Ericka Chickowski
Self-described tech geek Ericka Chickowski also writes for Consumers Digest, the Los Angeles Times and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
A Guide to Business Mobility
Choosing a mobile service? Here's how to decipher the plans, available devices and jargon from the major carriers.
Technology
Keyboards to Type Home About
These Bluetooth-enabled keyboards will ease the pain of typing on your smartphone.
Technology
Is it Time to Dump Office?
Five things to keep in mind when assessing free alternatives to Microsoft
Technology
To See or Not to See?
Videoconferencing is more popular than ever, thanks to the ubiquity of broadband and increased acceptance of remote working.
How Secure Are You?
The majority of small businesses are still plagued by cyber attacks, lost devices and poor backup and recovery processes.
Voice Off
Features like call routing, screening and voice-to-text functionality--and the lack of a price tag--give Google Voice strong appeal to more than 1 million users. Others can't get over the quirks. Sometimes you get what you pay for.
Starting a Business
Three Business Professors and the Innovators They Inspired
How educators are influencing a new generation of entrepreneurs
Technology
Attacking Curiosity
Poisoning search terms with infected links is a new favorite hacker trick. Make sure your business doesn't fall prey.
Time to Upgrade
A new study finds a big lean toward new tech investment.
Marketing
Beware the Bitter Twitter
Here are some dos and don'ts in using social networks for communicating.
Starting a Business
Where Healthcare Meets Wireless
West Wireless Health Institute is kick-starting innovation in two realms that need each other's help.
Technology
The Hard Truth About Software Licensing
Don't be guilty of unknowingly pirating software.
Technology
6 Must-Have iPad Business Apps
Here are our votes for some of the latest and greatest productivity-enhancing apps.
Starting a Business
Angels Stay Safe from the Law
SMBs and startups can celebrate the failure of some proposed financial reforms.
