Author: William Thompson
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Top 10 Amusing Questions To Ask Siri
Since the iPhone 4S release back in October 2011, people have been falling in love with Siri the world over. In case you’re not familiar with it, Siri is your virtual personal assistant neatly stowed away within your phone. All you need to do is ask Siri a question – using your spoken voice – […]
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Is Antivirus Software Becoming Obsolete?
Viruses, trojans, worms – malware (a contraction of ‘malicious software’) come in many forms. Even though these threats have been around for decades, the volume has increased steadily in line with overall internet usage. What’s more, just as the sophistication and capabilities of technology has improved over the years, so too has the proficiency of […]
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BYOD Security Threats and How to Solve Them
Bring your own device, or BYOD, is becoming an increasing trend within large and small businesses alike. Allowing employees to use their own devices has its benefits. It has been seen to increase productivity immensely by allowing employees to work from home and the freedom to work during commuting and outside the office has gone […]
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How Useable are Word and Excel for iPad?
Microsoft’s Office for iPad was a long time coming, and indeed the delay has allowed plenty of alternatives to get their foot in the market door, some of which are now thriving and are fully integrated into some larger organizations’ mobile and cloud service strategies. The debate surrounding how useable Office for iPad would end […]
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KC Royals and “Small Ball” Baseball
Being KC Royals fans, we got a little weary of the media and sports announcers constantly talking about how the Royals play “small ball” and hinting that it is some lower form of baseball. So we created this to show how we feel about it!
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67% of the U.S. Rooting for Kansas City Royals
No, the map below has nothing to do with politics. Or unemployment. Or scary viruses. A whopping 67% of the country is rooting for the Kansas City Royals…as shown below! And why not? They have a lot of things going for them. An amazing fan base. A team of young players that love baseball. They […]
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Big Data and the Law
Big Data is the term used to describe the commercial aggregation, mining, and analysis of very large, complex and unstructured datasets based on social media and Web-enabled workloads. Platforms like Google and LinkedIn have created a revenue stream from the data they collect. Everything from your Facebook posts and tweets, to your late-night shopping habits […]
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Top 5 Tech Blogs You Should be Reading
The Internet is used for a multitude of tasks, communication, research, and procrastination, to name but a few. At the center of all of these past times is the sharing of information and ideas. There is no argument that this amazing technological leap has made us smarter and helped us connect with the worldwide community. […]
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5 Tech Inventions that Didn’t Change the World
Technology advances at a lightning speed and there are plenty of incredible (and successful) new innovations in this field. However for every successful addition to the technology niche there are plenty that haven’t made the grade. Perhaps the worst thing about failed technologies is their unrealized potential. Often a tech product fails because of a […]
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Google Glass Etiquette
Wearable technology is moving away from the fringe, perhaps even from the ‘geeks’ and is now enjoying a more generalized reception. Google Glass is the tech giant’s offering and there are more and more people opting to wear the augmented reality eye wear. However with this new technology becoming more commonplace it becomes necessary to […]