If you have a Facebook account – whether for your business or in a personal capacity – there are potential cyber security threats and you need to be vigilant. One common tactic used by hackers is to create a fake profile to target your Facebook friends. How can this happen? It is actually very easy
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For the vast majority of businesses today, technology plays a crucial role across the whole organisation – from managing emails to handling customer data, to sending out invoices. Business owners / directors usually make decisions about which applications need to be used to get the job done. Those applications are then implemented in a controlled
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If you’re starting to notice that your iPhone is not as responsive as it once was, here are some basic “housekeeping” steps that you can take, aimed at speeding things up again Give the phone a restart. It might sound basic, but so many people don’t actually switch off the device for long periods at
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Nowadays, it’s hard to get through a week without hearing something in the news about Artificial Intelligence (AI). Applications such as ChatGPT, Microsoft CoPilot, Google Gemini and Apple Intelligence are gaining attention and gaining users at an ever-increasing rate. AI is technology that enables a computer to think or act in a more ‘human’ way.
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Earlier this month, Apple held their Worldwide Developers Conference and amongst the news of new features and an updated Operating System, came news of “Apple Intelligence”. Conveniently (for Apple) using the abbreviation of “AI”, Apple Intelligence will provide the latest in personal intelligence for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It will come with the next Operating
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You may have heard in the news that BT recently announced that it has delayed the “PSTN Switch-Off”. This refers to the decommissioning of all copper-based data and phone lines across the UK. The end date has now been extended to January 2027 – some 13 months later than previously planned. The main reason for
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We have shared lots of information in the past about the risks of your IT systems being hacked, but there has also been a recent spate of hacks to WhatsApp accounts. If a hacker succeeds in getting in to your account, they will have access to all historic messages. For some people, those messages may
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Whether you are currently planning a holiday abroad or are someone who travels on business, it is easy to overlook what impact your travels might have on your mobile phone costs. There have been a few changes over recent years, in terms of the charges that will apply, and it is important to understand the
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Secure print software has existed for a number of years now. It’s a fairly common set-up for users to need to present a card or enter a PIN on a print device, to collect print jobs sent from their PC or laptop. However, that type of software has typically required some on premise infrastructure (server
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The National Crime Agency has reported that fraud is now the most commonly experienced crime in the UK, affecting UK society economically and socially. It accounts for over 40% of crime in England and Wales. With online crime a major part of this, no-one can afford to be complacent when it comes to cyber security.
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