The major smartphone platforms include settings that can make the devices simpler to use for people who require bigger text, the ability to zoom, high-contrast displays, audio cues and narration, or assistance with the touch screen. In recent versions of the Android and iOS systems, these controls are kept in the Accessibility settings. (Last month, Apple even announced a new Accessibility website to guide users on the assistive features of its products; Google has a similar section on its own site.)
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Windows Essentials 2012 is a suite of free programs that can help you organise and edit photos and videos, manage email, create blog posts, and keep your files in sync. You can choose which programs you want to install or you can install all of them. Windows Essentials 2012 works with Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10.
Read MoreIf you have a MacBook Air with a 128-gigabyte hard drive and have realised that it is fast filling up with high-resolution picture albums in the Photos app. If you don’t want to use iCloud and don’t want to store your pictures online. Here is how you can copy them to an external drive without messing up the Photos app?
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Every year when the Holiday’s roll around things tend to get busier, everyone is more giving, and the shopping season ramps up to its peak. Unfortunately, these aren’t the only things that increase during the holidays, criminals are out to take advantage of your holiday spirit. Check out our top five holiday scams to avoid this season.
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This advice comes from researchers at Barkly.com and it’s rather grim. As per their recent survey of ransomware victims in 2016:
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How can you tell how much free iCloud storage you have left and what’s using it?
Apple gives five free gigabytes of iCloud server space to every user to store mail and other data. If you exceed your allotment, you either have to delete files and old messages or buy more iCloud storage space from Apple. You can see how much space you are currently using on your Mac, iOS device or even a PC with the iCloud for Windows software installed.
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If you’re still holding onto an older phone — most likely a Nokia handset, because they were very much the style ten or more years ago — and you’re happy with it, I’m sorry to say that your happiness is going to be cut rather abruptly shortly. That’s because older candybar style phones are most likely 2G devices; the early 3G phones kept that form factor but the switch to a more “smartphone” style was pretty rapid, so they didn’t last long.
Read MoreAre you tired of the constant costs of IT problems?
Is downtime getting you down?
Are dead computers going to be the death of you?
The answer is simple. Managed Services!
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Microsoft Office is the gold standard for business productivity suites. But it can cost a lot of gold; even today’s low street prices range from $119 for the 2013 Professional version to $399 for the 2016 Pro version. Fortunately, there are plenty of good alternatives to Microsoft Office; many are free, and even those that are not cost much less than Office. Here are some of the best alternative office suites…
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Apparently there are now over 250 MILLION domain names registered out there in internet-land. That’s …um … a lot, especially when you consider that they all have to have “officially prescribed” domain suffixes, e.g.
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