Smartphones have been changing the way we live for years. And as technology continues to develop at pace, the way smartphones are incorporated into our daily lives is becoming more pronounced, immersive and direct. Here we look at how the device most of us have on our person every day […]
If you work in IT, it is only a matter of time before you will be involved in a group trying to figure out which EPP (Endpoint Protection Product) security software to buy. The trend today is to get away from signature based AntiVirus which is great at stopping last […]
Below is a list of the common cell phone acronyms, their meaning and a brief description in plain english. Note that each line is hyperlinked to a webpage to provide more detail, if you want it 🙂 CODE MEANING SIMPLE DESCRIPTION 1G First Generation cellular network analog on FM band […]
If you have an Android device you might notice that the email has stopped syncing and that the word OFF appears in a grey overlay in your email program. The fix for this is to turn syncing back on and we show you how using a Samsung Galaxy S9. Open […]
WinRAR is a file archiver for RAR and ZIP files for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows operating systems. You can also exploit this archiver for Android, Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, MS-DOS and Windows Mobile. WinRAR is a popular program-archiver, one of the main programs on each computer. Archivers can compress […]
MINOR UPDATE: Aug 19 2019 – Windows Timeline is a new feature in the just released Windows 10 Spring 2018 (1803) build that lets you easily see and resume your activities from the last 30 days: What Windows Timeline Includes: Windows Timeline will only display apps that support Timeline and […]
Back in the day, you used to only be able to play digital games in special environment or setups. Arcade games in the arcade, home games on consoles, handhelds or dedicated PC setups. In today’s environment of enormously powerful technology and sophisticated computer systems, we are no longer bound by these […]
Last week we provided a very quick explanation of the Meltdown & Spectre CPU flaws which you can read HERE. However, much more is now known and so here are the current answers to Meltdown & Spectre Frequently Asked Questions: What are Spectre & Meltdown? Spectre and Meltdown are related […]
Microsoft Bookings is an awesome new Office365 tool that allows small businesses to have their customers schedule services. Bookings is simple to setup and simple to use. This video shows how to setup Microsoft Bookings. We also have Office 365 Bookings videos on: VIDEO: How To Enable Microsoft Bookings in […]
It’s the 21st century and everything is now digital including your legal identity. We all so tired of hearing that we should change our passwords and the like that we have now tuned out much of the conversation about security but periodically we really need to tune back in and […]
This short video explains how to use Google Maps on your mobile device to avoid toll roads. If you use your Android cell or Apple iPhone or even your tablet / Apple iPad for navigation and you want to avoid tolls, then this short video titled, “How To Use Google Maps To Avoid […]
Voice over LTE (or VoLTE), much like Voice Over IP (or VoIP) is a new standard for mobile devices (like your cell phone) that will drive the cost of voice calls down to near zero. To understand the technology, you need to understand that LTE is a data only network. […]
If you have created a DRAFT message on your Samsung Galaxy S6 using Android 5 you will find that it does not sync back to your Outlook. This is because SYNC for the DRAFTS folder is defaulted to MANUAL. If you would like the drafts you create on your Android […]
Modern Samsung Android devices do not have a dedicated TASKS app. The short answer is that TASKS now appear in a tab in the S PLANNER Calendar app. How to Sync, Edit or View TASKS from Outlook on your Samsung Galaxy Product (S3, S4, S5, S6, Note,…) STEP ONE: Turn […]
Today Apple released the iPhone 6 to the drooling masses. It turns out the masses should be drooling… from the sleep that is. Below are the major features and specifications of the iPhone 6 HD display! (Competitors already have quad HD) Super sensitive camera! (HTC and Nokia are both laughing) […]
Below is the list of Top Level Domains that are under consideration to be released in 2014. I spoke with GoDaddy, Network Solutions, and ICANN to confirm that no such list is publicly available… so I (well, actually a good friend of mine at www.smarttowns.ca ) manually scraped the ICANN site […]