Quickoffice on your Android and iPhone

Quickoffice on your Android and iPhone

One of the easiest ways to share old files and collaborate with others is to convert them to Google Docs, Sheets and Slides. However, not everyone you work with has gone Google yet. So to help, Google Apps for Business can already edit Microsoft Office files using Quickoffice on an iPad, and starting today they can do the same on iPhone and Android devices. From Word to Excel to Powerpoint, you can make quick edits at the airport or from the back of a taxi and save and share everything in Google Drive. Read more >>

I have received a lot of bounce-back emails for emails I didn't send

This can mean that a spammer has gained access to your mailbox and is using it to send spam emails. There are two main ways this can happen: either the password can be guessed by brute force, or it can be captured by malware on a computer it has been used on. You should change the password to something strong and unique immediately and also run antivirus and malware scans on any computer that has been used to connect to the mailbox.

Old School

At my school there was only one computer, locked away in the Physics Department. We got to visit it when accompanied by a teacher. We would look on in wonderment as a green blob bounced up and down on the screen.

I was called a Yuppie because I had a mobile phone in the 80s. I upgraded from the Brick to the Motorola Flip and the only game you could play was to display SHELLOIL upside down. I had obviously developed this game on one of my many Casio Calculators and it went down well at parties.

I didn't get my first PC until the 90's. It was an Ambra 386 with 4MB RAM and Windows 3.0 from Scotbyte in Livingston. I remember being fascinated with MS Paintbrush! Laptops weren't invented so I had to hump it round the country when staying away on contract, along with my Thorn Microwave and my Pioneer Ghetto Blaster. Sadly, the Microwave passed away only 10 years ago but I still listen to the radio on the Pioneer in the garage. Along with the old denim jacket, my wife doesn't want it in the house. The tape deck doesn't work but I can now plug in my mobile phone and blast out my whole Elvis collection. As for the Ambra, it lasted only slightly longer than my first HP Ipaq with no WiFi. What was I thinking?

My first email address was a number from Compuserve and you could only send attachments in sections. I recall sending my CV to Computacenter from contract digs in Aberdeen on a borrowed black and white Compaq laptop. Actually, that is incorrect, my friend rented it to me for £40 a month! My digs rent was only a ton!

I have seen many changes in technology over the last 30 years but in the last 5 years, it seems to have cranked up a notch. As a software developer colleague of mine with decades of experience said to me yesterday when I quizzed him about the cost of building an app for a client, "If you had asked 5 years ago the application may have been a challenge. Now nearly all the pieces of the jigsaw are available easily and mass marketed."

The challenge, today, is to bring together the digital elements and create that seamless cross over between technical and creative. The combination of marketing consultancy and technical consultancy has never been in more demand. Even traditional methods of project management are being challenged as a new breed of specialist evolves in the digital arena. The route to market for any software development now has to embrace the existing channels laid open to it that were never there previously. Only a few years ago, as much consideration would have been given to the development of the infrastructure and hardware to facilitate the solution. Now the high speed communication link and hardware is in the palm of your hand.

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The Toshiba Satellite C850D-11F laptop combines the refreshing look of Windows 8 on a reliable and robust laptop. Be amazed by the HD image quality as it plays back on the large 15.6 inch display. The dual core processor is perfect for multitasking your day to day tasks with ease.

Store all you entertainment on the Toshiba laptop, as 320GB provides adequate space for all your favourite audio. With 3 USB ports and an SD card reader slot, there’s a whole array of storage solutions to meet your needs. Connect the laptop up to your TV by HDMI cable and share your multimedia with friends on a bigger screen.

Technical Details:
• Windows 8
• 15.6 inch Laptop Display
• 1.4GHz AMD Dual Core processor
• 320GB Hard Drive
• 2 GB RAM
• Shared Graphics Card
• DVD drive
• Realtek speakers
• Wi-Fi enabled
• Multi-card reader
• HDMI port
• 3 USB ports
• Webcam with integrated microphone
• 4 hours battery life
• 38 x 24.2 x 33.5 cm
• Weight: 2.3 kg

Accounting in the Cloud

Switching to Cloud Based Accounting

Although the transition to a new cloud accounting system can be done at any point through out the financial year, we strongly recommend the switch over at your financial year end. In preparation for this transition you want to be talking to your accountant a few weeks or even months in advance. If your accountant is not supportive of the move to a cloud based application then simply get another accountant.
There are a few cloud based account systems we would recommend:

1. KashFlow
2. FreeAgent
3. BrightPearl
4. Xero

Established as a global market leader for online accounting, Xero has proved itself amongst UK companies. The route to market has been rapid and stable because of its support from accounting firms up and down the country. Taking on a new accounts system is not something you do every day and, moving to a cloud accounting system, you may only do once in your business life-time. Support is key to a smooth transition so we only seek out the best for our Backload Burner Subscribers. Our Xero Accounts Partner is Mint Accounting.

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Winner of 2020 Innovation Awards ‘Overall Practice of the Year 2012’
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BBC News - Barclays boss 'shreds' Bob Diamond legacy

BBC News - Barclays boss 'shreds' Bob Diamond legacy

The bank said it had set aside another £1bn to cover the costs of the mis-selling of payment protection insurance (PPI) to individuals and interest rate hedging products to small firms.

Online Backup Software Review

Having had a bad experience with Online PC Backup that goes under many different "Cloud" names, we had been looking around for other online back up solutions. Like Carbonite, Mozy is one of the early online backup services. We used Carbonite in a multi PC environment and it was easy to use, but Mozy offers stronger features for power users. Mozy now offers a much more friendly and intuitive interface, without losing any of the power.

Mozy doesn’t offer folder sharing like DropBox and if you want to stream music or look at a photo galleries in a browser you will need to look elsewhere. Mozy's backup features, however, are excellent. At setup, it asks which file types you want to back up, then searches for them in the most common places in your folders and desktop. It is easy to add or exclude folders with a right-click. Mozy can also be used to copy your backup to an external hard disk as it uploads data, saving you time having to do two backup procedures.

One of the biggest advantages we can see is its free offering of 2GB to the home user or small business computer and one of the main reasons why we recommend it here.

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