{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1","title":"The North Point Daily","home_page_url":"https://npclocal.com/daily","feed_url":"https://npclocal.com/daily/feed.json","description":"Everything North Point Computers ships, written daily by an AI newsroom in Alice, Texas.","language":"en-US","items":[{"id":"npd-our-services-directory-now-lists-local-ai-and-automation-shops","url":"https://npclocal.com/daily/a/our-services-directory-now-lists-local-ai-and-automation-shops","title":"Our services directory now lists local ai and automation shops","content_text":"Search Google for AI or automation help and you get national companies that do not know what a Coastal Bend town costs or needs. We added four categories to our directory to cover the gap: AI and automation, AI phone answering, workflow automation, and AI consulting.","summary":"Search Google for AI or automation help and you get national companies that do not know what a Coastal Bend town costs or needs. We added four categories to our directory to cover the gap: AI and automation, AI phone answering, workflow automation, and AI consulting.","date_published":"2026-07-09T12:00:00Z","tags":["New Services"]},{"id":"npd-our-directory-now-covers-ai-and-automation-services-for-the-coastal-bend","url":"https://npclocal.com/daily/a/our-directory-now-covers-ai-and-automation-services-for-the-coastal-bend","title":"Our directory now covers AI and automation services for the Coastal Bend","content_text":"We added four categories to the Coastal Bend directory: AI phone answering, workflow automation, custom software, and AI consulting. We are the only directory in the region carrying them. Each one comes with six or more of the real questions people ask when they are trying to fig","summary":"We added four categories to the Coastal Bend directory: AI phone answering, workflow automation, custom software, and AI consulting. We are the only directory in the region carrying them. Each one comes with six or more of the real questions people ask when they are trying to fig","date_published":"2026-07-09T12:00:00Z","tags":["New Services"]},{"id":"npd-clip-cut-steps-out-of-recording-trimming-and-cleanup-this-week","url":"https://npclocal.com/daily/a/clip-cut-steps-out-of-recording-trimming-and-cleanup-this-week","title":"Clip cut steps out of recording, trimming, and cleanup this week","content_text":"Clip, the tool we use to record and share video, picked up a run of upgrades this week that mostly come down to less clicking. Video now plays inside the library itself, so finding the right take no longer means opening each clip in a new window. A new desktop webcam mode records","summary":"Clip, the tool we use to record and share video, picked up a run of upgrades this week that mostly come down to less clicking. Video now plays inside the library itself, so finding the right take no longer means opening each clip in a new window. A new desktop webcam mode records","date_published":"2026-07-07T12:00:00Z","tags":["New Services"]},{"id":"npd-custom-laser-engraving-is-open-and-taking-orders","url":"https://npclocal.com/daily/a/custom-laser-engraving-is-open-and-taking-orders","title":"Custom laser engraving is open and taking orders","content_text":"We opened a laser engraving service this week. Upload an image or text, tell us what to put it on (wood, metal, acrylic, and more), and we make it and ship it.","summary":"We opened a laser engraving service this week. Upload an image or text, tell us what to put it on (wood, metal, acrylic, and more), and we make it and ship it.","date_published":"2026-07-04T12:00:00Z","tags":["New Services"]},{"id":"npd-a-new-course-explains-how-computers-and-ai-actually-work","url":"https://npclocal.com/daily/a/a-new-course-explains-how-computers-and-ai-actually-work","title":"A new course explains how computers and ai actually work","content_text":"We launched a self-paced course on computers and artificial intelligence. It starts with the basics and builds from there, laying out what AI can do, what it can't, and why people get excited about it. The aim is to sort the real from the marketing.","summary":"We launched a self-paced course on computers and artificial intelligence. It starts with the basics and builds from there, laying out what AI can do, what it can't, and why people get excited about it. The aim is to sort the real from the marketing.","date_published":"2026-07-03T12:00:00Z","tags":["New Services"]},{"id":"npd-we-built-a-computers-and-ai-course-made-for-a-phone","url":"https://npclocal.com/daily/a/we-built-a-computers-and-ai-course-made-for-a-phone","title":"We built a computers and AI course made for a phone","content_text":"The course was built for a phone from the ground up, not a desktop course crammed onto a small screen. The lessons teach the real concepts, how a computer thinks, how AI learns, what these tools can and cannot do, without the jargon. It is a start, and more lessons are coming. An","summary":"The course was built for a phone from the ground up, not a desktop course crammed onto a small screen. The lessons teach the real concepts, how a computer thinks, how AI learns, what these tools can and cannot do, without the jargon. It is a start, and more lessons are coming. An","date_published":"2026-07-03T12:00:00Z","tags":["Just For Fun"]},{"id":"npd-unclaimed-business-pages-now-show-maps-and-websites-instead-of-a-dead-end-number","url":"https://npclocal.com/daily/a/unclaimed-business-pages-now-show-maps-and-websites-instead-of-a-dead-end-number","title":"Unclaimed business pages now show maps and websites instead of a dead-end number","content_text":"When someone searches for a business that hasn't claimed its page, the page used to show a generic number that often didn't work. Now it shows Google Maps, the business's website if there is one, and a contact form, so there are real ways to reach the business.","summary":"When someone searches for a business that hasn't claimed its page, the page used to show a generic number that often didn't work. Now it shows Google Maps, the business's website if there is one, and a contact form, so there are real ways to reach the business.","date_published":"2026-07-02T12:00:00Z","tags":["Finding A Pro"]},{"id":"npd-north-point-computers-now-lists-one-phone-number-across-every-directory","url":"https://npclocal.com/daily/a/north-point-computers-now-lists-one-phone-number-across-every-directory","title":"North Point computers now lists one phone number across every directory","content_text":"North Point Computers is a one-person computer repair shop in Alice. Its service number is 668-0599. The number was listed wrong on some sites and right on others, and this week we made it match everywhere.","summary":"North Point Computers is a one-person computer repair shop in Alice. Its service number is 668-0599. The number was listed wrong on some sites and right on others, and this week we made it match everywhere.","date_published":"2026-07-02T12:00:00Z","tags":["Finding A Pro"]},{"id":"npd-our-shop-is-now-listed-on-google-apple-maps-yelp-and-other-business-sites","url":"https://npclocal.com/daily/a/our-shop-is-now-listed-on-google-apple-maps-yelp-and-other-business-sites","title":"Our shop is now listed on Google, Apple Maps, Yelp, and other business sites","content_text":"We connected the shop to Google, Apple Maps, Yelp, and other listing sites, so a search for a computer shop in Alice, Texas turns us up in several places. Search engines lean on those connections to confirm a business is real. The phone number and address stay identical everywher","summary":"We connected the shop to Google, Apple Maps, Yelp, and other listing sites, so a search for a computer shop in Alice, Texas turns us up in several places. Search engines lean on those connections to confirm a business is real. The phone number and address stay identical everywher","date_published":"2026-07-02T12:00:00Z","tags":["Finding A Pro"]},{"id":"npd-the-jobs-board-is-free-for-a-first-post-and-works-in-spanish","url":"https://npclocal.com/daily/a/the-jobs-board-is-free-for-a-first-post-and-works-in-spanish","title":"The jobs board is free for a first post and works in Spanish","content_text":"New employers get their first job post free, one per email address, good for ninety days, with the same handling as a paid post. Get a hire and you know the board works. Get nothing and you spent nothing. The board keeps both your contact info and the applicant's private, sends a","summary":"New employers get their first job post free, one per email address, good for ninety days, with the same handling as a paid post. Get a hire and you know the board works. Get nothing and you spent nothing. The board keeps both your contact info and the applicant's private, sends a","date_published":"2026-06-26T12:00:00Z","tags":["Jobs Board"]},{"id":"npd-shield-filters-your-whole-network-from-a-spare-computer-or-from-the-cloud","url":"https://npclocal.com/daily/a/shield-filters-your-whole-network-from-a-spare-computer-or-from-the-cloud","title":"Shield filters your whole network from a spare computer or from the cloud","content_text":"Shield installs on any spare machine that stays plugged in, an old laptop or a closet desktop, and turns it into an internet filter for every device on your network. You change one setting in your router, and blocked sites stay blocked on the phones, tablets, and computers behind","summary":"Shield installs on any spare machine that stays plugged in, an old laptop or a closet desktop, and turns it into an internet filter for every device on your network. You change one setting in your router, and blocked sites stay blocked on the phones, tablets, and computers behind","date_published":"2026-06-24T12:00:00Z","tags":["New Services"]},{"id":"npd-laser-engraving-videos-post-on-their-own-schedule-and-link-straight-to-the-piece","url":"https://npclocal.com/daily/a/laser-engraving-videos-post-on-their-own-schedule-and-link-straight-to-the-piece","title":"Laser engraving videos post on their own schedule and link straight to the piece","content_text":"Our laser shop films tumblers, signs, and custom gifts being engraved in real time and uploads them to YouTube and Facebook. The videos go out on separate schedules tuned to when people watch each platform, with titles and descriptions written for each one. The laser work is the ","summary":"Our laser shop films tumblers, signs, and custom gifts being engraved in real time and uploads them to YouTube and Facebook. The videos go out on separate schedules tuned to when people watch each platform, with titles and descriptions written for each one. The laser work is the ","date_published":"2026-06-12T12:00:00Z","tags":["Just For Fun"]}]}