Eventful connections

If you’re holding an event that usually involves lots of people – and, although most people are used to using their phone signal to get online, it may depend on how good the signal is in the area where your event is taking place – it can mean little or no...

What is Superfast broadband?

There’s a lot of discussion about Superfast broadband, but what does that really mean? There are two speeds to think about – upload speed and download speed.  Upload speed is normally only about 20% of the download speed, but unsurprisingly, broadband suppliers...

It’s not just Big Brother watching you

The rot is insidious – we are now used to seeing ads appearing in our Facebook feeds that relate to our recent purchases or websites we’ve visited; but most of us are getting ‘Ad blind’.  We ‘tune out’ those annoying banner ads on websites to the point that, if asked...

What Microsoft hasn’t told you

Most of the bugs in Windows 10 have been ironed out now – and we are recommending that our clients upgrade.  However, Microsoft have taken their nagging us to upgrade (you know that annoying little reminder box that pops up at regular intervals) to a new level.  If...

“Take me home …”

Driverless cars are definitely not just a possibility, but already exist in the UK.  UK were NOT one of the 72 countries who signed the Vienna Convention, which included a clause stating ‘every vehicle or combination of vehicles shall have a driver’.  Most of our...

The Apple Watch

I bought the latest Apple device in May (2015) so now I’ve had it strapped to my wrist for a few weeks I thought it was time to write a review. Now I’ve got used to it I’m finding it quite useful for checking the time; I didn’t used to wear a watch, I relied on my...