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Our monthly newspaper column that aims to help you with manage your e-Life more effectively. Here you will find not just the articles but any companion material that is mentioned within them. If you have any questions for the advisor, please send them in! 

e-Life Testimonial: The Crampton Family

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Jeff and Elizabeth both work full time jobs.  Elizabeth, one of the top real estate agents in Lexington, runs her real estate business at all hours and often works from home. Jeff's works from home sometimes as well.  They have two college-aged children and a middle schooler with their own crazy schedules. Amongst them they have six computers, four smartphones, an iPad, two printers and two entertainment centers. The computers run the range in age and are a mix of Mac’s and PC’s. This makes their e-Life a very complicated, but increasingly typical, one. In fact, most busy homes these days have more complex environments than many of our business clients. We've gone into their home and gotten things under control and easier to use...

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Tablet App of the Month: MLB At Bat

Keep up to date with the Red Sox (or any other MLB team for that matter) from pre-season to the play-offs and beyond using your Android tablet or iPad. Watch live or recorded games and interviews, look up player stats, and get breaking news about your favorite teams all for a very reasonable cost...

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Smartphone App of the Month: Goodreads

Looking for great books to read? Well thats exactly where GoodReads gets its name. It’s a social network full of over 8 million book lovers and writers that makes finding the next great story so much easier...

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Tech Tip: Out With The Old...

We see it every day. The bucket, the bin, the drawer, the closet or the room full of disused and abandoned gadgets. Floppy disks, computer towers, wires for who-knows-what, televisions, radio’s, etc. Almost everyone has this stuff laying around collecting dust. In our experience its mainly out of worry that something might be needed someday or sheer frustration because you don’t know what to toss and what to keep. We can help...

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February Smartphone App: DocScanner - Scan Documents On The Go


It used to be that in order to scan a document or picture you needed a large dedicated device, special software, and lots of luck. Even today most peoples experience with scanning is via their multifunction printers. It’s not the only way though! You’re likely carrying a high quality scanner in your pocket right now without realizing it. That's right, your smartphone has another trick up its sleeve and that's where DocScanner comes in... 

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