Following hot on the heels of office for iPad is the new iPhone optimised version of the popular Microsoft Office applications. Word, Excel and PowerPoint are all now available for download to the iPhone from the App Store now. And the best part of it is that they will be available free of charge. If [...]
EE customers in London will be able to enjoy blazing fast speeds on their smartphones and tablets as the carrier announced the completion of its 4G+ (LTE-A) network in the city. Live at 150 sites across London, EE's LTE-A network allows you to download at 150 Mbps on a compatible device. The carrier has stated [...]
Not many people are aware that you can connect Microsoft Outlook into your social networks to receive feeds on your contacts and other people you communicate with. The most obvious use of this in a corporate environment would be connecting to LinkedIn. Why would you want to do this? Well imagine you have a new [...]
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the EU’s scheme to unify existing data protection laws within the European Union. It is designed to strengthen the protection of online personal data and will require all businesses handling EU residents' data to delete personal information on request or when it is no longer required by the [...]
With cloud storage rapidly becoming a commodity, Microsoft has taken the next logical step in the file-syncing bunfight, doing away with storage quotas altogether for paying customers of its subscription Office 365 offerings. Microsoft began opening up the data-hosting sluices in June, when it gave every Office 365 subscribers' 1TB of OneDrive storage each. Now [...]
One of the most important iCloud features is arguably Find My iPhone, a free service from Apple that lets users track the location of misplaced, lost, or stolen iPhones, iPads, and even Macs. However, a major limitation of Find My iPhone is that it requires the device you’re looking for to be powered on and [...]
We occasionally get reports from our clients of them receiving phone calls from ‘Microsoft’ (or sometimes other well-known software companies) offering technical support for problems they are often not aware of. Often the caller will request confidential information such as your PC serial number, passwords or sometimes attempt to create a remote control session to [...]
Pro Drive has seen a noticeable increase in ‘CryptoLocker’ type malware recently – according to Symantec it has become eight times more prevalent than in January 2014. CryptoLocker is malicious software that encrypts your data files (word, PowerPoint, pictures, music, videos, etc.), preventing you from opening them, and then demands a ransom to give you [...]
A new government scheme has been developed to assess the controls businesses have in place to deal with cyber security threats. What is Cyber Essentials? The Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus marks are a government and industry backed certification available for businesses of all size and sectors. Companies who are assessed and meet the [...]
Those of you running the latest iOS 8 software on your iPhone or iPad might notice your battery life dwindling faster than usual.That's because the handful of shiny new features added to the mobile operating system are working harder to make your mobile experience more productive. Of course, ironically, that productivity lasts for less time [...]
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