April 22, 2014

In the news recently, it was announced that Facebook bought the company behind the popular chat software called WhatsApp.  Chat clients, or instant messenger, programs are different from SMS messaging because they use the same internet data plan that you use for email and web browsing, so they don’t normally cost anything to use.  A

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April 9, 2014

How easy is it for you to remember your computer’s Windows log in password? Does it even have one? How about the password you use for your online bank account? Are the two passwords the same or are they different? And how many online services do you use? How many have unique passwords? If you

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April 1, 2014

Let’s imagine a scenario. You are the director or CEO of a small industrial company. You buy yourself a nice high-spec iPad as you’ve read all about the ease of use. You eventually decide it is easier to use than that Windows PC in your work office, so you take it to work and ask

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March 26, 2014

Have you ever lost an important document? It might have been a revised engineering drawing or a blueprint. How much effort did it take to recreate? Using scanning to save large documents can help you avoid repeating that problem. How do you produce copies of your large documents? Scanning (along with wide-format printing) can work

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March 20, 2014

What is meant by “wearable” technologies? The term includes Google Glass and similar head-mounted tech and cameras such as Autograph which is designed to clip to your clothing and take a photo every minute or so. It also includes watches with computers built in, referred to as “smartwatches”. Examples of these are the Pebble and

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