hand. Where I go, it goes. This addiction with technology was bad just over three years ago, but now? I don’t think addiction even begins to describe the [...]

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iPhone apps to track your fitness & keep it fun

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Kristen Vitartas

Like many American’s after the turn of a new year, I’ve been hitting the gym hard-core this month. Actually, I feel that my chances of success are higher because I started hitting the gym hard-core before the new year (no failed New Year’s resolutions for me, thank you very much) and I’ve armed myself with [...]

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Red Tape – New virus raids your bank account – but you won’t notice

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Kristen Vitartas

New viruses pop up every day, but periodically a new one comes out that warrants pointing out. A new version of a current Trojan Horse virus called SpyEye allows thieves to steal your bank information, make fraudulent purchases and then hides those purchases and modifies your balance in your online banking so you don’t know [...]

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Geotagging: The hidden danger of photo sharing

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Kristen Vitartas

I’ve had my iPhone for six (glorious) months now and have familiarized myself with every nook and cranny and feature the device has to offer. Or so I thought. Had it not been for a presentation at OSCPA’s Professional Issues Updates this past fall by Clarke Price, I would have continued to snap pictures of [...]

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Facebook’s virtual scrapbook

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Kristen Vitartas

Looking for best practices in social media, but aren’t sure where to start? Whether you’re looking for yourself or wondering how to start your business in this social world, there’s no better way to learn than to fully immerse yourself in social networks. Perhaps the hottest issue (and arguably the most controversial at the moment) [...]

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Be smart about your smartphone

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Kristen Vitartas

Facebook, email, texting, even banking – there’s not much you can’t do from your smartphone today. CPAs identified control of mobile devices as their number one technology concern on the AICPA’s “2011 Top Technology Initiatives Survey,” just edging out information security. There’s a reason that mobile devices and security are a concern. Chris Jenkins, OSCPA’s [...]

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Resolving Your Inbox Nightmares

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Kristen Vitartas

How many of you are sick of hearing your company’s IT department sound like a broken record: “Clean up your e-mails!” “Don’t forget to empty your deleted items!” “While you’re at it, remember to go through your sent items.” On top of all of those “hidden” e-mails, you also have the thousands that inhabit your [...]

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Getting to know QR codes

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Kristen Vitartas

Androids and iPhones are taking the world by storm, and along with these phones (which, let’s face it, when your “phone” is able to control your television and turn off your lights, it’s not really just a phone anymore, it’s your entire universe, which comes to a screeching halt when you lose it or it [...]

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Have social networkers turned into social creepers?

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Kristen Vitartas

The direction that social networking has taken over the past several years has been monumental. I wasn’t into the whole Facebook craze in college – instead the extent of my social networking knowledge didn’t extend beyond AOL’s Instant Messenger and journaling about my day on Live Journal. Only a mere five years later, here we [...]

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Twitter Tuesday: Twitter’s getting business friendly

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Kristen Vitartas

In a blog post by Twitter this week, it was announced that Twitter has some special features in the works for businesses that tweet. The Contributors feature, which will allow multiple users to tweet on behalf of an organization, enables users to have more engaging and authentic conversations with their followers. The feature would attach [...]

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