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What Is A Thumb Drive? Difference With Flash Drive
Thumb drives, pen drives, flash drives, USB sticks… aren’t they all just names for the same thing? Surprisingly, no. There is a difference between thumb drives and flash drives.There is a greater variety of storage options today than ever before: from external hard drives, to cloud storage, to USB types (1.0-3.0, USB-C, and more), it can easily become overwhelming
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How Long Do Flash Drives Last?
How long do flash drives last? The shortest answer is 10+ years, but even if you’ve owned a flash drive for 10 years, it may last longer or shorter than you think – depending mostly on how you use and keep it. Many people use flash drives for one of two purposes: transferring files from one location to another, or
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How to Design a Custom Flash Drive
Numerous benefits are associated with designing custom USB drives to grow your business or service, including their relatively low cost and extended use. Whether they continue to be used by the recipient or someone to whom they gift the drive, the custom USB remains one of the best for high number of impressions – 700 in its lifetime.
The
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iPad Users Rejoice! The New iPadOS Will Have Native USB Support
The consumer spoke, and Apple listened. At the World Wide Developers Conference in June, the Apple team announced that the newest iPad will now have its own operating system. No longer is it the big brother to the iPhone, instead, it is a bonafide entity of its own. One of the major differences is that it will now offer native
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China Trade War Will Hurt Most of Promo Product Industry
The US trade war with China, which has been intensifying over the last year, has now left both countries reeling from heavy import/export tariffs. Unfortunately, as is the case for many retail industries, the promotional product industry will have to contend with the fallout of what is essentially a 25% tax increase on the majority of their products – if
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How a Leading Car Company Saved Millions by Updating Firmware with CustomUSB
This time last year, a major American car company was reeling. They knew something ominous about a specific vehicle upgrade that their customers did not: Experts had discovered security vulnerabilities in the firmware of more than one million of their vehicles.
Based on the recall report, radios in the affected vehicles were compromised with software vulnerabilities that could let malicious
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Don’t Push a Pen with Your Name, Push the Actual Product
Maybe you’re the company’s events-coordination rock star, or maybe the task of ordering promotional items plopped into your unsuspecting lap. Maybe you have an upcoming convention, and you’re (rightfully) focused on your presentation, not your company’s promo products. (Someone else is handling the swag.) Or maybe – gulp – branded goodies aren’t part of your marketing strategy.
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American Dental Association Uses Chinese Supplier: Sends 37,000 USB Drives With Virus
Infected from the moment the memory sticks hit their USB ports, American Dental Association (ADA) members didn’t stand a chance against the malware virus spread by a trusted source last year. How did a nifty data-delivery method spiral into a PR nightmare in a matter of seconds? It boils down to three loaded little words: Made in China.
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7 Ways to Make Your Business Cards Flop
“Look at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh, my God. It even has a watermark.”
— Patrick Bateman (American Psycho)
Your business doesn’t have to be among the ranks of Google or Facebook to get results with your business card. You also don’t need to spend a ton of money on design or style.
For your
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5 Shocking Mistakes Businesses Make When Choosing Promotional Products
Choose the wrong swag, and your investment in promotional products could tank.
Select the right product, and you’ll gain all of the benefits a well-chosen item offers.
In reality, businesses often get caught up in the potential benefits that a promotional product could deliver, and easily fall into the trap of making common mistakes when choosing an item. Instead of
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