by Phil Robb | May 5, 2025 | Education
Welcome to Robb.Tech’s “Weekly Unsolicited IT Advice” column! Each week, we deliver practical, expert insights to help small businesses tackle their IT challenges. This week, we’re focusing on a topic that’s critical to your success: internet reliability....
by Phil Robb | Apr 30, 2025 | Current News
Hey Lubbock business folks! If you’re running Windows 10, heads up—Microsoft is pulling the plug on support come October 14, 2025. That’s when updates, security patches, and help from Microsoft dry up. For small businesses here in our West Texas community, this isn’t...
by Phil Robb | Apr 21, 2025 | Current News
Imagine you’re running a coffee shop in downtown Lubbock, and every time you try to advertise your new latte special, one company controls the billboard, the radio, and even the social media ads. That’s what Google’s been doing with online ads, and a recent court...
by Phil Robb | Apr 14, 2025 | Education
Hey Lubbock, picture this: you’re sipping coffee at J&B, scrolling through your emails. One pops up that looks like it’s from a supplier, asking you to update your payment info for an invoice. The logo’s right, the tone’s professional, so you click the link and...
by Phil Robb | Apr 7, 2025 | Education
Hey Lubbock, imagine you’ve got a safe where you keep your most important stuff—customer lists, family photos, or business contracts. Right now, that safe has a pretty good lock. But what if someone’s working on a new kind of key that could open it years from now?...
by Phil Robb | Apr 1, 2025 | Current News
Imagine answering your phone and hearing your grandchild, voice shaky, saying they’re in jail and need money fast. You’d want to help, right? Now picture this: it’s not them—it’s a scammer using fancy tech to copy their voice perfectly. This isn’t science fiction;...
by Phil Robb | Mar 25, 2025 | Current News
The news of 23andMe’s bankruptcy filing has sparked a lot of questions about what happens to genetic data when a company falters. Having spent years running an IT business, I’ve seen how sensitive information can become a hot potato in situations like this—especially...
by Phil Robb | Mar 24, 2025 | Education
Hey everyone, Phil Robb here from Robb.Tech. As part of our weekly IT advice series, I want to talk about something important today—a scam that’s been popping up more and more lately. It’s not just another phishing email or fake tech support call; this one’s a bit...
by Phil Robb | Mar 17, 2025 | Education
Have you ever been stuck on hold with tech support, listening to that awful elevator music, just begging for a real human to pick up? Yeah, me too. These days, AI is popping up everywhere—running our thermostats, driving our cars, even chatting with us online. But...
by Phil Robb | Feb 24, 2025 | Education
When the internet goes down, it’s like someone pulled the plug on your business. Orders freeze, calls drop, and panic creeps in. Remember January 2025, when a Verizon fiber glitch left Midwest companies scrambling for hours? It’s not a one-off—outages hit hard and...
