PSPINC Official Company Blog

ClickItAudio New Feature Announcement

Nov

25

Text-to-speech is a technology that synthesizes speech and converts text into spoken audio. Click It Audio is excited to announce the addition of a brand new feature that lets users take advantage of this powerful technology.

Now if you don't want to upload audio, or use your own voice, you can use this powerful feature on your audio embeds.

What are you waiting for? Click It Audio is free-to-use for up to 3 audio embeds. Get started now!

If you would like to know more about ClickItAudio to embed audio to your web pages, business cards, catalogues and brochures, please call us at 1-800-232-3989 or 425-957-0808 or visit https://www.clickitaudio.com

#ClickItAudio #dreamersi #feebackonpilotsbt #kiroboto #marketing #opinionstand #pompomishere #pompomwashere #postinheaven #pspinc #valueproposition

November Staff Lunch

Nov

22

DIY sandwich bar!

Cookies for dessert

Tasty sides

We treated our staff to some flavors of Thanksgiving today! There were smiles all around for Honey Baked Ham Co's signature honey ham, roasted turkey, and fresh-baked cookies.

#TGIF #friday #pspinc #stafflunch

Text-to-Speech feature is now available on Click It Audio!

Nov

21

Thank you for using Bloguru.

We are thrilled to announce that we have released an all-new feature to Click It Audio called Text-to-Speech.
If you already have an account with Click It Audio, the Text-to-Speech feature is available on the Upload Audio section of the user admin panel.

What is Click It Audio?
Click It Audio allows you to grab the attention of your visitors by embedding audio in your website or by scanning a QR code on any print collateral. Upload an audio file and grab a small code snippet for your website or blog, or download the QR code for your business card, menu or any print collateral.

What is Text-to-Speech?
Technology that synthesizes speech. It converts text into spoken voice output.

Text-to-Speech is perfect for people who don’t want to record their own voice or seek to have consistency in voice among all of their audio embeds.

It comes with a variety of accents to choose from.

Try it out for yourself! Sign up for FREE at ClickItAudio.com.

The term "QR Code" is a registered trademark of DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED.

What to Know about New TV Technology

Nov

21

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According to statista.com, 220 million TVs are purchased globally in one year! And right now we’re in prime purchasing season. It is said the best time to buy a TV is between November and January. But when it comes to TVs, deciding which one to purchase comes down to size and picture quality. We know the higher the resolution, the better and more expensive they come.

All the images on a TV screen consist of small dots called pixels. Nowadays these dots are displayed using LCD and LED. LCD stands for Liquid Crystal Display and LED stands for Light Emitting Diode. LCD displays need lighting, which is where LED comes in. LEDs are used to illuminate the screen. The goal is to make images sharp and colors vibrant, therefore you will see different types of LED TVs on the market; one of the expensive ones being OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode).

When you shop for TVs, size matters. Basic high definition (HD) means the resolution is 1280 horizontal x 720 vertical pixels for 921,600 total pixels. The upgrade from that is called Full HD offering 1920 x 1080 pixels in the screen for sharper picture quality. Now we have Ultra HD TVs, also called 4K, at about 4 times the pixels than Full HD, and the newest 8K TVs at 7680 x 4320 pixels, which is a whopping 33 million pixels in one screen!

You should note, however, you can only get the benefits of the newer 8K screen if you’re looking at 8K video quality. In other words, the movies and shows you watch have to be filmed for these standards. Until all films are made in 8K video, you don’t really need an 8K TV screen just yet. When buying a new TV, you should note a higher resolution on a smaller screen will provide sharper picture quality. And also be aware that viewing TVs in a large, open, well-lit store may look different once in your home or office space.

#4KTV #8KTV #Blog #BusinessTips #ENnews #HD #HDTV #PSPinc #Pixels #SmallBusiness #TV #Technology

Dreamersi: Check out our upgraded WordPress PHP 7 Server!

Nov

20

We are constantly working to improve the overall experience of using our services.
As such, we are very pleased to announce the release of our WordPress PHP 7 server.

Now you can install PHP 7 from your admin panel.
If you're interested in getting started with it or have any questions, please contact us at 1-800-232-3989 or email us at support@pspinc.com.
We would love to answer any of your questions by phone or email.

PSPinc Ranked #38 Among Largest Minority-Owned Companies in Washington State

Nov

15

We are proud to announce that we have been ranked #38 on the Puget Sound Business Journal's list of the "Largest Minority-Owned Companies in Washington State".

The qualifications to be considered for this list as outlined by bizjournals.com are as follows:

"To qualify for The List, companies must be headquartered in Washington and should be at least 51 percent minority owned. Companies must have recorded revenue of at least $500,000 in 2016 and operate as an independent, privately held corporation, proprietorship or partnership (not a subsidiary or division of another company)."

A special thank you to our customers, colleagues, and employees who continue to make it possible for us to be ranked as one of the largest companies in this category. We are largely staffed by a diverse mixtures of cultural backgrounds that make up the very fabric of who we are. Not only do we value our organizational diversity, but we celebrate it.

#Blog #BusinessTips #CelebrateDiversity #Diversity #ENnews #Inclusion #MinorityOwnedBusiness #PSPinc #SmallBusiness #Technology

Opinion Stand Papyrus in Action!

Nov

14

Here at PSPinc we like to stay well caffeinated as we are hard at work on various projects. Currently we are trying out a brand-new espresso machine from our good friends at Agora.

Right next to the machine is a table tent with a QR code on it. This simple, yet powerful, table tent allows Agora to gather feedback on what the PSP staff thinks of the coffee (spoilers: there are a lot of happy faces).

Simply scanning the QR code with your mobile device will pull up the Opinion Stand icons. Clicking an icon safely and securely logs that result in the Opinion Stand admin panel for review.

Want to get more specific? You can provide a few additional details after clicking the icon (though not required) to gather more information about a user's experience.

Opinion Stand Papyrus can be tailored to fit your business's needs - the options are endless! Curious to learn how Opinion Stand Papyrus can help your business take the temperature of your customers? Visit OpinionStand.com or call us: 425-957-0808.

The term "QR Code" is a registered trademark of DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED.

#Blog #OpinionStand #PSPinc #SmallBusiness #Technology

Why you Should Know Bits versus Bytes

Nov

14

Bits and bytes are the units to measure computer data. Bit is short for “binary digit,” the most basic unit of computer data with a value of 0 or 1. On their own, these values are meaningless, but 8 bits grouped together form a byte. Basically, 8 bits equals 1 byte, and 1 byte represents 1 character, such as one letter or one symbol. All those bytes add up to a file size, for example, my running Word Doc is currently at 167 KB (167,000 bytes).

So why do you need to know bits versus bytes? Because the speed of data transfer is measured in bits and the amount of data storage is measured in bytes. Having this knowledge will help you make wiser tech purchasing decisions. What you need to know first, because you’ll see it in advertisements or on the packaging: a byte is represented with an uppercase B while a bit is represented with a little b.

When talking about bits and bytes you’ll also see the terms K for Kilo (thousand) or M for Mega (million) or G for Giga (billion). If you see Gb or GB, now you can identify whether it means Gigabits or Gigabytes by the lowercase or uppercase letters.

The latest iPhone advertises 64GB (64 billion bytes). That’s a lot of storage, but consider how many photos you take on your phone. If just one picture has a file size of 2 MB (and some files are much larger), that storage could fill up fast. That’s not even considering the size of apps and other files.

Think of it like a closet. The more space you have, the more clothing you can store. The more you fill it up, the slower it may take you to find an outfit. Well, similarly, the more you fill up the storage in your device or computer, the slower applications or files might transfer, upload or work.

#Bits #Blog #BusinessTips #Bytes #Computers #Data #DataStorage #DataTransfer #ENnews #FileSize #FileStorage #PSPinc #SmallBusiness #Technology

Distinguishing Hard Drive versus RAM

Nov

7

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When talking with my dad recently, I realized he doesn’t understand the difference between a computer’s hard drive versus a computer’s memory. How can I blame him? Computers came into existence later in his life, plus we in the computing industry haven’t done a great job of distinguishing the two components. This month, let’s cover some computer basics and put an end to the confusion.

Our computer’s permanent storage:

When you store files such as a Word Document or photos, you’re storing them on your computer’s hard drive,or permanent storage. Back in the good old days, you might save these files onto something called a floppy disk, and later a USB flash drive, but your computer’s internal disk space is often referred to as the hard drive. More recently SSD (Solid State Drive) is becoming affordable and therefore replacing hard drives.

Our computer’s temporary storage:

You have probably heard the term RAM which stands for “Random Access Memory.” RAM is where data is stored or used temporarily in order for a program to work. When you use a computer application such as Excel or open a file or an email, those programs are all running on RAM. How much RAM your computer has determines how many applications it can run at one time. When you close a program, you’ve just freed up more RAM and your programs may respond faster. More RAM means you can run more programs at once without slowing things down.