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Tech Tip – Bringing Presentations To Life in Office 365 Powerpoint With ‘Zoom’.

PowerPoint in Office 365 now has a ‘Zoom’ feature which enables you to create an interactive summary of your presentation with automatic navigation links. More Dynamic Presentations The Zoom feature means that you can now easily jump to and from specific slides, sections, and portions of your presentation in any order that you decide while…
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Windows 7 & 8.1 goes End of Support 31 October 2016

On the 31 October 2016 Windows 7 and 8.1 will reach End of Support Status (EOS) End of support refers to the date when Microsoft no longer provides automatic fixes, updates, or online technical assistance. This is the time to make sure you have the latest available update or service pack installed. Without Microsoft support,…
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Microsoft store about to blossom.

​This week, Microsoft announced that the Windows Store situation is going to get much better, very soon, thanks to the long-awaited arrival of Desktop App Converter, a tool that lets companies take their existing Windows software and convert it to a Windows 10 app. The Microsoft store offers a repository of applications that will seamlessly work…
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HP Inc. to Buy Samsung’s Printing Business For Over a Billion Dollars

HP has just announced the acquisition of  Samsung’s printing business for $1.05 billion. HP will inherit 6,000 Samsung employees once the deal is finalised. The move will see HP increase its presence in Asia as well as 6,500 printing technology patents owned by Samsung. Source: http://fortune.com/2016/09/12/hp-inc-to-buy-samsungs-printing-business-for-over-a-billion-dollars/  

Azure and 365 now hosted in the UK

Microsoft have become the first of the big three Microsoft/Amazon/Google to deliver data centres in the UK. New data centres have been opened in London, Cardiff and Durham. Dynamics CRM has yet to be made available but is set to be online in the first half of 2017. Until now UK customers have had to…
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Tech Tip – Printing Photos

When it comes to printing photos or documents with photos in on your inkjet printer have you ever wondered why the colours in the printed photos don’t match those on the screen? If you want to improve the appearance of photos for printing try converting them to CMYK instead of RGB. This will give a…
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Lawsuits for Businesses When GDPR Comes Into Force

In May 2018, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is due to come into force and some security experts are warning that this could bring with it the possibility of litigation from multiple sources for UK companies. Why? Some security experts believe that as soon as GDPR come into force companies will face a…
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Microsoft Office for MAC performance boost

Microsoft Announced in April that it would move to 64-bit on Office 2016 for MAC. Today we found out this is now ready for production. The update is rolling out to those who are running Microsoft’s productivity suite on OS X. There is little reason to remain as a 32-bit application as APPLE migrated the Operating…
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Webinar: Google Standard text ads will no longer be accepted as of October 26.

Did you know that Google Standard text ads will no longer be accepted as of October 26. Here is a link to a (30 minute) webinar we are running on 14th September (Wednesday) at 11.00 am Wednesday 14th September 2016 at 11.00 a.m. (UK Time) Free Training Webinar* *Usual Price £50 per Attendee Discover How…
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Webinar: Say NO to Ransomware! The truth about Ransomware and the endpoint. (25.08.2016)

Our customers have been enjoying the security and peace of mind  of Trend as a managed service for years. Maybe you should join them. Book now for the Trend webinar below. To find our about our hosted anti virus visit our website http://www.meartechnology.co.uk/hosted-antivirus Or contact us to see what we can do for you http://www.meartechnology.co.uk/contact-us