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Subscription Billing for Dummies
_ July 24, 2013_ Kevin Costain

Recurring Billing Sucks, or How Not to Treat Your Customers

I’m going to offer some serious sins companies make when billing automatically and suggest some ways to improve the process.

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_ July 23, 2013_ Kevin Costain

Dead Computer? Keep Windows, and Transfer it to a Virtual Machine

If you’ve had to replace your failed computer and wondered what you could keep – you’ll want to read this. The genesis of this idea comes from having the need to virtualize various different operating systems but changing computers often

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_ July 18, 2013_ Kevin Costain

InoReader Takes a Nap

Tonight InoReader went down. The very capable Google Reader alternative had been gaining attention and users after the shutdown of Google’s Reader on July 1st. I decided to look at what was going on, and the prospects for this great tool.

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_ July 5, 2013_ Kevin Costain

Synnex and the Pain of Hardware Distribution

Today, I wanted to call out one such painful experience with Synnex and try to understand if this is a systemic problem, or if more is at work. To a company like Synnex, CWL is clearly small beans, but failures in customer service are a clear concern.

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A Cheque from 1905
_ July 5, 2013_ Kevin Costain

We Need to Bring Cheques Into the 21st Century

Today, I had to deposit a cheque (or check-in America). As a business owner, this is a common occurrence. In the age of electronic transfers, NFC Payments, Electronic transfers, and Interac Online – we still use these pieces of paper to transfer money to each other. It’s high time the banks upgraded this process.

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_ July 3, 2013_ Kevin Costain

Big list of Google Reader RSS Reader Alternatives

Here’s my attempt at a big list of Google Reader alternatives. If you have anything to add, please either contact me or comment at the end of this article.

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FitBit Flex with its sensor
_ July 2, 2013_ Kevin Costain

First Look: Fitbit Flex

I just picked up a FitBit Flex. Would it motivate me to be more active? Would it appear accurate? Would it measure things that were truly relevant? All this and more would be answered as I look at this new device.

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_ June 28, 2013_ Kevin Costain

My Google Reader Replacement Odyssey

This is an account of some of what I’ve done to replace this important and useful tool during these months – and a tool I eventually settled on.

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_ June 25, 2013_ Kevin Costain

Microsoft Releases a Number of Software Previews

Of the biggest previews tomorrow, we’ll likely see the big “Blue” Windows 8.1 preview released for us to test. Late yesterday and today, however, Microsoft made a few other packages available for download and preview.

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_ June 24, 2013_ Kevin Costain

First Look: AOL Reader – Another Google Reader Replacement

Today, I gained access to the beta of AOL’s new RSS reader simply called AOL Reader. Based on screenshots I’ve seen, AOL’s interface looked very similar to Google Reader’s and I was hoping this tool would stack up well as a worthy replacement.

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