Mapletronic's Tech Talk

In this week's episode Jordan & Scott discuss the quickly approaching end of service date for Windows 7.  Jordan & Scott breakdown what end of service means for windows 7 users, how to go about updating to Windows 10, and some helpful features that are a part of the new operating system.  For more info visit www.mapletronics.com/podcast 

In this episode Jordan & Scott introduce themselves and give a run down of what you can expect in our biweekly episodes.    Jordan brings up a recent blog post (https://mapletronics.com/blog/google-introduces-new-chrome-extension-that-will-warn-you-of-compromised-logins) that highlights Google's new password extension and what benefits it brings to you. Scott and Jordan then discuss why strong passwords are important, what makes a strong password, and how you can safely store passwords.    For more information and highlights from this episode head to https://mapletronics.com/blog

In Episode 8 of Mapletronics Tech Talk Podcast Jordan & Scott break down how to safely use the world wide web.  Scott & Jordan start by breaking down maladvertising and how to avoid becoming prey. They talk about tips for surfing the web safely and breakdown the do's and don'ts of public wi-fi. To wrap up Jordan & Scott talk about VPNs and protecting your internet of things devices. 

Today's special episode features audio from a webinar that we had earlier this year. In the audio you will hear from Jordan and our special guest, CEO of Mapletronics, Wes Hershberger. We and Jordan discuss current cybersecurity threats and how you can begin to protect yourself and your business.  Discussion includes: email safety, phishing protection, educating employees, strong password policies, data encryption, geofencing, online shopping safety, and more. 

In episode 6 of Mapletronics Tech Talk Jordan & Scott go over common computer issues that our techs here at Mapletronics see from clients in the field and off simple solutions to troubleshoot what might be going on.   

In this episode Jordan interviews Scott on his knowledge about the Cloud. He gives an in depth description of what the cloud is. The difference between using a cloud based app and putting your existing server infrastructure into the cloud.  Scott continues to break down both benefits and risks with moving to the cloud as well as security concerns. Jordan & Scott end the episode with a discussion on questions to ask your cloud provider before making the switch. 

In today's episode Jordan & Scott have an in depth discussion on Phishing. They talk about what phishing is and how can it wreak havoc on your organization? After talking about what Phishing is Jordan & Scott talk about ways in which you can avoid being a victim and also what to do if you think you accidentally fell for a phishing scam. 

In episode 3 of Mapletronics Tech Talk Jordan & Scott are back with an interesting discussion on Microsoft's newer tools "Teams" and "Yammer"    They discuss what each of these programs are and how they can help organizations stay connected and collaborating on projects and tasks within an easy to use platform. 

Jordan and Scott are back with episode 2 of Mapletronic's Tech Talk.  This week they're breaking down some features of Office 365 and why they love them.  Scott highlights added security features that are available in Office 365, and Jordan gives some new tips and trick when using Outlook. Next, Scott talks about the new collaborative file sharing aspects of the platform and how having files available on the go 24/7 adds great benefit to his life. Jordan ends the chat with some new Excel highlights including the brand new Excel feature that lets you snap photos with your phone and turn them into Excel spreadsheets.  For more information about everything discussed in today's episode visit: https://mapletronics.com/admin/entries/blog/1702-podcast-notes-2