Best hardware and software in 2024/2025

Business Tech News: The best hardware and software of 2024/2025

Here are five business technology news stories from this week and how they impact your business. Were you lonely?

Business Tech News #1 – Best hardware and software of 2024/2025.

PCWorld’s Brad Chacos has listed the best hardware and software for 2024-2025. (Source: PCWorld)

Why this is important for your business:

No matter your business, you want to buy the best, right? This list includes laptops, desktops, chips, password managers, VPNs, backup software, and any other essential technology you may need. This is a great summary and I’m bookmarking it to refer to when purchasing hardware and software later this year.

Business Technology News #2 – Best Work From Home Technologies of 2024/2025.

They’re back! PCWorld’s Katherine Stevenson shared a list of the best work-from-home technologies, based on personal testing by the magazine’s staff. (Source: PCWorld)

Why this is important for your business:

I included this because so many entrepreneurs, freelancers, and employees of large companies are working from home, and shouldn’t they use the best? Choose from a long list of affordable laptops, Chromebooks, keyboards, docking stations, and other tools that telecommuters and remote workers need.

Business Tech News #3 – QuickBooks Online Accountant now has call summaries and live cleanup.

QuickBooks Online Accountant introduces a new feature: Automatic Call Summary and Live Cleanup Service. (Source: Accounting Today)

Why this is important for your business:

If you run an accounting firm and use QuickBooks Online for your clients, these are important features to take advantage of. If you run a business, it’s also important to make sure your accountant is aware of these tools. Because these tools save you time and, hopefully, billable time. Call Summary provides a detailed log of support calls between clients and QuickBooks Live Expert and helps clients track questions and answers for future reference. Live cleanup services help prepare your customers’ books for tax season by categorizing transactions, checking for errors, and reconciling accounts to ensure accuracy. Cleanups are typically performed within 30 days of visiting a QuickBooks Certified Bookkeeper. These features are available at a 30 percent discount for ProAdvisors through QuickBooks Online Accountant.

Business Tech News #4 – LinkedIn updates Campaign Manager with Enterprise Hub.

LinkedIn has introduced Companies Hub within Campaign Manager. (Source: Digital Marketing News)

Why this is important for your business:

According to LinkedIn, this new feature will give B2B marketers deeper insight into how companies are engaging with their brands, as detailed in the Company Engagement Report. Marketers can now sort, filter, and view metrics such as engagement levels, organic and paid interactions, company data, and campaign performance. You can also create audiences based on these insights before launching a campaign and track ad effectiveness and engagement after the campaign. Companies Hub is available globally and is designed to help marketers plan and measure their efforts. LinkedIn ads are expensive, but you get what you pay for. LinkedIn’s community is a valuable audience for anyone selling B2B. If you want to get the most out of your LinkedIn campaigns, it makes sense to take advantage of the features of this tool.

Business Tech News #5 – Technology journalists keep turning Google Sheets into phone-friendly web apps, and it just won’t stop.

Kevin Purdy from Ars Technica shared his experience using spreadsheets to create small no-code web apps. Using tools like Google Sheets and Glide, a software that allows companies to create custom tools, Purdy has built web apps for a variety of purposes, including managing takeout orders with easy search and filtering capabilities. Use. These apps are also easy to share and can be installed on your phone, tablet, or desktop. Purdy provides a detailed explanation of how the data is categorized, highlighting the usefulness and flexibility of this approach, especially for small personal projects. (Source: Arstechnica)

Why this is important for your business:

What can you and your employees do more efficiently? Is it worth hiring someone to help your employees create web apps using Google Sheets to save time? Are you? Most of us are too busy to take the time to figure out how to take advantage of available (and low-cost) technology to actually save time at work. Purdy’s story is a reminder that hiring, or paying for, curious technology people can have multiple benefits for your company.

Every week, I’ll find five business technology news that will impact your business (and mine) and tell you why. See you next week!