Posts Categorized: Technology

Ray Kurzweil – The Future is Now

A few months back I had the opportunity to meet the man Bill Gates is cited as naming, “the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence.” I’m talking about Ray Kurzweil, the inventor, author, and futurist who has predicted a great many advances in science well before the rest of us Read More »

Anonymous hacks FBI computer, claims information on 12 million iPhone and iPad devices in the process.

Greetings, Internet! I thought I’d bring you some news from the dark side of the web today by filling you in on an apparent hack that was recently carried out by affiliates of Anonymous. “What was this special agent doing with information on 12 million iDevices?” The hack, performed by AntiSec, involved scouring an FBI Read More »

HACK ALL THE GIBS0NS!

We take it for granted that our information is secure online. Our email, bank account, credit cards, social media; we don’t really give much thought to how one security breach could bring you down. Down like a Gibson. Turns out, we should probably be giving our security a lot more thought. SRSLY. Last week it Read More »

A Clever New Social Scam

Doing what we do here at Tech Guys, we sometimes find ourselves at odds with various nefarious ne’er-do-wells whom we serve up a great steaming pile of justice with a side of poppin’ fresh side of expletives.  Security is always a top priority with us, so this can serve as a warning in general to the assumptions Read More »

Google Website Optimizer: A Eulogy…

If you’re a user of Google’s excellent Website Optimizer (GWSO) tool, chances are you’ve already received a message notifying you that as of August 1st, our beloved GWSO shall be no more. This particular Tech Guy is taking it rather hard. That’s right, GWSO is being retired and…changed. Some might say upgraded. Time will tell. Read More »

Tech Guys in Computerworld!

The Robot is in an exciting mood this afternoon after it scoured the interwebs and found it being mentioned in an excellent article by Logan Kugler on the front-page of Computerworld! Very happy indeed. The Robot would like to send along happy whirring sounds and a few alarm chimes of gratitude… The article is definitely Read More »

Untangle Your Tech Mess: Start with the Basics

When putting up a website, start with the minimum and build up, rather than trying to add in dozens of different things. Here’s a simple “Tech Guys Blueprint” for getting your technology started right. First, you need a domain and hosting. You can get a domain for about $12 a year, and hosting for another Read More »

Why Technology is Killing Your Business

As Tech Guys, we have to walk a fine line between using new and “fancy” technology to improve marketing and conversion, and keeping things simple. Technology has the amazing ability to take any idea to market… or bring even the best business concepts to a screeching halt. Technology may be killing your business by: Being Read More »

7 Steps to A Killer Youtube Video

Youtube is one of the most popular sites in the world, and is growing at a rate of 60 hours of video every minute of ever day. That’s one hour of video being uploaded to YouTube every second. Not only that, but Google shows video results on the first page of their results, making video Read More »

Why You NEED To Use Video In Your Marketing

Video has completely revolutionized the way marketing is done online. The evidence is all around you. Look at any high level marketer and you’ll see that they rely on video for every step of their sales process. From driving traffic, to building a subscriber list, delivering valuable content, and making the sale. In fact, the Read More »