For years Microsoft have dominated the workplace desktop with their Windows, Office and Server products. However Apple have managed to start making a significant dent into this monopoly with their ability to create products that look great and are simple to use. If you’ve made the leap
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Back in 2010 I was doing a lot of work away around the Reading and London areas. Apple had recently released the iPad and I made the fatal mistake of “popping” into the Apple store in Oxford Street. I was instantly hooked by the iPad it’s lovely brushed aluminium
Read more →Fed up of losing internet connection on your commute? Well, this could be a thing of the past (at least up to the 24th April) if you’re planning on travelling on the London Overground network or at larger stations on the First Great Western and Greater Anglia
Read more →For those of you that follow our blog, you probably think this title sounds familiar…well you’re right! I’ve written about using Nokia Lumia calendar ‘To-do’ reminders to record last minute tasks, and also OneNote’s amazing features that help capture your ideas and organise your research. However, what
Read more →With Lync 2013, you don’t need to travel miles for a meeting. It’s collaborative abilities means both time and money on travel is saved. I can contact any of our staff whilst they’re out of the office, discussing a project through the video call feature and showing
Read more →So most of us were unhappy with the Microsoft Office 2013 licensing scheme, but don’t worry, they’ve changed their mind! For those of you that didn’t know, Microsoft announced Office 2013 would be licensed to a single machine, not to a single user. This meant the software
Read more →For a modern day family, it is hard to keep track of what everyone is doing, where they are and who they are with. In my family it reminds me of an episode of the brilliant TV series “Outnumbered” where the parents Pete and Sue double book
Read more →In my role, I use my Microsoft OneNote (part of the Microsoft Office 2013 suite) as a scrapbook and research tool. For me, it’s a source of inspiration, consisting of competitor research, promotional ideas and thoughts for business development. The beauty of Microsoft OneNote is that it’s
Read more →I have just had installed the new BT Infinity II product (which came with BT’s new Home Hub router at home) and am amazed with the difference it makes over my old standard ADSL Broadband! I was only getting a measly 7MB a second before, but now
Read more →We’ve all had that moment when we are just about to drift off to sleep and something pops into our head, be it some sort of inspiration for a project or a task that needs prioritising. When Microsoft promoted Windows 8 as ‘gets to work before you do’,
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