by Adam | Jul 20, 2014 | Blog
Do you sometimes find your computer has slowed to a crawl – usually when you’re in the biggest hurry to get things done? It’s not unusual and can be for a whole host of reasons. If you’re running Windows the operating system gets updated regularly and eventually...
by Adam | Jul 10, 2014 | Blog
It’s a bit of a joke, especially since the TV show reversed the roles and we were all watching a few people sitting around doing not very much. However, Vodafone has discovered evidence that points to some governments using the communication networks to track...
by Adam | Jun 30, 2014 | Blog
If you’ve ever forgotten a password, you’ll love this! OnePassword is a handy app that creates and stores your passwords for all the different places you need a ‘let me in’ code. Best of all it’s available for Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad AND Android devices. OK, it’s...
by Adam | Jun 20, 2014 | Blog
There has been quite a lot of press about the Gameover Zeus virus and most of the antivirus providers have been working overtime to find a means of blocking it. At the beginning of June the FBI, Europol and the UK’s National Crime Agency warned users that, although...
by Adam | Jun 10, 2014 | Blog
When you’ve rushed out and forgotten to send your computer to sleep there are a couple of clever ways to do this remotely – one for Macs and one for PCs using Windows. The Mac sleeping ‘pill’ You’ll need three simple tools – an app called Drafts, a Dropbox account and...
by Adam | May 30, 2014 | Blog
A website that never changes is less and less likely to be ranked by the search engines. When the spiders visit they look for fresh material and if nothing has changed the time before their next visit lengthens. This is one reason why it makes sense to have your...
by Adam | May 20, 2014 | Blog
If you’ve got a website that uses HTML (like WordPress) it can be useful to understand the basic programming commands so you don’t need to call in your web support people if you accidentally delete something and your layout goes wonky (a technical term!) Step one is...
by Adam | May 10, 2014 | Blog
There are many reasons that you may be asked to log in on a website, most of them are valid, but sometimes there seems to be no good reason. Here are a few of the valid reasons for having a log in on your website: Tracking: When you offer customers the opportunity to...
by Adam | Apr 30, 2014 | Blog
It’s astonishing how many businesses are still operating with an email address that shouts ‘amateur’! I’m talking about those emails that end in aol.com, gmail.com, btinternet.com, hotmail.com, outlook.com (the hotmail replacement), live.co.uk or one of the other...
by Adam | Apr 20, 2014 | Blog
When you sign up to a broadband deal you’ll find suppliers will be trying to entice you with promises of ‘super-fast’ download speeds, but how accurate are these numbers they’re spouting? Firstly, take notice of the words immediately before the numbers – are they...
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