The web is full of shiny new toys to play with. This can make it a bit overwhelming at times. A survey by Ashley Nolan—a Senior UI Engineer working at JUST EAT—regarding what tools web developers are currently using got me thinking about what we use at Twin State for front-end development. As a designer creating websites…
Keeping Your Office Healthy This Winter
It’s the day after Thanksgiving, and you know what that means: Christmas music has officially hit the airwaves, festive holiday decorations are being brought out of storage, and people everywhere are searching for the best deals of this holiday season. Come Monday, we’ll be returning to work. For many of us, this means sitting at…
So You Want to Build A Mobile App
It’s almost the end of 2016, and apps are everywhere. If you’re looking to create one of your own, you’re in luck! There are an abundance of choices for where to start. Some of our developers attended a talk given by Mike Cerny, a C# expert and mobile developer. At this talk, Cerny discussed five…
TSTS Employee’s Talents Take Center Stage
At Twin State Technical Services, we know our employees have what it takes to solve of any technical problems that come their way. We also know that their skills span past what they do at work. We take pride in our employee’s abilities and want to celebrate the contributions their talents make to our QC…
Help Welcome New Members of Our Team
As part of enhancing your experience with infrastructure management and technical support, Twin State Technical Services has added several new faces this September. New employees joining the infrastructure team include Network Engineers Jake Sellers and Brien Rakoci. Jake is a 2015 graduate in Computer Science from University of Iowa. Brien is a professional Information Systems…
Congratulations to Reader’s Choice Winners!
At Twin State, we want to celebrate the achievements of not only our employees, but the clients we work with. In a recent addition of the QC Times, several of our clients were voted as Reader’s Choice winners in a number of categories. In Beauty, Haus of Hair won Honorable Mention for Best Hair Salon…
Congratulations to TSTS Network Engineer!
We know our team is technically talented, but that isn’t where their skills end. Aaron Randolph, one of our Network Engineers, is also a storied playwright. At the end of August, Randolph was celebrated for his adaptation of a play penned in 1921 by a Davenport native, Susan Glaspell. The play titled “Inheritors” showed at…
Congratulations to Happy Joe’s and Snowstar!
At Twin State, we are proud of the businesses we work with and are always happy to highlight exciting news, especially when it comes to our clients! Recently news has us doubly excited! In the QC Times, it was announced that two of our clients—Happy Joe’s and Snowstar—will be joining forces come this winter. This…
General Virus Prevention for Businesses
Hello Everyone, We’re sending this out to educate you about the risk of malware—malicious software—and virus prevention best practices. The best way to understand how to avoid malware is understanding how infections occur, what different types of infections do, and the most common virus prevention practices. General Ways Infections Occur: There are too many ways…
Maintaining Regular Backups
Properly maintaining backups can financially benefit your business. Sometimes, it could even save your business. Several weeks ago, a popular encryption based virus made its way around the Quad Cities . . . again. This particular virus, Cryptowall, tricks users into opening a malicious file which infects their computer. Cryptowall can then spread throughout your…