Small Biz Tips From SmallBizTechnology.com

We are pleased to work with Ramon Ray, CEO and editor of SmallBizTechnology.com, journalist, and technology evangelist, to bring you our new Small Biz tips on Wednesdays. Each week we’ll be sharing videos and articles featuring hot topics, products and trends in small business.

Send A Text Message And Shut Down Your Stolen Computer: Intel’s Anti-Theft Tech 3.0

Stolen laptops are no joke – especially if you have sensitive data on it. Maybe photos that you don’t want into the “wrong hands”, maybe company contracts that competitors would surely want to see or maybe they’re financial records of clients that could harm your business if exposed to hackers.

Whatever information is on your notebook computer it’s important to encrypt your data and use strong password protection.

For a second layer of security, Intel has created an embedded 3G (yep – wireless communication) technology into the 2nd Generation of it’s vPro Processor that can remotely disable a computer and ensure that your data is protected and secure from hackers.

By sending an SMS (text) message to your laptop you can shut it down and find where it is through GPS coordinates. Read the full article here.

Photos and your business – A branding opportunity

Whenever there is a special event in our lives we take a lot of photos and it could be a powerful medium for you to spread the word about your brand. It’s going to be a Super Moon tonight (March 19th 2011) as I am starting this article . The moon will appear 14% larger and will be another 18 years before it happens again. Now my first instinct is – is my camera ready? Should I charge the battery and you may have by now realized I am a photo enthusiast with no professional training. All my training comes from the folks whose pictures I have taken ( maybe in the hope that I take better pictures of them) and from professionals like Kris Krug who gives me tips when I meet him at conferences. Learn more about branding opportunities here.

How Google’s Search Engine Changes Affect Your Rankings: Four Tips 4 U

What happens when Google alters their search ranking algorithms—which they do often—and you find your website and your business are now collateral damage under the sanitized term “metrics”?

This latest update, nicknamed the “Panda Update,” has turned much of the online marketing world on its collective ear. Sift through any number of professional blogging, traffic generation, and online marketing blogs, and most have at least one post mentioning the algorithm changes and what it means for everything from Page Rank to profits. Read the rest of this article at SmallBizTechnology.