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 …
Kickstarter – beware its addictive
For the last few months I have been following quite a few projects on kickstarter and can admit, I’m hooked. What did we do before this? Spacemonkey had me spellbound, I’m not sure why I kept going back to check on it, once you have placed your backing it is not like much can change but you find yourself wanting …
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.
international space station google prank
Today I logged into the Google analytics homepage to check the real time analytics of a site and was surprised to see, 41 visitors from the “International Space Station – Control Room” located just south of what appears to be Australia. Google seem to have gone all out this year on their April fools jokes. First With Youtube Stopping submissions to review …
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 …
My hotspot has disappeared on iPhone
Recently I did an IOS update and my Hotspot function disappeared. As always I only noticed this once I went to activate it. If your Hotspot option disappears try resetting the network settings under “Settings”, “General”, “Reset”, “Reset Network Settings” This should then give you back the option to turn on your Personal Mobile Hotspot under “Settings”, “General”, “Mobile Data”, “Personal Hotspot” As always …
Consumer Electronics Show 2013
We are all getting pretty excited about the Consumer Electronics Show happening in just 5 days now. As expected we will be updating the site live from the show as we walk around the various stands and from the seminars. We think 2013 is going to be a big year for hand held electronics, the Android OS in non phone …
Setup Outlook or Hotmail email on Nexus
Struggling to set-up Hotmail or Outlook on your Nexus? The other day I tried to set-up my Outlook / Hotmail email on the Nexus tablet and found that this is probably not as straight forward as it should be. This may well be intentional but that’s a whole new topic. For now I am just going to run through the settings with you so …
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 …