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In this article, we take at what Google’s ‘Duet’ is, it’s features and potential benefits to businesses, and the price. Duet Introduced in May this year, Duet AI in the Google Cloud is essentially Google’s answer to Microsoft’s Copilot. Duet is a paid-for, “always on” AI assistant and “collaborator” that is embedded within (and works across) all the Workspace…
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Downdetector.com, a website that monitors service interruptions, has recorded a significant number of global reports of issues with various services such as Teams, Outlook, Microsoft 365, and Xbox Live. These reports are gathered from a variety of sources, including user submissions. Microsoft is currently looking into an interruption that has caused thousands of users worldwide…
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Consumer champion Which? says that high-end smart products may lose features and functionality, or become a hacking risk, after as little as two years because manufacturers may stop tech updates. Stopping The Smart Updates Limits Lifespan Which? says it discovered the risk after analysing smart appliances in six key household product areas – washing machines,…
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Free public Wi-Fi can be a convenient option for employees who need to access the internet while on the go or away from the office. However, it is important to note that using free public Wi-Fi can also put your company’s sensitive information at risk. One major issue with using free public Wi-Fi is that…
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In this article, we look at what ChatGPT is, what it can do, and what type of businesses could get the most out of it. What Is ChatGPT? Released by OpenAI in November 2022, ChatGPT is a free, text-based AI Chatbot that can answer questions, write essays seemingly on any subject, tell jokes, write literary parodies,…
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How to setup an iPhone to always send in HTML Note: By default, an iPhone will always send new messages in Plain Text unless any formatting has been applied to the text. If formatting has been applied to the text, such as making the text bold or italic, then it will send the message in HTML. Follow…
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It’s that time of the year when we have to reach out to all our wonderful customers and advise them of our opening hours. We would like to take the time to thank you all for your business. It’s been an interesting few years, taking a tremendous toll on many of your companies. I hope…
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Why we Disable SMTP for our clients and why you should disable SMTP for your business. First a History lesson – How old is SMTP SMTP stands for “Simple Mail Transfer Protocol” and first appeared in 1982. The purpose of this was to send electronic mail over the internet (email). Little has changed to this…
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The use of E-mail to send than just text has increased over the years. Your messages may include attachments ranging from pictures to spreadsheets. These attachments can be quite large, and when added up can greatly increase the size of your mailbox. It’s a good practice to remove large attachments that are no longer required…
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How to Allow Pop-Ups From a Specific Site in Chrome When Chrome blocks a pop-up from a website, it displays an icon with a red X in the corner of the Omnibox. If you suspect this is an error and want to see pop-ups from this website, click on the icon to see site-specific options, select…
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This document shows how you can password protect a word document. If you are using this to send to a to a 3rd party we would always suggest you send the Password via a different method. For Example if you email the encrypted password to a client/customer then proved the unlock password over a phone…
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In this article, we look at how Zapier and other alternatives can be used to link apps together and create automated workflows that can carry out daily/weekly marketing tasks for you in the background while you get on with running your business. Zapier Zapier (https://zapier.com/) is a tool that can automate repetitive tasks between two…
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