Today Qualcomm launched the Formula E car in the US. The car has made several appearances but this was its first public demonstration. Formula 1 driver Lucas di Grassi drove the 150mph capable Spark-Renault SRT_01E giving the crowd a rather quick demonstration in the Mandalay Bay parking lot. What a great way to start CES 2014, watching a giant radio …
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Officially part of the UK CES 2014 Delegation CES 2014
CES 2014 It’s Confirmed! I have just received my confirmation that I will be part of the official UK Delegation to CES 2014. For the CES 2013 event there just didn’t seem to be enough time in the day to get everything done so for 2014 there is going to have to be a lot more planning. If you don’t …
Ghost – Not for the faint hearted blogger
I have just finished setting up my first Ghost site and all I can say is, “That’s not what I expected”. Ghost is the new blogging platform that took off like wildfire on KickStarter and after a few short months in in general backer release. (If you backed them you get an early release). And whilst it’s not quite WordPress …
Office 365 Exchange Online mailboxes double to 50GB
Microsoft are ramping up the cloud services game and are now offering 50GB mailboxes to its Office 365 exchange users. That is not just a few extra Gigs either, its DOUBLE what we previously had. The benefits of the larger mailboxes apply to its Small business and small business premium users, Midsize businesses and everyone on E1, A2, G1 E3, …
Office 365 One step forward two steps back
A few weeks back Microsoft started upgrading Office 365 Tenants to the new Admin and exchange system. Whilst this comes with a few cosmetic tweaks they have once again failed to address key concerns that have been running around for the last 2 years like, Directory Sync issues and the complete lack of management if you are Federated without an …
Definition of System
I came across this definition of a System today, so beautifully explained I needed to post it. It can also be too easy to think that only Computers are systems, we need to remember that our processes as groups can as easily be a “System”. System – A group of components that are connected in some way that perform some …
Stuck in Maintenance Mode after failed plugin upgrade
If you even get stuck in maintenance mode you may want to log into your site via FTP. There should be a file. “.maintenance” in the root directory that needs deleting. As with everything you delete please make sure you back it up first just incase you need to restore it if it all goes wrong.
Fix Office Outlook 2013 slow and laggy
After upgrading to Outlook 2013 I noticed that the performance was incredibly slow when switching between Mail, Contacts and Calendar, there would often be a several second delay before the screen changed. When searching for Contacts it could take 15 seconds to return the results. Now I’m not one to complain (too much) but if my local PC a quad …
Nexus 7 – Waiting for Sync your email will appear soon
Waiting for sync Your email will appear soon. If you have managed to set-up and authenticate your email on the Nexus 7 you will get a screen that just says Waiting to sync. This seems to be happening after the Android 4.2 update and appears to be linked to a new setting “Auto-sync data which is not enabled by default. On your …
Windows 8 Surface RT Settings
Windows RT’s Evolving Settings Button Windows 8 Surface comes with a whole range of new ways to open, close and switch apps which I mostly knew about from using Windows 8 for a few months now. One thing I have learned though from using a touch version of Windows 8 is that the Settings Icon morphs as you go through …