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TechRec – Increase Productivity, Get Organized & Save Trees with Notability

Posted on May 11, 2016 by

Like a lot of people who work in a fast paced work environment, I find myself scribbling meeting notes and reminders on scraps of paper. Because we document everything at The Launch Pad it’s important that I take the time to transcribe critical notes and meeting action items in our CRM software, which can be

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How to Make Windows Play a Sound When You Press Caps Lock, Num Lock, or Scroll Lock

Posted on April 27, 2016 by

How-to-Geek recently posted a handy article on how to make Windows play a sound when you engage Caps Lock, Num Lock or Scroll Lock. We thought we would share this time-saving tip with you. Have you ever turned on the Caps Lock key ACCIDENTALLY WHILE YOU’RE TYPING? Or turned off the Num Lock key unintentionally

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Piper NV Smart Home Security System Puts You in Control of What Happens Next

Posted on April 20, 2016 by

For several years I had a monitored home security system in my house. Like a lot of people, I decided to get one after someone broke in. I felt more protected knowing that people were monitoring for intruders in my absence who would contact the police or fire department on my behalf if needed. The

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Visme – The Swiss Army Knife of Visual Content

Posted on April 13, 2016 by

When creating a business presentation, most organizations rely on PowerPoint. Over the years, PowerPoint has added a lot of templates, tools and integrations that help make the presentation a little more interesting but when everyone uses the same tool, even with a lot of fancy add-ins the they all end up looking pretty similar. Visme

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Throttle Combines All Your Annoying Emails Into One Daily Digest – Reposted from TechCrunch

Posted on March 22, 2016 by

What’s the only thing worse than a full inbox? An inbox full of spammy newsletter emails you don’t really want to read. Throttle is a plugin that solves this problem by generating a unique email address for each purchase you make or newsletter you sign up for online. Then, all email sent to these addresses

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