GrowMap

Best known for writing about Small Business Advice, Gail Gardner is known as @GrowMap on Twitter and other social networks. She sometimes writes about the latest gadgets here and on DIRJournal. Why not subscribe to the entire family of DIRJournal blogs so you can read all her content?

How to Make a Living as a Gadget Freelancer

by GrowMap
Aug 25, 2015

If you love gadgets, you could be making a living using your passion and expertise. Due.com recently published a comprehensive guide to freelancing that will… Read More »

Run Your Online Meetings From Your Fav Mobile Gadget

by GrowMap
Apr 3, 2015Sep 17, 2015

When you’re on the road, the solutions that run your online meetings have to play nice with your mobile devices. That includes being able to… Read More »

Bio-Sensing Wearable Technology

by GrowMap
Feb 4, 2015Sep 21, 2015
1 Comment

Apple’s iWatch is not the only product on the wearable tech market. There is also the Microsoft Band. But neither of these is the most… Read More »

Creating Mobile Responsive Email Designs

by GrowMap
Nov 10, 2014Sep 24, 2015

Smart phones are everywhere with new models coming out every week. In Q1 2014 according to MarketingLand (citing U.S. Consumer Device Preference Report) 66% of… Read More »

How to Root Android – and Why You Would [How-to Video]

by GrowMap
Feb 8, 2013Oct 16, 2015
5 Comments

While we would usually think of rooting any device as only for techie geeks, in the case of Android the practice is so widespread there… Read More »

Best Products and Trends CES 2013 [Infographic]

by GrowMap
Jan 14, 2013Oct 16, 2015
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CES is where manufacturers roll out their latest goodies and serious reviewers share what they love – and hate – about new gadgets of all… Read More »

VIDEO REVIEWS: Sony Xperia Z Debuts CES 2013; Is This the Rumored C650x Odin Flagship Smartphone?

by GrowMap
Jan 9, 2013Oct 27, 2015
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Sony kept specs for their new flagship smartphone under wraps until yesterday at CES 2013. Previously some images had been leaked and rumors indicated the… Read More »

Watch Out: New Keyboards May NOT Be What You Like

by GrowMap
Dec 5, 2012Nov 19, 2015
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Keyboard manufacturers have quietly changed their keyboards and they do not make it easy to notice BEFORE you order it online or buy it and… Read More »

Android Apps: Best Practices for Promoting Android Apps

by GrowMap
Nov 20, 2012Sep 27, 2013
9 Comments

BEST ANDROID APPS Did you know there are an average of 103.9 Android apps launched every day? How can you possibly figure out which apps… Read More »

Halloween Geek Costumes: R2D2 Costumes for Geeks

by GrowMap
Oct 29, 2012Sep 27, 2013
1 Comment

Who could better appreciate R2D2 costumes more than people who love gadgets? Check out the huge variety and we challenge you to share any you… Read More »