Katherine Elrod

There are the go-to apps you use all the time that make your mobile device a tool, not a toy. To make my list, an app has to have three things: best-in-class functionality that is steadily developing, integrations with other top apps and the ability to let me work wherever I am on whatever device I have in front of me. Here's five.

Thinking of a tablet as a smaller, lighter laptop will keep you inside a legacy toolbox. Get out!

You put on 10 pounds? Your blood pressure's a little high? You aren't sleeping well at night? Eating too much fat and carbs? Is this information your boss should have?

In the "Internet of Things," will we be just another "thing"?

When it comes to technology, the buy vs. build conundrum is particularly problematic. Both approaches are the right way to go and both are wrong for you.

When it comes to business technology, whether or not your business should be on the cutting edge can come down to a few basic considerations.

Technology has changed every aspect of how we do business except one: the ritual sharing of a 2-by-3 rectangle of paper we know as the business card.

For precision control, an index finger is a poor substitute for a brush or graphite pencil.

How well prepared is your business for a disruption in critical services like phone, internet or power?

Quite a few businesses make the mistake of not planning for technology – an oversight that can result a pretty big unscheduled expense.