Monthly Archives: February 2022

Tech Update: A longer lasting laptop battery with Efficiency mode

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Feel like your laptop battery never lasts long enough when you’re hard at work? Testers are currently trialling a new Windows 11 feature that could make a big difference.

When you’ve got your head down working hard, you probably have many applications running on your laptop.

Some of them can be resource hogs. Slowing down …


You’ll soon be able to view LinkedIn profiles in your Teams chats

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Did you know about this great improvement to business communications? Well Microsoft isn’t just about Windows, 365 and Xbox. It also owns THE business social media platform LinkedIn.

And now the tech giant is going to bring together two of its most popular apps – LinkedIn and Teams – to help you and your people …


Tech Update: Teams and LinkedIn join forces

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There are two technology platforms that are critical to many businesses – Microsoft Teams and LinkedIn.

Now for the first time, the two platforms are joining forces to make sharing updates even easier.

From next month, you’ll be able to see your colleagues’ LinkedIn profiles in your Teams chats.

This’ll only be available in 121 …


Last year 35.7 billion malicious emails were sent to Microsoft’s customers

Microsoft’s recently revealed that more than 35.7 billion malicious emails were sent to its customers last year.

Fortunately for us, the tech giant blocked 1,000 of these malicious emails every second of 2021. That’s about 31.5 million seconds.

Many of these attempted attacks came in the form of phishing emails – where attackers attempt to …


Tech Update: Microsoft blocks 1,000 malicious emails a second

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Want to take a guess how many malicious emails Microsoft blocks every second? It’s a huge number.

Luckily there’s a simple way to make sure your business isn’t a cyber criminal’s next victim. Watch this week’s tech update to find out what it is.

Microsoft’s just revealed it blocked more than 35.7 billion malicious emails …


Your business’s Windows updates might be failing because of this one simple thing…

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If you’re the kind of person who installs security updates on all of your devices as soon as they become available, don’t start polishing your halo just yet – you could have a problem with Windows updates.

Because Microsoft’s just released a piece of information which might explain why your Windows machine is STILL out-of-date… …


Tech Update: Why your business’s Windows updates might be failing

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Microsoft’s recently revealed a shocking piece of information which might explain why so many of your business’s Windows devices don’t update properly when you rely on Windows updates.

Good news – there’s a very simple way to tackle it. Find out the full story in our latest tech update video.

Keeping your computer fully updated …


Some of your staff REALLY want to work from home permanently. Here’s how you can make it happen

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Remote working has really come of age in the last two years when may of us have had to work from home.

Many people have loved it, while others realised they preferred an office environment.

But would you hazard a guess at how many people would like to make remote working a permanent option?

According …


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