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Businesses Use Facebook Collaboration In Droves

Not only has Facebook’s Workplace Collaboration Tool exceeded expected take-up numbers by businesses, but it now getting a desktop app for group chats. What Workplace Tool? Facebook’s Workplace platform app was introduced in October 2016 to enable businesses to have their own social network while allowing Facebook to compete in the same collaborative and communications…
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Changing Faces With AR and AI

The combination of Augmented Reality (AR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) has led to a cosmetics chain enabling customers to experiment with virtual make-up, and the animation of single still images into photos with moving facial expressions. Virtual Cosmetics App Back in March, the new ‘Virtual Artist’ app was first unveiled to the tech world. The…
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Tech Tip: Android: Use Your Phone By Voice Alone

If you want up to set up voice search so that you can use your Android phone hands-free here’s how: Open the latest version of the Google App. Top left, tap Menu, Settings, Voice, then OK Google Detection. Make sure that “From the Google App” and “Always on” are switched on. Making A Call By…
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Cortana Integrated With Skype

Microsoft has added its talking digital assistant ‘Cortana’ to Skype to provide ‘contextual assistance’, which could help Skype users in their online chats. What Kind of Assistance? The idea is that the digital assistant can use its AI to pick up on what is being said in a Skype chat and then help to provide…
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How Your Phone Can Depress You

Research by Nottingham Trent University has revealed that mobile phone alerts can have a negative impact on your mood, especially if they’re work-related and or non-human notifications. App Research The research, which was carried out to study the way people interact with the notifications on their phone and how they impact mood, was conducted by…
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Tech Tip: Android: Device Manager Locates Your Phone

If you’ve put your phone down somewhere in the house or office but can’t remember where, you can use Android Device Manager (Find My Device) to help you locate it. Here’s how: You can access Device Manager via the web on a mobile device or computer. Find My Device is on by default for Android…
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Augmented Reality Maps

The Ordnance Survey augmented reality (OS) Maps app will allow users to see signs identifying UK landmarks in the area they’re looking at through their phone or tablet’s camera view. Augmented Reality Maps The new version of the OS Maps app uses ‘augmented reality’ which is the technology that can allow the real-world view to…
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Tech Tip: Android Phone: Snap A Screenshot

If you see something on the screen of your android phone that you want to save and share, there’s an easy way to do it. Press your phone’s power and volume-down buttons at the same time to capture a screenshot. Share via the notification that appears on your device or via the “Screenshots” folder within…
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HP Elite x3 ads, Workspace app pop up to “reinvent mobility” – SlashGear

The future of windows mobile devices.  Your desktop in your pocket 🙂 http://www.slashgear.com/hp-elite-x3-ads-workspace-app-pop-up-to-reinvent-mobility-12451561/

In case you missed: Use your Android as a credit/debit card

It appears many android users missed the news that android pay was available in the UK. For a long time it was only available in USA but it was finally released to the UK. How does it work? First download and install android pay from the play store Next add your bank card and accept terms…
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