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Voyage Technology has been serving the Beaver Dam area since 1999, providing IT Support such as technical helpdesk support, computer support, and consulting to small and medium-sized businesses.

Tip of the Week: Multiple Ways to Reboot Your Android Phone

Tip of the Week: Multiple Ways to Reboot Your Android Phone

As IT professionals, we understand that effective device management is crucial for maintaining optimal performance and security. A simple, often-overlooked practice is the routine reboot of Android mobile devices.

When was the last time you performed a controlled shutdown and restart of your corporate or personal Android smartphone? If your answer involves "I wait until the battery dies," you're likely missing out on simple performance and security gains. Also, if the only way to restart is using the power button, and it breaks, you're stuck.

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Tip of the Week: 4 Frameworks for Better Time and Task Management

Tip of the Week: 4 Frameworks for Better Time and Task Management

We all want to be more productive, but actually being more productive is harder than it sounds. Thankfully, you can make being productive easier than ever by implementing proven frameworks to drive success. Today, we’ll highlight three different frameworks: the Eisenhower Matrix, Eat the Frog, and the Two-Minute Rule.

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3 Tips to Avoid Breaking the IT Budget

3 Tips to Avoid Breaking the IT Budget

Your business lives and dies by its budget, and its IT budget is no different. If you can get your IT budget under control, you can enjoy greater peace of mind and reassurance that your operations are as smooth as possible. Today, we want to look at three of the greatest factors that can contribute to an efficient IT budget: the IT roadmap, minimized downtime, and outsourcing IT. Let’s get to it.

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Tip of the Week: How to Boot Your PC In Safe Mode

Tip of the Week: How to Boot Your PC In Safe Mode

Diagnosing issues with your PC can be challenging, and that’s because an operating system is inherently a complicated piece of technology. If you’re looking for a way to isolate the problem and diagnose it, we typically recommend you work with a managed service provider (like us) to make it happen. If you’d like to try things out for yourself, however, you can use Safe Mode to examine your PC in its base form to see if you can find the root cause of the issue.

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Tip of the Week: Minimize All

Tip of the Week: Minimize All

How often do you find yourself overwhelmed by the sheer amount of clutter on your desktop? You might dig through a pile of applications, windows, files, and so much more, and it can be difficult to make sense of it all and be productive. Thankfully, there is a rather simple tool to help you clean up your desktop and focus on one window at a time.

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Tip of the Week: How to Use Email Templates to Save Time and Energy

Tip of the Week: How to Use Email Templates to Save Time and Energy

You probably have to rewrite the same messages day in and day out for internal reporting and client interactions, and it probably takes up a ton of time that would be better spent elsewhere. Furthermore, you’re probably copying and pasting, which can lead to errors and oversights that you could live without. If you’re doing this for email, then you should be leveraging templates to keep your messages consistently top-quality. Let’s go over how to set them up.

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“Find” the Secrets Behind the Ctrl +F and Ctrl + G Keyboard Shortcuts

“Find” the Secrets Behind the Ctrl +F and Ctrl + G Keyboard Shortcuts

The Ctrl + F keyboard shortcut is incredibly useful, especially when you need to find specific text on a page… but did you know it is capable of so much more than that? Today, we want to go over some specific use cases for this keyboard shortcut and how you can use them in Google Docs and Microsoft Word.

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Tip of the Week: Get the Most Out of Your Chrome Experience

Tip of the Week: Get the Most Out of Your Chrome Experience

Google Chrome is everywhere. It’s one of the most popular web browsers for a reason, but most people don’t take full advantage of everything it can do. That means you’re probably missing out on some cool features that could save you time and make your life a whole lot easier.

Today, we’re diving into some Chrome tips you might not know about, plus a few hidden gems that can help you get even more out of your browsing experience, whether you’re using it for work or just everyday tasks.

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Tip of the Week: Save This List of YouTube Keyboard Shortcuts

Tip of the Week: Save This List of YouTube Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts are an underrated way to be more productive throughout your workday. Today, we want to highlight some excellent shortcuts that will help you make the most out of everyone’s favorite video platform, YouTube.

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Tip of the Week: Sick of Google’s AI Overviews? Here’s How to Say Goodbye

Tip of the Week: Sick of Google’s AI Overviews? Here’s How to Say Goodbye

Artificial intelligence—AI—is rapidly appearing in more and more contexts, but one most people have almost certainly seen by now is at the top of Google’s search engine results. For those who would rather not see these generated results—which have been found to be occasionally contradictory or outright wrong, depending on the source the AI has drawn from—there are actually a few ways to accomplish this.

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Tip of the Week: 8 Ways to Use Google Gemini

Tip of the Week: 8 Ways to Use Google Gemini

Google has made its claim on artificial intelligence with Google Gemini, a new AI platform. Gemini can handle a lot of neat tasks that you, as a business owner, might find useful. Today, we want to highlight some of them to see if they can help you in your efforts.

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Tip of the Week: Two Options for Better File Management

Tip of the Week: Two Options for Better File Management

File sharing is a significant part of communication today. Whether trying to send a meme to your friends or sharing a video that won’t send, it can be frustrating when sharing your file doesn’t work. In the business world, though, ineffective file sharing can be more than just an inconvenience—it can lead to costly miscommunication. Let’s explore two methods seen in small business file sharing and how they benefit your organization.

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Tip of the Week: Name Your Spreadsheet Cells for Quick and Easy Reference

Tip of the Week: Name Your Spreadsheet Cells for Quick and Easy Reference

Spreadsheets are handy tools for businesses, although it can become pretty easy to lose track of where and what certain data is as they grow… not to mention a pain to keep referencing back to as needed.

However, there’s an easy workaround: naming the cells of your spreadsheet.

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Tip of the Week: How to Share Large Files

Tip of the Week: How to Share Large Files

Collaboration is essential for modern business functionality, which often means that your team members will need to share files of all sizes. The trouble is that larger files have historically been a pain to share.

Fortunately, thanks to technology, there are now simple ways to share larger files with your team members. Let’s review them together.

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How to Get Your Spreadsheets to Accurately Add Time

How to Get Your Spreadsheets to Accurately Add Time

Handling time calculations in a spreadsheet can often feel frustrating—especially when you’re just trying to add them up. Luckily, both Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets have built-in functions specifically designed for this purpose, making the process more manageable.

Here’s a quick guide to help you get started, no matter which spreadsheet program you use.

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Protect Your Business with These 6 Technology Tools

Protect Your Business with These 6 Technology Tools

Cybersecurity is the single largest problem that any business faces, particularly when the threat profile out there is so vast and varied. Today, we want to go over the many solutions your business can implement to make cybersecurity much more manageable.

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Tip of the Week: How to Avoid Social Media Threats in 2024

Tip of the Week: How to Avoid Social Media Threats in 2024

You can take numerous steps to secure your social media accounts and tighten your privacy settings. Yet, every time you log in, you’re still exposing yourself to a vast stream of information and content. Our civilization has never encountered anything like this before. These platforms are designed to curate content you want to see, encouraging you to stay longer and return frequently. This design, meant to be enticing and addictive, poses dangers, especially to certain individuals.

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Stay Safe on Social Media with These Strategies

Stay Safe on Social Media with These Strategies

With social media becoming a major part of how society communicates, there’s no better time to discuss how to stay safe while you’re using these significant mediums. Whether you enjoy social media or are against it, there’s no denying that you need to take responsibility to use it. This includes prioritizing your own security.

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Tip of the Week: Learn How and Why to Use Zipped Files

Tip of the Week: Learn How and Why to Use Zipped Files

Sometimes, you might see a folder on your desktop that has a zipper on the icon. These are ZIP files, useful for certain purposes. Today, we want to show you how to effectively use a ZIP file for its intended purpose.

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Tip of the Week: Build a Sticky Note System in OneNote

Tip of the Week: Build a Sticky Note System in OneNote

Microsoft OneNote has established itself as one of the most useful note-taking apps on the market. You might already be familiar with the sticky note, those little post-it notes you stick on your monitor to remember something. Today, we want to show you how you can use “sticky notes” in Microsoft OneNote.

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