How can you get the most out of your internet connection?
WiFi and the internet are essential assets for any business, and getting them to work effectively can sometimes be a struggle. Let’s look at how you can improve your connection to get the most out of your WiFi for your business. Look at your fibre to the cabinet Some poor internet connections aren’t solely to […]
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Google Improves ‘Quoted Search’
Google has made it easier to do quoted searches by adding snippets to search results to help users save time in locating a phrase in a web page. Quoted Searches Quoted Searches are searches where the search term is placed within quotation marks to find an exact match in the search engine results. However, although […]
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Pros and Cons of Weakening Encryption
With the Online Safety Bill threatening to undermine end-to-end encryption, we look at the strengths and weaknesses of this security trade-off. Encryption Encryption comes from the science of cryptography. In today’s digital world, encryption refers to using electronic devices to generate unique encryption algorithms which essentially scramble messages and data, making them unintelligible to anyone […]
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60% Of Us Will Have Digital Wallets By 2026
While some people are busy asking whether we’re seeing the death of cryptocurrencies, a new report says 60 percent of us will be using digital wallets by 2026. Digital Wallet Usage Driven By ‘Superapps’ A Juniper Research study says that the presence of ‘superapps’ will drive digital wallet use in developing countries that are currently […]
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How Is Your Business Staying Secure?
Data is one of the most valuable things for any business, and there are no more files going missing from the cabinet, it’s all stored in the magic of ‘the cloud’. We get it, data isn’t exciting and is often forgotten about, but losing it could have devastating effects on your business, let’s talk about […]
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Meraki to Cisco VPN
There are several scenarios where a site to site VPN between a Meraki MX device and a Cisco IOS device is needed. Meraki calls these Non-Meraki VPN Peers. The instructions for setting this up are here but it does not appear to work. Or rather, the VPN shows as alive, but traffic doesn’t seem […]
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TouchBistro – Support and troubleshooting
TouchBistro software for restaurants / bars. Runs on iPads and Mac devices. Pretty good for serving customers / taking orders directly at the table. Seems to do what most restaurants need / want. Software appears to be mature and their helpdesk support team are available without being on hold forever and know the software well. […]
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Cisco Small Business Switches – Firmware update issue / failure / not working
Cisco Small Business Switches. SF300, SG300 etc Particularly the older ones, fail to update to the latest firmware (currently 1.4.11.5). Complains of “illegal” file format or something similar. Issue: Can’t go from very old firmware to latest version in one step. And that is very poorly documented / hard to find on […]
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Google WorkSpace – SMTP Relay Failure – SMTP protocol error. 550-5.7.1 Daily SMTP relay limit exceeded for customer
SMTP Relay Errors Google WorkSpace have insisted on migration of all customers to new subscriptions. Whilst on the surface, it looks like it’s just an update to the existing subscription. New name etc, it’s actually a cancellation of the old subscription and a new subscription in Google’s backend. To the user / admin it shouldn’t […]
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Windows Overflow Added To Taskbar
For those who have so many apps open that they run out of space on the taskbar, Microsoft is adding an overflow button where the excess ones can be accessed. Overflow – Button With Three Dots For those who need it (i.e. those who are in the habit of having many apps open at once), […]
Read more Google Sacks Engineer Who Said AI Chatbot Was Sentient
Google has sacked senior software engineer Blake Lemoine, who made the news after saying that Google’s LaMDA chatbot’s responses to questions showed that it was a sentient being. What Happened? Back in June, Google engineer Blake Lemoine reported that the Language Model for Dialogue Applications (LaMDA ) AI system bot may have feelings and was […]
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Where Do People Get Their News From?
With young people now unlikely to read newspapers or watch the TV news, and following the latest Ofcom report, we look at which channels people get their news from. Decline of Printed Newspapers Newspaper readership has been declining for many years but the drop in readership during the pandemic years has been much more pronounced, […]
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