Most office workers spend over 5 hours a day at their computer, and even more working through mobile devices. When your work day revolves so much around your computer experience, it's obvious that it's key factor in workplace satisfaction and in daily productivity. ...
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The $30 Virtual Reality Experience – Google Cardboard
Virtual Reality's been grabbing some attention lately. Hololens, Oculus Rift etc are all exciting new technologies to give us this 'virtual reality' world. But they're all still 'coming' and they look expensive. Luckily we don't have to wait, and we don't have to...
Microsoft Surface Power Cord – Voluntary Recall
We've just learned that Microsoft has initiated a voluntary recall for AC power cords (the cord that plugs into an electrical outlet) sold with the Microsoft Surface Pro and Microsoft Surface Pro 2, and with any Microsoft Surface Pro 3 purchased prior to July 15, 2015...
(Yet more) Ransomware Bugs and Virus
While we've been enjoying a great kiwi summer, it seems the virus writers and hackers have been busy. They've unleashed new variant's of the ransomware viruses, but this time the old trick of looking for poor English isn't working - the language looks more credible. ...
Our favourite ‘surviving the madness’ holiday app!
[header2 text="Let Google Maps help you get where you are going on time." align="left" color="#00cfef" margintop=""] With the annual bustle of Christmas upon us, our office conversation turned to mobile phone apps on Friday. The surprise was that some of our...
Keep your OneDrive space
We warned you a few weeks ago about a space reduction coming for OneDrive. [header2 text="Thankfully you can KEEP your bonus space!" align="left" color="#00cfef" margintop=""] All is not lost! With changes coming to reduce the free space you get with OneDrive - you...
We’d rather be writing about cool stuff, but there’s more Phishing to warn you about
We'd rather be writing about positive exciting things, like our favourite mobile apps, or industry trends and how they relate to our clients. Unfortunately, the hackers keep taking our attention. Here's the latest one today - and doesn't it look authentic! The first...
Getting ready for Christmas
Its Christmas time again (well almost) and along with shopping, gifts, Christmas parties, holiday bookings and the thousands of other things in need of sorting. There are also a couple of IT related items to be checked off. [header2 text="Backups" align="left"...
New latest post
If, like me, you love OneDrive, be warned that the space you get for free is being reduced. [header2 text="I love using OneDrive!" align="left" color="#00cfef" margintop=""] I use it to keep the family photos, to backup the camera on my Android phone, to store my...
Spear-Phishing (aka Whaling)
There's yet another new, and nasty, 'phishing' attack doing the rounds. We've heard it called SpearPhishing, or Whaling. Here's how it works. The villains research the name of your CEO and your accountant/CFO. This is often just a matter of looking on your website...