Hands On IT Services
IT support for you and your business
IT can be complex and time consuming so we offer a wide range of services and solutions to cover most (if not all) eventualities
Formed in 1995, we have over 25 year’s experience supporting small and
medium businesses with their IT needs
📱150% Surge in Phone Thefts!
⚠ iPhone Smishing Scam Warning
🧐 Disappearing Images in WhatsApp
🐤 Brazilian Ban For Twitter
🦷 Robot Dentists?
07.06.24
An absolute pleasure to work with Martin, Andy and Pavi.
They have all been extremely approachable and helpful in managing our switch to Microsoft 365, carefully explaining the process in simple terms that we could understand.
All queries dealt with on a same day basis.
Very knowledgeable and likeable people, 100% recommend.
07/11/24
A Russian court has fined Google over two undecillion rubles (a 36-digit figure, i.e. a sum that’s greater than the world’s total GDP) for removing Russia’s state media channels from YouTube.
06/11/24
New Social Cross-Posting AbilitiesOpenvibe, the cross-posting app that unites various social networks in one feed, has announced support for Threads, Meta’s decentralised Twitter alternative, allowing users to post and interact seamlessly across multiple platforms, including Mastodon, Bluesky, and Nostr, all from a single app.
05/11/24
Following a recent University of Melbourne report revealing that companies offering strong flexible work options (such as remote working) experience enhanced market value, this article explores the factors driving these gains, examines supporting studies, and considers opposing views from firms that favour in-office mandates.
05/11/24
Our average response time for the week commencing Monday 28th October 2024 to Monday 4th November 2024 was
12 minutes and 02 seconds.
30/10/24
We look at how WhatsApp currently makes money, explore potential reasons why it might introduce charges in the future, compare its revenue model with competing messaging apps, and analyse the possible impact the introduction of any changes could have.
29/10/24
With recent research showing that Smartphones harbour 10 times more bacteria than a toilet seat and that 74% of us admit to bringing it to bed, scientists are warning that bringing a phone to bed can be hazardous to your health.
28/10/24
Following OpenAI’s Sam Altman recently renaming his Worldcoin project simply ‘World,’ we take a look at World’s iris-scanning technology, what it’s for, its potential benefits, and its possible drawbacks.
03/10/24
Following a (very public) recent spat between WordPress founder and Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg, and WP Engine, we look at what’s happened and why, and what the effects have been WordPress users.
02/10/24
In response to changes in the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (which came into force in March), WhatsApp users will soon be able to send messages from WhatsApp to people using other messaging apps, e.g. Messenger, Telegram, and Signal.
01/10/24
Following Mark Zuckerberg’s recent announcement of new AI features for the company’s (Ray-Ban) Meta glasses, we look at where we’re at and where things are heading with Meta’s VR/AR glasses.
25/09/24
Following a new ESET study which highlighted how workers using company-provided laptops for personal activities could be putting work hardware at risk, we’ll explore the issues surrounding this practice and the potential consequences for businesses and employees, in two parts.
24/09/24
Popular online graphic design platform Canva is facing a backlash from customers following a price hike of up to 300% for its Teams subscription.
23/09/24
In a first-of-its-kind case, a US musician has been charged with fraud for allegedly using thousands of automated bot accounts to stream AI-generated tracks from which he made more than $10m in royalty payments.
18/09/24
Following Elon Musk’s X (Twitter) platform having failed to meet the deadline imposed by a Supreme Court Judge to suspend dozens of X accounts for allegedly spreading disinformation, the judge has now ruled that the X platform will be suspended in Brazil.
16/09/24
CEO and founder of messaging app Telegram, Pavel Durov, was recently arrested in France over allegations that Telegram facilitates illegal activities, including money laundering, drug trafficking, and the distribution of child sexual abuse material.
14/08/24
AI-driven automated dental technology company Perceptive has announced the completion of the world’s first fully automated dental procedure on a human using its robotic dentistry system.
13/08/24
Here are 10 top iPhone tips / tricks you may not know about that could make your life easier and help you to be more productive.
12/08/24
Four years on from Google being sued by the US Department of Justice over its control of about 90% of the online search market, a US judge has ruled that Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly on its online search and the associated advertising.
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