Lock screen notifications on your cell phone are a big convenience. Being able to access incoming information at a glance is very helpful and can help increase your efficiency. This convenience though, can come at a price. In most cases, your cell phone’s lock screen is showing all details associated with the notification. When associated with potentially sensitive information, … Read More
Why You Should Change Your Cell Phone Email Signature
Email has become a core component of our everyday lives. For most people, the amount of times that email is checked and/or sent on a daily basis surely exceeds many other digital activities. Everything about our emails – from our email address itself to our style of writing, helps form our digital identity and reflects our overall character. With that … Read More
Top Tech Books to Read this Summer
It’s finally that time of year again where the warm weather is upon us. The birds are chirping. The days are getting longer. It’s the perfect time for some outdoor reading in a peaceful backyard! Are you looking to find something new to dive into that’s related to the technology world we live in? Well lucky for you, we have … Read More
6 Fun Use Cases For Raspberry Pi
While many people view Apple as the fruit king within the world of technology, there is another delicious treat that has steadily gained popularity within the development community as well as anyone who loves to solve puzzles. Raspberry Pi is a computer board that contains many of your typical PC components and can be utilized for a multitude of functions. … Read More
SSD vs HDD – Which Should You Choose?
When it comes to hard drives, we want the best of both worlds – speed and storage. When choosing a hard drive technology though, you often can’t have both without spending a LOT of money. Can there be a happy medium? And which is better/more important to you? In this post we’ll compare HDD’s and SSD’s while trying to see … Read More
8 Holiday Tech Gifts Ideas For Anyone
It’s that time of year again! You did most of your holiday shopping on Black Friday or Cyber Monday (Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday..), but there are a few people still outstanding on your shopping list. Either they have everything they want/could possibly need (mom and dad), you don’t know them all that well (sister’s new boyfriend), or you’re trying really … Read More
The Truth About Smart Speakers
As we inch closer to the holiday season and great shopping deals arise, many of you may be considering adding smart functionality to you or a loved one’s home by purchasing a smart speaker such Amazon Echo or Google Home (for a comparison, check out our post How Smart is Your Home?). But in an age of always-connected devices, there … Read More
Back to School Tech Essentials
Sadly, it is that time again…when you have to set an alarm clock and try to drag your lifeless and cranky child from bed, shove something toasted in their hand, and badger them to brush their teeth, while pushing them out the door with one untied shoe on. These first few weeks back to school are a battle of wills … Read More
Father’s Day Tech Gift Ideas
What do Dads want for Father’s Day? First, let me tell you what we don’t want. Socks, ties and golf tees. What we really want is a clear calendar with the option to fill it (or not) with whatever we please. Understanding that’s likely not an option for today’s Dad, I’ve polled all of the Dads at Diligex and created … Read More
How Smart is Your Home?
It’s 2018 and smart technology is only getting smarter. We’ve learned that we simply can not live without our smart phones (remember when we actually used phones to talk to people, cringe)! And now that same technology is changing the way we live at home. Welcome to the era of the Smart Home. Whether it’s smart heating and cooling, smart … Read More