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The Global Chip Shortage

Global chip Shortage

How is the global chip shortage affecting your business? Over the last 2 years, the world has struggled with the massive chip shortage. Its not just tech businesses that are being hurt by this. Its not just the laptops and desktops that we use, its the appliances at home and

Staff working remotely?

Staff

Do you have any of your staff working remotely? This is really important for you to get on top off. Having members of your team working remotely or on a hybrid basis is now pretty normal. In fact it can be really important for the retention of staff and attracting

July’s Technology Insider

Tech Insider

Hybrid working: Hate it or rate it? Hello and welcome to the July 2022 edition of our Technology Insider newsletter. How do you feel about hybrid working, the mix of working remotely and in the office? Working from home has a very specific effect on your team’s productivity – and we

Those Apps

Some of the Apps you employees are using could be a security risk, and they just wont stop using them. We all use apps these days, and a lot of the apps and software have probably changed since the start of the covid pandemic. Its not surprise they have changed

AI changes

AI Changes

New approach to leadership approach to AI from Microsoft An AI tool that could not only recognise our facial features, but also identify our mood, Microsoft have decided to retire and rework. Experts have highly criticised Azure face, as they believe an emotion recognition tool, as they believe it violates

Are They Watching Me?

Spying

Have you ever wondered if the apps you use are spying on you? Here is how to find out!! One of the worst kept secrets is that some apps, like to keep tabs on what you are doing. Everyone has had that feeling or experience. Your talking at the coffee

DO NOT DISTURB

Imagine hours to get on with your most important tasks, without any interruptions from your team. It’s the dream isn’t it? A major update to Windows 11 will help you work with zero distractions. Our new video shows you how. Any Questions? Please get in touch    

Spam

Every Year businesses lose hundreds of hours to spam! We all get them, we all hate them. Spam Emails? There is the pain of sorting through them and clearing them from your inbox. It’s a productivity killer for your business. Following a recent report, it has been highlighted that your

Crumbs in the keyboard?

June Newsletter

June’s Technology Insider: Crumbs in the keyboard? Hello and welcome to the June 2022 edition of our Technology Insider newsletter. Did you know two thirds of people working remotely are using faulty devices. And you won’t believe the main reason why… all is revealed in this month’s cover story. Also

No More Notifications

Notifications

Finally! Blocking disruptive notifications is coming to Google Chrome. When your surfing the web it can become overwhelming with the number of notifications that people want us to see. There are the policies to accept for cookies and tracking, but then there are the permissions for them to send notifications

Reduce the Burden

The business owner’s briefing: Focus more, be interrupted less… and get stuff done When you own or manage a business, your cognitive load can be overwhelming. Not only do you have your own work to think about, but your focus often has to be split between that and what your

Cyber Security Mistakes

Every day there is a new warning about a threat to cyber security, that’s how it feels. Every week we are writing a new blog or recording a new video. But it is for a Really good reason. In the last 12 months, Cyber Attacks went up, with ransomware attacks