New Sketch-To-Image AI Tool Launched

Tech News : New Sketch-To-Image AI Tool Launched

London and San Francisco–based startup Stability AI has announced the launch of ‘Stable Doodle’, a sketch-to-image AI-based tool that converts a simple drawing into a dynamic image.  Creates An Image From A Simple Doodle and Text Description  The new tool from Clipdrop by Stability AI, creates images from a simple doodle (sketched with a mouse)…

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Avoiding Enemy Aircraft … Or The Car in Front!

Tech Trivia : Did You Know? This Week in Tech-History ...

In July 1940, a Bristol Blenheim like this one was the first aircraft to successfully use radar to detect enemy aircraft, proving that radar could help provide an effective electronic defence whilst being deployed in the air. It’s often been said that Britain would have lost the Battle of Britain had it not been for…

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MSPs – Looking Over Your Staff’s Shoulders?

Tech News : Passwordless Future : Google 'Passkeys'

Given the importance to MSPs of recruiting and retaining excellent staff, it’s more important than ever to maximise the value they get from their relationship with the business. To this end, it may be worth reviewing a precis about a recent academic study. A recent 2023 article entitled “Is someone looking over my shoulder? An…

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Time Presentation For MSPs

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For More of MKLINK’s MSP MBA Marketing & IT Training Resources, Make Sure You’ve Registered your account for free now at www. MKLINK.org Time Presentation For MSPs Some interesting results came back from an academic paper in 2022 by 3 researchers  Jeong Hwang and Suk.  Their research  studied  2129 participants which showed how the presentation of…

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The Start Of “More Noise”

July 1968 ... The Start of 'More Noise'.

On 18th July 1968, Intel was incorporated. These days, you’ll know them as the wildly successful manufacturer of microchips and indeed the processor that you’re using right now in whichever device you’re holding may well have “Intel Inside”. One of their big-breaks came when they correctly predicted that memory chips were going to have a…

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How ‘Copilot’ Can Help Your Business

Tech Insight : How 'Copilot' Can Help Your Business

In this tech insight, we take a look at what Microsoft 365 Copilot is, how it is being used, and how it can help your business.   What Is Copilot?   Introduced in March 2023, Microsoft 365 Copilot is an AI assistant that’s embedded within the Microsoft 365 apps and services to help users save time and…

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Millions Sign Up To Meta’s ‘Threads’ Twitter Competitor

Millions Sign Up To Meta’s ‘Threads’ Twitter Competitor

Following the release of Meta’s alternative platform to Twitter called ‘Threads’, Meta’s head, Mark Zuckerberg, reports 100 million signups to the new platform in its first five days.  What Is Threads?  The Threads app, launched by Meta on 6 June, is a “text-based conversation app” that is a direct competitor to Twitter – it looks remarkably similar…

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Apple Photo Stream Shutdown Warning 

Tech News : Apple Photo Stream Shutdown Warning

Those with photos and videos stored on Apple’s Photo Stream may wish to back them up elsewhere or lose them when Apple retire Photo Stream on 26 July.  What Is Photo Stream?  Apple’s Photo Stream was a feature introduced in 2011 as part of their iCloud service, which allowed users to sync and share photos…

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1.5 Million Seat NHS IT Support Deal

Tech News : 1.5 Million Seat NHS IT Support Deal

Microsoft and NHS England have announced the signing of new five-year contract whereby Microsoft (via a major reseller) will roll out the Microsoft 365 cloud-based online productivity suite to 1.5 million NHS staff.  Trusted Relationship Continues  Coinciding with the 75th Anniversary of the NHS, Microsoft says the partnership, through a contract awarded to the reseller,…

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