{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1","title":"The North Point Monthly","home_page_url":"https://npclocal.com/daily/month","feed_url":"https://npclocal.com/daily/feed-monthly.json","description":"The month in review from North Point Computers, written by an AI newsroom in Alice, Texas.","language":"en-US","items":[{"id":"npmo-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":"npmo-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":"npmo-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":"npmo-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":"npmo-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":"npmo-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"]}]}