Interesting to note that: Skype has been redesigned from the ground up and a new version will be rolled out over the months ahead, starting with Android users (after all, Skype is owned by Microsoft) and then heading towards IOS and Mac users later on – it’s turning into a messaging and e-commerce app; Instagram
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But before that – CB here – I’m frequently contacted by people who have products and services to sell to my clients. For over 20 years I have maintained a policy that I do not accept introducers fees or commissions – I simply broadcast and comment on good ideas. Jonny Everett Co-founder and Director The
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Facebook are holding their F8 developers conference this week and the sight of Mark Zuckerberg walking on stage to the adulation of his audience is a reminder of the glory days of Steve Jobs and Apple (sorry Tim Cook). Our favourite dentist’s son had to throw a “soz” in there somewhere for the irritatingly-timed Facebook
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Over the years, pundits have compared opinions to just about every part and function of the human body, with the metaphoric punchline that “everyone has one and most are useless”. Melvyn Bragg has delighted us for years with his “in our time” podcast series – a superb source of informed historical and scientific opinion. Wired magazine
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The launch of the Amazon Echo and Dot in the UK herald the acceleration of a world in which voice commands to our devices will become the norm over the next 5 years. Voice recognition software never really took off did it? There are some who use digital dictation to send files to part-time typists
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Is it me? Mail/Outlook/Gmail Safari/Chrome/Firefox Wunderlist/Asana/ToDo Dropbox/Evernote Slack/WhatsApp/Messenger Mindmeister/MindMap/Coggle Kindle/iBooks Skype/GoToMeeting Facetime/Snapchat Pages/Word Numbers/Excel Keynote/Powerpoint Calendar/Outlook/Google Calendar Garmin Express/Strava iTunes/Roon/Tidal Pogoplus/Time Machine Duplicate Detective/Gemini iMovie/Camtasia Photos/Flickr Skitch Facebook/Twitter/Linkedin/Google+/Pinterest/Instagram/You Tube 1Password _____________________ To name but a few. Then somebody asks: “Have you tried application X?” And a visit to the application X website reveals the funkiest,
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We cannot escape the arrival of more technology in the business and clinical sides of dentistry. The decision you have to make is whether to stand in front of it or hide behind it. A long time ago, in a galaxy far away, Boots Dentalcare kitted out all of their surgeries with the very best
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The original internet was created in 1969 as a way to share information between 2 computer networks, one in the University of California and the second at the Stanford Research Institute. Email was created in 1971 to share information. By 1973, there were 40 computer networks connected to each other and the first cross-Atlantic connection
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March 10, 1876. Alexander Graham Bell asked “Mr Watson, come here, I want to see you”. Computer engineer Ray Tomlinson sent himself the first email in 1971. The first ever text was sent on December 3 1992, when Neil Papwell, a 22-year-old British engineer used his computer to send the message “Merry Christmas” to an
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Go and get a copy of the November issue of the UK Wired magazine. Read the lead article on the future of Facebook Messenger. It changes everything. The way we communicate. The way we buy. The way we organise. The way we live. In the next 5 years, say “goodbye” to the telephone conversation, to
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