How to connect your PC to a TV without cables

2017-08-08T15:06:17+01:00August 12th, 2014|Company News, Technology News, Tips and Advice|

We are increasingly finding that people wish to connect their PCs and tablets wirelessly to their TVs both for streaming videos and pictures at home but also increasingly for ad-hoc presentations and collaboration in the office environment. The world where you do not have to crawl under the meeting room desk looking for a monitor [...]

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Largest collection of FREE Microsoft eBooks ever

2017-08-08T12:12:34+01:00July 22nd, 2014|Company News, Technology News|

Typically when we get emails offering something free we tend to take this news with a cup of salt. A few days ago Eric Ligman, Microsoft Senior Sales Excellence Manager, posted a blog in the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) This blog consisted of the largest collection of downloadable and useable eBooks from Microsoft. After careful [...]

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Phishing for your Apple ID – How to spot an attack

2017-09-15T12:50:31+01:00July 18th, 2014|Company News, Security and Threats, Tips and Advice|

We have currently seen a new phishing focus, Apple device users. Just recently one of our clients received the following email privately From: Apple [mailto:secure@mysecureicloud.co.uk] Sent:  July 2014 To: Matt Subject: Apple ID Temporarily Locked iCloud/Apple - matt This message is to inform you that your Apple Account (Your@emailaddress.co.uk) has been temporarily locked until you [...]

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Accelerate your Google-ing!!

2017-08-08T14:48:17+01:00July 4th, 2014|Company News, Tips and Advice|

  Google is a tool we all use every day. However not everyone knows that there are many other functions it can perform other than the basic search we all know and love. Here are a select few which the Pro Drive team like to use – we hope you find them useful too! Find specific [...]

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Why you should consider hosting your IT services in the cloud

2017-08-08T14:39:21+01:00July 2nd, 2014|Business Continuity, Company News, Security and Threats, Tips and Advice|

We are often asked by our clients and prospective clients if and why they should consider hosting IT services in the cloud as opposed to running them onsite in a traditional manner. There are many good reasons to host of course but the discussion should also focus around whether it is right to host services [...]

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Slow internet in your office? What you can do about it…

2017-08-07T12:35:54+01:00June 28th, 2014|Company News, Productivity, Security and Threats, Tips and Advice|

There are few things that are more frustrating at work than trying to operate with a slow internet connection. We now work at such a high pace, with tighter deadlines than ever and with many people located in different places that having useable internet has gone from being a luxury to a necessity. Yet for [...]

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World Cup 2014 / Glasgow 2014 – To Stream or not to Stream – How your business could be affected

2018-01-03T11:46:40+00:00June 5th, 2014|Company News, Productivity, Technology News, Tips and Advice|

If you like sport as we do at Pro Drive you may have a few fans wanting the chance to watch the impending World Cup in Brazil or The Commonwealth Games in Glasgow live whilst working on daily business activities. This could have an undesirable impact on your IT networks with live streaming known to [...]

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Microsoft’s much loved “Start Menu” to make it’s return to Windows 8.1

2017-08-08T15:16:03+01:00June 2nd, 2014|Company News, Technology News|

We have all become used to it being there - that handy little button which opens our world to the inner workings of our machines and devices, whether you want to run a program or uninstall one, we've all used it and expect the Start Menu to be available for us. So when Microsoft developed [...]

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Taking notes on the go

2017-08-07T13:02:29+01:00May 12th, 2014|Company News, Productivity, Tips and Advice|

Note-taking software has come a long way since the humble Notepad first appeared nearly 30 years ago with Windows 1.0. The advent of cloud and mobile computing has seen software in this market evolve substantially over the last few years and there is now a vast array of options on the market which, combined with [...]

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Managing mobile devices in your business

2017-08-07T10:51:55+01:00May 6th, 2014|Company News, Productivity, Security and Threats, Tips and Advice|

Until not that long ago choosing a mobile device for your business was simple – it would be a Blackberry.  Their messaging ability and more importantly the ability to deploy, manage and secure them in a business was light years ahead of the competition. However things change rapidly in the technology world and for many [...]

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