Ripple IT Podcasts

Enable the power of Google search directly from your keyboard. GBoard lets you share restaurants nearby, locations, contacts, and even personalized GIFs to cheer up your colleagues. It's loaded with features so check it out! Android: https://r.ippl.it/2H0tc7Z iOS: https://r.ippl.it/2Uhcjcd

What is an Identity Access Management Tool? Identify & Access Management (AIM) is the security discipline that enables the right individuals to access the right resources at the right times for the right reasons. Another way to look at it is AIM is a tool that lets you securely log into the business applications you use for work in a portal that removes the need to memorize multiple different usernames and passwords. It simplifies the experience for your team to access the tools they need to use in order to get their work done while making it just as easy for your IT administrators to manage. In this discussion we talk about AIM along with our preferred tool, OneLogin.

Google's Data Loss Prevention (DLP) capabilities helps protect your organization from sharing and storing sensitive data. DLP for GMail: https://support.google.com/a/answer/6280516?hl=en DLP for Drive: https://support.google.com/a/answer/6321530?hl=en DLP live demo: https://cloud.google.com/dlp/demo/#!/ DLP Drive demonstration: https://r.ippl.it/GoogleDLPDemo

Machine Learning at its best! No more dogs barking, babies crying, construction hammers hammering, or big city noises ruining your important phone calls. Best part is it's 100% secure as the audio stays on your machine. Try Krisp for free now: https://krisp.ai/

Stop PM'ing from a spreadsheet and get Smartsheet. Easily assign team members, see your progress in gantt chart form, set up intuitive alerts and automation without the hassle of complex formulas. Integrates with all the tools you already rely on! https://www.smartsheet.com/

The HubSpot mobile app shows you everything you need while on the go. Contacts, Analytics, Sales progress, and access to your Chat Bots! Available on both Android and iOS, you can snap business cards from events and automatically have them stored in HubSpot. Check out our Three Minute Apps on HubSpot: https://youtu.be/cRI9-y9b3oE

Google put together a free Chrome App to monitor your passwords for non-Google websites. If the password has been exposed, Password Checkup will alert you and prompt you to change the password. Here's the link to add the extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/password-checkup/pncabnpcffmalkkjpajodfhijclecjno

Mindmeister is an online mind mapping tool that allows you to take all of the messy thoughts in your brain and turn them into an easy-to-read format. Work in real time with your team. Create quick presentations. Revert to older versions. https://www.mindmeister.com

Google Jamboard is a 55-inch, 4k display is the whiteboard for the modernized office. Stop taking out your camera to save your whiteboard. Works on the web, phone, tablet, or Jamboard device. We talk about how you don't even need a jamboard to get jamming!

If you're a G Suite, Chrome, or Chromebook user and work with folks that depend on Microsoft Office formats, there's a lot more that can be done in Chrome. Simply drag and drop Word, Excel, or PowerPoint files into any Chrome browser to edit, view, save, or convert the file! You can even create a Word, Excel, or PowerPoint file within the Chrome browser.https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/office-editing-for-docs-s/gbkeegbaiigmenfmjfclcdgdpimamgkj?hl=en

Meet EVA by Voicea. EVA is a virtual note taking assistant that integrates with all the top video conferencing tools and your favorite productivity apps. Stop having one team member less involved from taking notes. Let EVA do the heavy lifting. https://www.voicea.com/

Easily Access All Passwords in one simple to use portal! Share credentials with your family or colleagues -and even decide to hide the password so they can't copy it! LastPass will store, save, and generate passwords for you. Also, create encrypted notes for those must store and keep secret items as well.

Libby is an app created by the folks at OverDrive. If you have multiple library cards and want easy and intuitive access to their book and audio catalogue, Libby is a win. Even better, you can send your books directly to your Kindle as well. It's all free!

Are you looking for a place to quickly and easily turn your whiteboard processes into an editable, shareable, reality? Check out Lucidchart. They've figured out the right way to do diagrams in a simple, elegant, and secure way. https://www.lucidchart.com/

Fantastical 2 integrates your personal and corporate (e.g. Exchange or G Suite)calendars and task lists. It also integrates with Google Maps, Waze, or Apple Maps.

Whether you're looking to improve on a skill, take the next step in your career, or just learn something fun and interesting, there's a slew of online applications available to you. The Top 3: https://www.lynda.com/ https://www.udemy.com/ https://www.coursera.org/courses Looking for tech training? Google: https://cloud.google.com/training/ Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/ AWS: https://aws.amazon.com/training/ HubSpot: https://academy.hubspot.com/

Need to stream TV at your office? For a special gift giving episode of Three Minute Apps, we talk about Amazon's Fire TV Recast. It's a DVR that lets you watch and record over-the-air TV at home with Fire TV or Echo Show, or on-the-go with a compatible mobile device—with no monthly fees. Here's the best part, IT WORKS! Here's what I purchased to get it working: ClearStream 2V Indoor/Outdoor HDTV Antenna with Mount - 60 Mile Range https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007RH5GZI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_4m-9BbDATR6PN Winegard LNA-200 Boost XT HDTV Preamplifier, TV Antenna Amplifier Signal Booster, HD Digital VHF UHF Amplifier (10x Power, Low Noise, 20 dB Max Gain) - USA https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DQN3R9O/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_4fG8Bb1F41M47 Fire TV Recast, over-the-air DVR, 1 TB, 150 hours https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074J1GPB8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_ZgG8BbXFXC0X4 Fire TV Cube, hands-free with Alexa and 4K Ultra HD (includes all-new Alexa Voice Remote), streaming media player https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0791T9CV7/ref_=ps_ods_ps_smp_tpr_sk

On this episode we talk about Reflector. You can mirror your phone, tablet or computer to the big screen without wires or complicated setups. https://www.airsquirrels.com/reflector

When you're inundated with awesome content (videos, photos, and articles) but keep forgetting or don't have a single place to store it, Pocket has the answer. This is a way to sync, save, and store all the great content that folks share with you. https://getpocket.com

Screencastify is a free Chrome extension that lets you record chrome tabs while also capturing webcam videos. This is a great tool to record quality audio directly from a Chrome tab. https://www.screencastify.com/

Companies that use Google Drive extensively enjoy the ability to have users work with files anywhere, anytime, from any device, without having to rely on clunky remote access solutions or unsanctioned personal file sharing accounts to get the job done. Furthermore, Drive is an extremely cost-efficient solution and is fully integrated into the G Suite platform, making a Drive deployment an ideal alternative to costly and cumbersome file server infrastructure. https://rippleit.com/google-drive-migration-services-wp/

CloudApp is a tool that lets you record video (screen or webcam), GIFs, and annotate screenshots. CloudApp creates a simple and easy way to share recordings in order to help your clients and colleagues get answers to their most common questions. https://www.getcloudapp.com/ https://rippleit.com/three-minute-apps-podcast/

Google My Business is simple and elegant tool accessible on either your desktop or phone to manage your online presence across Google. This helps your clients learn and understand the message you want them to know.

Want to see the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in person or get an unbelievable experience from the couch!? Here's some fun tips such as the parade route, hotels along the way, and some more fun info! https://www.macys.com/social/parade/

Wistia is a video storage and editing suite that lets you keep all of your videos in one place. Wistia creates the link you need depending on where you want to share it. For example, publishing to social, pasting in your social media manager, or having the video appear in your MailChimp or HubSpot campaign. Get the results you’re looking for. Very easy to understand analytics! Two of my favorite options: 1. Make the thumbnail a video. Give folks a sneak peak of the video without them needing to click. 2. oEmbed URL -this is especially helpful for non HTML folks. Writing a blog and just want to paste the video into your site such as Wordpress? Just paste the link right into your page (no embedding needed) and bam! It’s inserted. Good stuff. https://rippleit.com/three-minute-apps-podcast/

The Authy app is a free Two Factor Authentication (2FA) code generator tool. No ads. No in-app purchases. Just a super simple, elegant, secure tool made by the good folks at Twilio.

We talk with the President and co-founder of Matchstic, Craig Johnson. He's an industry expert that knows everything about brand identity. In this episode he talks about the journey of finding and executing a brand, their book Igniting Passionate Brands(https://matchstic.com/book-release), and their new podcast The Creative Rising (https://www.thecreativerising.com/) highly recommended!!!

Make a promo video, flyer, or even a landing page with Adobe Spark. Adobe lets you upload your logo and add all of your brands colors to make for a simple, elegant, and secure way to share the word of your organization.

Marketing Automation; Website & Ad Analytics; Fully customizable CRM; Blog and Website publishing; Endless Educational Content on Marketing and the Inbound Philosophy; Video integration; Social posting & Analytics... That's HubSpot. #ThreeMinute Apps

On an iOS device, you can open the app that you want your little one to play and then triple-click the Home button (side button on iPhone X) to make sure other apps aren't accessed. No need to worry about your biz apps being accessed!

Phishing attacks are on the rise. This discussion goes over what it is, what it means for your business and how to stop your good folks from being fooled by misleading emails. https://rippleit.com/gone-phishing/

So you’re ready to move to a new office? Desmond joins us to discuss how you can arrange and supervise your office move securely, effectively, and without interruptions in your services. This will save you time and money, as well as keep your staff and customers happy. https://rippleit.com/moving-to-a-new-office-your-it-checklist/

Google’s Cloud Director of Solutions, Miles Ward, helps us understand what multi-cloud is, what business owners should expect and how to plan for it. Articles mentioned during the show: Why we believe in an open cloud. What if you could run the same, everywhere? Running the same, everywhere part 2: getting started What is Kubernetes? Why we believe in an open cloud .https://rippleit.com/ride-the-wave-podcast/

This weekly podcast is centered around simple, elegant and secure tools that increase productivity and help streamline workflows… all is less than three minutes. Want to watch the episodes? https://rippleit.com/three-minute-apps-podcast/

This weekly podcast is centered around simple, elegant and secure tools that increase productivity and help streamline workflows… all is less than three minutes. Want to watch the episodes? https://rippleit.com/three-minute-apps-podcast/

This weekly podcast is centered around simple, elegant and secure tools that increase productivity and help streamline workflows… all is less than three minutes. Want to watch the episodes? https://rippleit.com/three-minute-apps-podcast/

This weekly podcast is centered around simple, elegant and secure tools that increase productivity and help streamline workflows… all is less than three minutes. Want to watch the episodes? https://rippleit.com/three-minute-apps-podcast/

This weekly podcast is centered around simple, elegant and secure tools that increase productivity and help streamline workflows… all is less than three minutes. Want to watch the episodes? https://rippleit.com/three-minute-apps-podcast/

This discussion surrounds the business challenge of choosing between bundled and a la carte software. In many cases, this decision surfaces when businesses are attempting to mitigate the challenges brought on by shadow IT. Staff are collaborating, sharing, and creating corporate data on multiple platforms. Joining me to discuss this is a panel of experts that encounter this question regularly.

This episode of the Business Technology Podcast welcomes Anna F Sawyer. She brings 7+ years of experience and will discuss best practices in converting viewers into active participants. Anna can be reached at http://www.reachwebinar.com/ or Anna@reachwebinar.com

In this episode we talk about the best practices in implementing a social media plan for your business. To lead this topic we welcome Socialfly COO Courtney Spritzer and CEO Stephanie Abrams. Both bring extensive business knowledge to our discussion.

This episode is on the best practices of deploying Chrome to a school or school district. To lead this topic we welcome Google Apps Certified Trainer and a Google Certified Teacher and author of The 20time Project: How Educators can Launch Google’s Formula for Future-Ready Innovation, Kevin Brookhouser.

What is the right Cloud CRM for your organization? During this episode of the Business Tech Podcast we welcome Smart Hustle Magazine Publisher Ramon Ray and Marks Group President Gene Marks. Both bring extensive business technology knowledge to our discussion.

The topic of this episode is centered around e-mail marketing tips and pitfalls for small businesses. To lead the conversation, we welcome President of AIMG, Joseph DeMicco who brings 20+ years of marketing experience to our discussion.

Thinking of replacing your on-premise email or file server with Google Apps for Work Unlimited or Microsoft’s Office 365 suites? What do you need to think about? This episode covers the recommended strategic planning businesses should undertake when choosing between Google Apps for Work and Microsoft’s Office 365. To assist, we welcome IT Strategist and mobile technology specialist, Dave Ploch of 2WheelTech. He brings 30+ years of enterprise technology management and development to our discussion.

We interview Profound Cloud’s founder and CEO, Michael Spadaro. We’ll address his experiences as a CEO as it relates to mobility.