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Tech News : Satellite Connection For Android Phones

Satellite Connection For Android Phones

Iridium, a satellite phone company, and Qualcomm, a chip manufacturer, are partnering to bring satellite connectivity to premium Android smartphones later in the year.   Connect To Satellites  The Partnership will mean that in areas where there is no mobile coverage, users will be able to connect to passing satellites to send and receive messages using…

Facebook Marketing For MSPs

Facebook can be a powerful marketing tool for managed service providers (MSPs) looking to reach new clients and grow their businesses. Here are some benefits of using Facebook for MSP marketing: Wide reach: With over 2.7 billion monthly active users, Facebook has a massive audience that can be targeted through targeted advertising and content sharing.…

MSP LinkedIn Marketing – Basics

Are you looking to boost your managed service provider (MSP) business through LinkedIn marketing? LinkedIn marketing can be a powerful tool for managed service providers (MSPs) to reach new clients and grow their businesses. Here are some benefits of LinkedIn marketing for MSPs: Targeted audience: LinkedIn allows you to target specific industries and job titles,…

Tech News : Microsoft Tops List Of Best-Run Companies

Microsoft Tops List Of Best-Run Companies

Microsoft has retained the No.1 spot in Drucker Institute’s annual Management Top 250 ranking for the best-run companies in the U.S. for the third year in a row, while rankings for some other tech companies have slipped.  Top Five Not All Tech This Year  One of the most notable aspects of this year’s rankings is that…

Tech News : Rent-a-Robot

Rent-a-Robot

It’s been reported that global logistics firm DHL is using “a good number” of leased robots to help it deal with high demand over the Christmas period.  What For … And Where?  The Wall Street Journal has reported that DHL is using leased robots for package handling over the Christmas period. Jobs the robots can help with…

Featured Article : What's All The Fuss About ChatGPT?

What’s All The Fuss About ChatGPT?

In this article, we look at what ChatGPT is, what it can do, and what type of businesses could get the most out of it. What Is ChatGPT?  Released by OpenAI in November 2022, ChatGPT is a free, text-based AI Chatbot that can answer questions, write essays seemingly on any subject, tell jokes, write literary parodies,…

Tech-Insight : Merry Messages (Tipsy Texting) : Don't Do It!

‘Merry’ Messages : Don’t Do It!

In this insight, we look at some of the ways to avoid the potential awkwardness of ‘tipsy texting’ over the Christmas period.  Regrets… I’ve Had A Few  A 2015 study (Dunne, Katz), for example, showed that 89 percent of participants said they’d sent a drunk text, and 40 per cent said they’d felt guilty about…

Tech Insight : Digital Dosh

Digital Dosh

With the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) launching India’s first pilot for a retail digital rupee (e₹-R/eINR/E-Rupee) this month, we look at what this means and what the benefits could be.  Why?   The pilot will help to decide whether India could intrpduce one of the world’s first nationwide digital currencies. It is thought that having…

Featured Article : Twitter Roundup

Twitter Roundup

Here, we look at more of the rapid changes at Twitter, what the reaction has been, how this has affected the platform, plus the wider implications.  All Change  The beginning of Twitter’s (current) saga was when the world’s richest man, Tesla and SpaceX founder, Elon Musk bought shares in the social media giant back in…

Tech News : Starlink Broadband Trial In Cumbria

Starlink Broadband Trial In Cumbria

As part of Project Gigabit, the UK government has announced a trial of Starlink satellite broadband in the Lake District as part of wider plans to connect highly remote areas.  What Is Starlink?   Starlink, operated by billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX company uses a constellation of low orbit satellites around the earth (launched by SpaceX rockets)…

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