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Are you starting a business or already have a small business in operation? Taking the headache out of routine administrative tasks definitely goes a long way in freeing up more of your time to concentrate on building a great product for your company. This is especially true if you’re running a small shop with limited staff.

So I came across this great resource for starter web apps for small businesses that I’ve found to be particularly useful and that I’m actually putting to use.

A few of the take-aways:

• Managing your projects – Basecamp
• Taking notes, capturing information – Evernote
• Billing, invoicing, client account management – FreshBooks
• Track employee status, clock-in and out times – InOutBoard
• Resume management, hiring – The Resumator

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Soon after releasing offline access for GMail, Google now makes available offline Google Calendar. It was previously only available to Apps users but has now been turned on for everyone. Like offline GMail, offline GCal uses Gears to sync while online and make content available locally when offline.

The neat thing about this is that you can now have access to your schedule/agenda while on the go, and all in one place within GMail if you have enabled the Calendar gadget.

The downside is that calendar entries cannot be edited while offline for automatic syncing when you get back online. Hopefully this is a feature that will be introduced soon.

An interesting post from Matt Cutts, a Search Quality Manager at Google, explaining (quite well) why Google is not exactly intent on removing pages from their index that may offend you, or perhaps malign your name in one way or another.

So what if a Google search of your name brings up negative results, not portraying you in the most positive light – true or otherwise? You need to be the one defining your identity on the Web – your best defense is a good offense.

Here are a couple of precious tips and tricks from Lifehacker that I think are quite useful.