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If you're looking for the most authentic 'old world foods' your search ends at Andy Pasta Ltd.  Long time members of the specialty food industry, the D'Antuono family has been responsible for introducing a slew of authentic old world imports from countries including Italy, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the U.K. and many others.  Andy Pasta Ldt. is the online version of a boutique cheese and specialty shop and the ability to order and ship these products nationwide makes a truly special experience as these European specialties are rare and thus difficult to find in the United States.  Cheeses, cured meats, oils, vinegars, honeys, jams, sweets and other delicacies are all offered on the website.  Just in time for the holidays, Andy Pasta also offers pre-packaged gift boxes with flat rate $9.95 shipping within the 48 contiguous states.  To indulge in one or many of the products offered by Andy Pasta, visit their website by clicking here.    

Charles DiBartolo, President of BetterBizWorks was featured in the Staten Island Advance with Google’s Vice president, Susan Molinari attending a convention hosted by Google. The event, called “New York Get Your Business Online,”was held on Tuesday at the Hilton Garden Inn, Staten Island.  According to statistics, over 53% of small business owners have yet to build websites for themselves making it difficult to obtain potential clients who go to the web to find out more information about different businesses. Google wanted to help these businesses grow by giving the opporunity build web presence while also providing tips to help promote their respective businesses.  To read the full article, click here!

Google Adword developers have just announced that users will be unable to access their Google Adword accounts between the hours of 1PM and 11PM on Saturday, September 22nd.  While ads will still run properly during the period, users will not be able to view their account information or change their ads.  Google Ads developer Kevin Winter states that the changes are "necessary to keep adwords and DFP running smoothly."  To learn more about Google Adwords Downtime, visit this link.   

If you have registered your domain with GoDaddy or have a website hosted there. You could be having difficulty accessing your site. We have had a few customers that have their domains registered there and are having some issues. It has been reported that Godaddy's Servers were hacked by Anonymous. If you need guidance feel free to call us or Contact Us.

Are you a sports fanatic?  You should check out Wiseman Sports new website to get Armando's favorite picks for football, baseball, hockey and more!  Check out the new site by clicking here!

As paper mail-in rebates become antiquated, many are beginning to take advantage of "easy" online rebates, but if you're thinking of doing this at Staples, you  should think again.  Don't end up stabbing yourself in the eye with those $8 scissors you purchased just to get a $3.00 rebate.  If you browse around online, you'll see that the general consensus for the Staples rebate is widely described as frustrating and nightmarish.  My personal experience of trying to save $3 on a spool of paper started off like any other normal rebate as I purchased the paper and filled out all of the necessary information for the rebate card at the register.  After politely declining the cashier's offer for the special Staples appreciated customer card for an additional $10, I signed the appropriate paperwork and later logged into the rebate program online. Once on the website, you must re-enter all of the information that you previously filled out in the store (this includes name, email, password etc).  Next comes a component of the Staples Easy Rebate namesake, it's a seventeen digit confirmation number, misleadingly known as the "easy rebate number."   It's sort of equivalent to a "convenience fee" or those little fancy ketchup packets: nothing fancy about them.   After deciphering the sequence of numbers which are poorly printed on the receipt, you'll be asked to enter them once more before clicking confirm.  A good tip on entering your easy confirmation number is to highlight, copy and paste the second time you enter it, as it's not uncommon to get stuck on this step.

While the fiasco of signing up for a Staples rebate is certainly a first world problem, other common online reviews tell of experiences where larger rebates were never recorded and thus never received by customers.  Undocumented confirmation numbers and a lack of customer service are just a few attributes of the more involved experiences on the web.  Overall, It's a shame that a business will make people jump through so many hoops just to purchase a product at a reasonable price.  With complicated rebate numbers, error messages on the confirmation page and several other varying factors, there's nothing easy about it.  In the meantime, my work will pay off in 4-8 weeks when my $3.00 rebate arrives. Hopefully.

If you are a Google Mail user, you most likely experienced a major "WTF" moment last week as you probably noticed that your Google Docs were nowhere to be found.  Google has a pretty good track record on alerting users about changes and events in regards to their services and applications.  In March, Google notified us when their privacy and search policies were changed and shortly after, they notified us about a defective Cuisinart Coffee Maker that had malfunctioned in a small lobby on the second floor of Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California.  While Google usually alerts its users on even minute changes, there was no warning of the Google Docs transfer, thus leaving many users frustrated and confused.

Where are my Google Docs?

For those of you searching near and far, you can stop.  Your Google Docs can easily be recovered through a new feature called Google Drive.  Google Drive is a new component  which allows you to to access all of your documents (word documents, spreadsheets, images etc.) from several different avenues including your desktop, tablet, mobile device and more.  When first uploading your new Google Drive feature, you will be provided with an immediate 5GB of space; however, you can upgrade to get more space whenever you need it.  To learn more about Google Drive and see a full list of the benefits, click this link.