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RIP Microsoft Paint

First released in 1985 as part of the Windows operating system, Paint has now reached the end of its lifespan 32 years later. It has been added to the list of “features that are removed or deprecated in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update”, so now it’s only a matter of time before the easy-to-use graphics

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What the GDPR means for Digital Agencies

The GDPR will affect any organisation that collects and processes the data of any citizen within the EU… so that basically means that almost all businesses will need to comply with it in some way. But what does it actually mean for you as a digital agency?   The marketing industry will be affected in

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Are you clued up on the GDPR?

If you’re in business you are probably aware of something called the Data Protection Act 1998 – but how aware are you of the General Data Protection Regulation? The GDPR is similar to the DPR we have in the UK, but there are some significant changes and requirements that could directly impact your organisation in

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Is backup important enough yet?

  When the WannaCry Ransomware virus surfaced, it did so at a global scale. The attack crippled more than 200,000 organisations in 150 countries worldwide and the rate of infection was staggering. In the UK, The National Health Service (NHS) did not fare well at all. Around 47 regions were unable to proceed with appointments

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BA IT outage

As travellers were getting ready to make use of the Bank Holiday weekend, British Airways’ IT system decided to take a break too. Around 75,000 passengers were stranded at airports worldwide as British Airways experienced a global systems outage on Saturday Morning which caused the airline to cancel all flights. In a statement over the

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The Ransomware Threat – Panicking Doesn’t Help

Last Friday we saw what seemed an attack on the NHS. However, as events unfolded, this was far from being a targeted effort on NHS. The attack was at a global scale, but with no particular target in mind. It infected individual users with a particular ransomware dubbed The WannaCry virus. What it did was

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Whatsapp was down last night…

So the popular messaging service, Whatsapp had a worldwide outage last night and reports are coming in that the service is still not completely in full health.   Naturally, everyone under the sun went into an immediate panic mode and took to online social media to voice their concerns for what many (jokingly) referred to

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5 things you can do to sell more on your ecommerce site.

With the introduction of our PCI compliant servers we thought it was only fitting we should discuss the essentials of running an eCommerce site.   Pay attention to your UX or your sales will suffer The main goal of eCommerce site is to make sales and turn a profit. User experience (UX) plays a big

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Google Earth has relaunched… now in HD!

Remember Google Earth? Well, it’s back and it’s prettier than ever.   In all fairness it never really left, but today Google has launched a revamped, browser friendly version of Google Earth that aims to help people ‘gain a new perspective’ of our world in all it’s HD glory. Naturally, there is also a mobile counterpart

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