It’s not in the car or at the office. It’s not between the couch cushions. You’re sure that Fluffy didn’t eat it. It isn’t swimming in the toilet. OMG, where the h is your p?

Losing your cell phone is a real nightmare. It’s annoying, inconvenient, and stressful. If you’re a small business owner, the phone is your life line, full of client and vendor info, calendars, and more.

Before marching down to your local wireless store and spending big bucks to get a new one, consider the following to locate your phone:

Many of us—particularly those who don’t travel for business a lot—have a certain admiration for business travelers and mobile entrepreneurs. In fact, we often see frequent fliers as globe-trotting, jet-setting professional vagabonds.

But traveling for business is becoming more common, as many of today’s entrepreneurs and small business owners spend much of their time on-the-go. That means more professionals are discovering the unpleasant truth about travel: it’s not all mimosas and flight upgrades. It can be difficult, frustrating, and even mind-numbing.

Fortunately, business travel is getting better, thanks to technological upgrades, including tons of cool mobile apps. Don’t let your next trip wear you out. Give some of these apps a try!

Here are five apps to make “the road” a little smoother.

Trust us, those calls aren’t from Grasshopper, and we’re working to stop the spam call issue. We hate spammers just as much as you do!

We’ve received quite a few reports from customers about “Grasshopper spam calls,” which brought our attention to the growing problem of caller ID spoofing and robocalls.

We want to take this opportunity to explain what these things are, why they happen, how to prevent them and what we’re doing about it.

Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo, recently announced that the company’s employees must shut the doors to their at-home offices and bring their briefcases to the headquarters. Ever since, the ‘net has been buzzing with opinions, surveys, and questions about working from home.

We have a lot of customers, friends, and employees who work from home, and know that it’s a productive way to get the job done. We also know that working from home isn’t for everyone, and can present complications. We’ve been on the lookout for the most insightful and interesting posts from the past couple of weeks surrounding the topic.

The highest value, best-rated phone system with the maximum number of features is still only as good as the people answering it– and those people are only as good as their greetings. First impressions are important. How calls from clients and prospects get answered sets the tone for the entire call. Here are six proven winners to help your staff start conversations off on the right foot…um…lip?