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HubSpot restores Outlook email and calendar connections after Microsoft outage
HubSpot’s Outlook inbox and calendar connections are operational again after a Microsoft 365 outage. The company marked its incident resolved on November 13, 2026. Partial disruption affected three regions HubSpot’s incident notice described partial unavailability in…
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Crabs in a bucket: why people pull others down and how to keep moving
You've probably seen it happen: someone starts climbing, and the people closest to them start pulling. That's the crabs in a bucket…
How Some People Prey On Freelancers And How To Get Better Clients
Besides the occasional inquiries we receive from Tech Help Canada for service, I sometimes use freelance websites to find clients. It’s never…
Foolproof Local SEO Tips For Restaurant Companies
Own a new restaurant and wondering how to go about marketing it? Or maybe you’ve already established your business but want to…
SEO tips for new bloggers: the basics that work
SEO feels confusing when you treat it like a pile of tricks. These tips are for new bloggers who want better search…
AI basics: machine learning, deep learning, and what they mean for business
AI sounds more complicated than it needs to be because people use the same few terms to describe very different things. Machine…
Is SEO dead? No, but the old shortcuts are
Every year, someone declares SEO dead. The reason changes. Sometimes it’s a Google update. Sometimes it’s AI. Sometimes it’s a new platform…
