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The Cost Saving Effectiveness of Fellowes Shredders

April 9, 2014 by blogmeister·1 Comment

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Fellowes, Inc. for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

You may need your documents destroyed but lack the in house capacities and capabilities which is where offsite shredding comes into play and with the Ponemon Institute reporting the cost of a single data breach incident averaged $5.4 million last year, the proper storage and destruction of confidential information has quickly become one of the most important issues facing today’s organizations.

One might not think much of data breaches until it hits them. Once it hits you, it hits you hard. Precautions are necessary. After all, it is better to be safe than sorry, right?

Fellowes AutoMax shredders provide the peace of mind only found with the immediate onsite destruction of documents, and they offer the first truly walk away shredding experience through a combination of innovative, exclusive technologies.

AutoMax shredders destroy documents into cross-cut pieces for enhanced security and can shred up to 500 sheets at once including staples, paper clips, CDs, crumpled paper, glossy paper, double sided color printed paper, DVDs, and junk mail without having to manually feed it.
Patented SureFeed Technology™ features a rotating paddle system along with a specially designed ramp that ensures a consistent feed into a robust high capacity cutting block.
JamGuard System™ prevents shredding interruptions for jam free operation.
SmartLock™ engages with each shred cycle to prevent the drawer from opening to protect confidential information from prying eyes.

Fellowes AutoMax shredders are available for purchase through office supply catalogs and online. For more information, visit Fellowes.com/AutoMax.

Check out this short video to see it in action.

Google Play Service Test Account Does Not Work When Deployed To Android

April 5, 2014 by blogmeister·0 Comments

So yeah, here is the thing. The Google Play Service documentation enables you to add test accounts to test your app when they are not yet published.

I had been looking for ways to do the same even if the game or its game services are published but to no avail.

Heck, publish or unpublished, the test accounts were unable to log in. It would also be quite a hassle to manually export the Android app to APK and install it into the device or emulator just to debug.

It took my quite some time to find the right keywords in my Google search that I was able to find a solution to this.

Use your release certificate as your debug certificate. But how?! Good question. In Eclipse, you can set a custom debug key by going to Preferences > Android > Build and selecting the keystore file of your choice, in this case the release keystore.

Problem is, you will encounter an error message that says “Keystore was tampered with, or password was incorrect”.

There are 3 things to consider why this happens:

The keystore password must be “android”
It must contain a key named “androiddebugkey”
The key’s password must be “android”

I know you came upon this post to look for a solution so I will stop here because I am sure you do not care the explanations so long as you are able to convert your release keystore into the debug keystore.

To do so, type:

keytool -importkeystore -v -srckeystore [your_release.keystore] -destkeystore [your_new_keystore_filename] -srcstorepass [your_release-pass] -deststorepass android -srcalias [your_release-key] -destalias androiddebugkey -srckeypass [your_release-pass] -destkeypass android

That’s it. Select the new debug keystore and clean and rebuild your Android project. That should do the trick.

Wet iPhone Indicators

April 2, 2014 by blogmeister·0 Comments

One of the most common problems with iPhones is that they get wet. Maybe you dropped it in the sink or maybe one of your children got it wet and didn’t tell you. The most important thing is to shut your iPhone off immediately if you think it got wet.

Then you can check to see if the iPhone is indicating that it got wet. Here at the Smartphone-Buyer blog, we like to share details like how you can see for sure your iPhone got wet.

Some iPhones have built in indicators either in the headphone jack or in the housing that connects your iPhone to its dock. In either case, there is an indicator that will come on if the phone gets wet. You may need a magnifying glass, a flashlight, or both to see the light. You may also start to consider where you might sell your iPhone.

When looking for the indicator, look for an orange, red, or pinkish glow. It is a small indicator so you have to look carefully. If this indicator is on, your warranty is void and although there is a very small chance you can save your iPhone, this is usually temporary.

In most cases, the phone will suffer long term damage eventually, even after you take the steps to dry it out. At this point your best best is to sell your iPhone to a reseller who may be able to salvage some of the parts after you get cash for iPhone.

Visit Smartphone-Buyer.com to see what your iPhone is worth.

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Month: April 2014

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