In business relationships, it’s always beneficial when you can meet face-to-face, however it’s not always possible or practical. Skype is an excellent (and FREE!) solution for this real-world business challenge. So what is Skype? If you have 60 seconds, check out the video on their web site that quickly explains what it is and how it works. But here’s […]

A vast majority of businesses use Microsoft Outlook for email, calendars, contacts and tasks.  It has always been frustrating to me how limited the options are for printing calendars out of Microsoft Office.  Recently, I was working with Nancy Cline at The Henning Law Firm and we discovered that there is a free calendar printing […]

FaceTime is Apple’s buzz word for video calling.  This feature became available with the new iPhone.  For a detailed description of this feature, head on over to Apple’s official page about FaceTime.  For a good video showing FaceTime in action, go here. Mic and I both have the new iPhone and we have been using […]

Have you ever opened one of your contract template documents, started entering data and forgotten to do a “Save As?”  Now your template has real client data in it.  And unless you undo everything you just entered, your “template” is screwed up.  The Blue Gurus are Microsoft Small Business Specialists and we know how to […]

You are probably seeing all kinds of press related to the Apple iPhone and the Sprint HTC EVO.  For a good comparison chart of technical specs, check out this article at Wired.com. I think they are both great phones and it is amazing to me how much we are able to do with them.  (Don’t forget […]

We wrote a few weeks ago that we have adopted the iPad and love it, but wanted to give you an update.  Apple has sold more than 2 million iPads in 2 months.  There is talk that the iPad will outpace Mac laptops in terms of sales volumes.  Why does this matter?  We consult with […]

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. (Wikipedia definition and more details)  It is a way for web sites and bloggers to publish their content in a standard format.  The nice thing about the standard is that there are hundreds of different “feed readers” including Microsoft Outlook, Google Reader and more.  What we like most about […]

If you are a follower or fan of Apple products, you should be sure to check out MacRumors.com.  This site is dedicated to all things Apple.  In the past 2 years, we have read about late breaking stories like new iPhone features and early product pictures, iPad release information, the oh-so-funny story about how an Apple […]

It is time for another update on our RoboForm2Go USB Password Management solution.  We have mentioned this device in the past and we are bringing it up again because we have had so many of our clients raving about it.  Our goal at Blue Gurus is to educate you, save you time and help you grow […]