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The Unexpected Effects Of Smartphone Use (Including Acne Breakouts)
If you are a regular reader of Bit Rebels, you know how dirty your smartphone is. I've written about it many times. This is especially true if you tweet in the loo, which many people do. One out of every six smartphones has fecal matter on it, and bacteria can live on your phone for up to a week. Vi ...
3CX Mobile Device Manager: Manage Secure And Track All Company Devices
In today's mobile climate, most employees are expected to carry a smartphone or tablet for business. Without a mobile device manager (MDM), it's tough for a company to manage and track what is happening on each one of those devices. Companies want to maintain the security of the company data stored ...
![11 Website Conversion And Visitor Engagement Killers [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/11-website-coversion-killers-infographic-optimized.jpg "11 Website Conversion And Visitor Engagement Killers [Infographic]")
11 Website Conversion And Visitor Engagement Killers [Infographic]
Website conversion is one of the most important things to consider when starting a website. A lot of people think website conversion just refers to getting people to buy things, but that's not true. It refers to basically getting people to do anything you want them to do. Maybe you want them to foll ...
![Social Media History Started Years Before You Think It Did [Chart]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/history-of-social-media-infographic-optimized.jpg "Social Media History Started Years Before You Think It Did [Chart]")
Social Media History Started Years Before You Think It Did [Chart]
My first experience ever with social media was on IRC in about year 2000. It makes me laugh when I think about how it was considered rude back then to talk to more than one person at a time. Everyone did it anyway, but if you accidentally typed the wrong thing in the wrong window, you were busted. T ...
3D Printing Used To Redesign A Barbie Doll As A Real 19-Year-Old Girl
How old do you think Barbie is? I don't mean how many years has she existed. I mean how old is she? She's a 19-year-old girl or close to it, right? Everyone knows that a Barbie doll doesn't look like a real person, but what you might not know is that in order for her proportions to be real; she woul ...
![What British People Say vs. What They Actually Mean [Humor]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/what-british-people-say-humor-optimized.jpg "What British People Say vs. What They Actually Mean [Humor]")
What British People Say vs. What They Actually Mean [Humor]
Since I'm the Advertising Director here at Bit Rebels, I talk to people from all over the world. Whether it's on email or Skype, it's always fun to talk to people who live in other countries. Sometimes things get lost in translation. I've had some conversations that ended with me hanging up and scra ...
School Children Learn About Grammar From Celebrities On Twitter
We all know that techspeak can hurt our grammar. 'Techspeak' is a word used to describe the shorthand we use in text, IM, emails, social media and more. It goes beyond abbreviations like LOL, OMG and IMHO. It also encompasses real words that we spell wrong on purpose because it's faster or shorter. ...
![Internet Then & Now: Timeline From 1969 Till Today [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/internet-then-now-timeline-infographic-optimized.jpg "Internet Then & Now: Timeline From 1969 Till Today [Infographic]")
Internet Then & Now: Timeline From 1969 Till Today [Infographic]
Everyone knows the Internet is growing fast. That's no mystery. The question is, do you know how fast? According to the stats page on Wordpress, in 2011 there were over 100,000 new Wordpress blogs started every day. That number could easily be doubled by now, and that's just blogging. When I start t ...
Guy Uses Language App To Digitally Propose To His Foreign Girlfriend
There have been many romantically geeky marriage proposals over the years. People seem to be getting more creative when it comes to how they ask that special someone for a lifetime commitment. If you are a guy who is close to popping the question, I can understand it might be intimidating. This is e ...
![7 Ways To Provide Exceptional Online Customer Service [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ecommerce-online-customer-service-infographic-optimized.jpg "7 Ways To Provide Exceptional Online Customer Service [Infographic]")
7 Ways To Provide Exceptional Online Customer Service [Infographic]
We all know that consumers want to deal with customer service issues online these days, but are brands able to keep up? According to recent research by uberVU, the answer is simply no. For example, 65% of the world's top businesses are on Twitter, but companies only respond to an average of 30% of t ...
Summer BBQ Papercraft: A Grill & All The Fixins Made From Paper
This is the time of year for summer BBQs and creating special memories with friends and family. One of the best parts of summer BBQs is cooking on the grill. We've featured a lot of intricate papercraft on Bit Rebels over the years, but this is one I haven't seen before. This is basically a BBQ gril ...
Trekkie Builds Geeky Soapbox Starship Enterprise Racer In His Backyard
Whenever I think of a trekkie, I think of Sheldon Cooper and Leonard Nimoy. For some reason, those two names always come to mind. Trekkies are a special breed of geeks, and they would do anything to protect the Prime Directive. This particular trekkie, Rob Wixley, decided to show the world his Star ...
Detox From Over-Stimulation & Turn On Airplane Mode For A Moment
“I absorb electrical energy directly and utilize it with an almost one hundred percent efficiency. I am composed of strong metal, am continuously conscious, and can stand extremes of environment easily.” ―Isaac Asimov, I, Robot
I’m not into technology. No, really. I’m not. That’s why I’m so surpri ...
![The 10 Biggest Time Wasters During Your Workday [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Biggest-Workplace-Time-Wasters-Infographic-optimized.jpg "The 10 Biggest Time Wasters During Your Workday [Infographic]")
The 10 Biggest Time Wasters During Your Workday [Infographic]
We all waste a little time at work, right? It doesn't matter if you work from home or in a corporate setting. I'm not saying that's a bad thing. Sometimes taking five or ten minutes here or there to get our minds off what we're doing can give us a jolt of creativity and a new perspective. But how mu ...
Less Meeting App Will Change How You Conduct Business Meetings Forever
Most people I know don't like business meetings. Meetings seem to waste a lot of time and can kill productivity in everyone's workday. A few weeks ago, I wrote an article called 5 Types Of Business Meeting Villains Who Waste Your Time. What if there was a free app specifically designed to change how ...