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.
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.
28/10/24
Our average response time for the week commencing Monday 21st October 2024 to Monday 28th October 2024 was
17 minutes and 17seconds.
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.
10/07/24
We’ve taken a look at how recent reports have revealed how the UK’s public sector is facing the dual challenges of potentially losing £300 million through restrictive cloud licensing and the limitations of an open-source software skills gap.
09/07/24
Following an investigation into whether the big tech companies are complying with the new Digital Markets Act (DMA) rules, the European Commission’s preliminary findings say that Meta’s ‘Pay or Consent’ model for data-sharing is in breach of its new rules.
08/07/24
A team of Researchers at Tokyo University have found a way to bind engineered living skin tissue to robots with the hope of benefitting the cosmetics industry and helping to train plastic surgeons.
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