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Microsoft spruces up Outlook in a bid to catch up with major G Suite upgrades
News 5 Jul, 2019 Keumars Afifi-Sabet Revamped email platform features dark mode, snoozing and a new UI
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Google to shut down Hire service from 2020
News 28 Aug, 2019 Keumars Afifi-Sabet Closure announced just six months after the recruitment service launched the UK
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Microsoft confirms a Teams client for Linux is on its way
News 10 Sep, 2019 Keumars Afifi-Sabet Key rival to Slack encroaches on one of the platform’s major current USPs
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AWS ramps up SageMaker tools at Re:Invent
News4 Dec, 2019Bobby Hellard Cloud giant loads more capabilities into its machine learning hub with AWS SageMaker Studio
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Teams unveils Walkie Talkie and off-shift access controls in frontline...
News10 Jan, 2020Keumars Afifi-Sabet Microsoft makes another major pitch to capture Teams users in retail and manufacturing
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1&1 Ionos HiDrive Business Pro review: Simple but unsophisticated
Reviews13 Mar, 2020Dave Mitchell Good, simple cloud file sharing – but administrative controls are minimal and it’s comparatively pricey
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Google bins Chrome 82 development amid coronavirus delays
News23 Mar, 2020Bobby Hellard Company is skipping ahead to 83, which will be promoted when Chrome 81 is out of the beta channel
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Google Backup and Sync: That syncing feeling
Reviews27 Mar, 2020Andy WebbK.G. Orphanides A capable file-sync tool, but it’s no backup behemoth
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UK government to launch coronavirus 'contact tracking' app
News1 Apr, 2020Sabina Weston NHSX will announce an ethics board to oversee its development
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Slack boss snubs Microsoft Teams adoption figures
News14 Apr, 2020Bobby Hellard Stewart Butterfield hits out at rival as he talks up Slack's pandemic success
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Standard Chartered bans Zoom and Google Hangouts
News15 Apr, 2020Sabina Weston The London-based bank says cyber security is a top priority
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NetApp CEO: Coronavirus will create a new digital normal
News23 Apr, 2020Bobby Hellard Agility, speed and resilience will become paramount for businesses, says George Kurian
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Facebook rolls out video conferencing upgrades to take on Zoom
News27 Apr, 2020Keumars Afifi-Sabet Facebook rolls out video conferencing upgrades
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Dropbox launches a password manager and secure file vault
News17 Jun, 2020Bobby Hellard The cloud company wants to help organise remote workers with its array of new features
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Google and Parallels bring native Windows apps to Chromebooks
News17 Jun, 2020Bobby Hellard The partnership aims to make the budget-friendly Chromebooks more appealing to enterprise customers
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Slack attempts to replace email with Slack Connect tool
News25 Jun, 2020Bobby Hellard Communication platform's new service will allow 20 organisations to be added to a single Slack channel
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Twitter becomes the latest firm to ditch problematic coding terms
News3 Jul, 2020Bobby Hellard Dismantling structural racism 'will take more than just a couple of cosmetic code changes', warns Scale Factory CEO
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Microsoft Teams update will put users in a virtual theatre
News9 Jul, 2020Bobby Hellard Virtual meeting rooms, dynamic views, and even a Cortana integration added to the collaboration platform
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Regulators urge video conferencing firms to review security procedures
News22 Jul, 2020Keumars Afifi-Sabet Six data authorities send an open letter to the industry, suggesting the COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to new risks
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Zoom introduces filters and reactions to ‘make meetings more fun’
News7 Aug, 2020Keumars Afifi-Sabet The new features aim to liven up catchups with colleagues
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Microsoft launches automatic transcribe for Word online
News26 Aug, 2020Bobby Hellard AI-based service is free to Office 365 subscribers, but comes with a five-hour monthly upload limit
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Remote working shift could lead to "ghost towns", experts warn
News27 Aug, 2020Bobby Hellard Local businesses and city centres will struggle without the "passing trade" of office workers, says CBI
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Remote workers swap commute for productivity
News7 Sep, 2020Sabina Weston The UK government might find it difficult to encourage employees to return to their offices
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Box updates bring collaboration and security improvements for remote workers
News18 Sep, 2020Bobby Hellard Announcements include further integrations with Apple and Microsoft Teams and updated security policies
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Slack plots 'enterprise-grade' security updates for Slack Connect
News8 Oct, 2020Bobby Hellard Slack also announced that users will soon be able to message users from other organisations directly
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Google Glass now supports Meet video calls
News15 Oct, 2020Bobby Hellard New integration is available in beta for Enterprise Edition 2 of Google Glass
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Microsoft Teams to provide multi-account support
News5 Nov, 2020David Gargaro Desktop users will be able to add accounts, change profile picture and switch between accounts
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AWS launches visual data preparation tool DataBrew
News12 Nov, 2020Sabina Weston AWS Glue DataBrew allows for the cleaning and normalising of data without the need to write code
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Dell's new monitors feature a dedicated Microsoft Teams button
News6 Jan, 2021Carly Page The PC giant is looking to facilitate businesses' continued reliance on video conferencing software
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Microsoft is building a Teams tool that can tell if you're bored during a...
News12 Feb, 2021Bobby Hellard The 'AffectiveSpotflight' is a form of facial recognition that aims to reduce anxiety for video conferencing hosts
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Chrome OS gets enterprise overhaul
News10 Mar, 2021Zach Marzouk Google is celebrating its desktop operating system turning 10 with a bunch of new features for IT admins
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Facebook Workplace review: Are you ready for Facebook’s social office?
Reviews18 Mar, 2021K.G. Orphanides The corporate version of Facebook does a lot, much of it well, but its comms and events need more polish
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Remote workers spend more hours on the job, finds ONS
News20 Apr, 2021Zach Marzouk The study also found that employees working from home earn more and had a lower sickness rate
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New Chrome OS update makes it easier to check for hardware faults
News22 Apr, 2021Bobby Hellard The diagnostic app can check for issues with the battery, the CPU, and on-board memory
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Global chip shortage hits Cisco supply chain
News20 May, 2021Sabina Weston CFO Scott Herren said that issues will last until at least the end of 2021
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Home Office reveals plans for long-overdue 'digital border'
News25 May, 2021Bobby Hellard New digital visa to be launched as part of a "fully end-to-end digital customer experience"
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UK city centres to lose 'billions' due to hybrid working
News21 Jun, 2021Bobby Hellard UK gov is reportedly looking at ways to support hybrid approaches, despite the loss of footfall traffic
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Microsoft 365 redesign debuts as Windows 11 preview is released
News29 Jun, 2021Bobby Hellard The overhaul to the cloud-based office suite also includes support for Arm's 64-bit architecture
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The business of the metaverse
In-depth20 Dec, 2021David Howell As Facebook’s rebrand resurfaces the concept of the metaverse, is this a space all businesses should finally be paying attention to?
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UK businesses urged to join four-day working week trial
News17 Jan, 2022Sabina Weston Participating employees will receive 100% of their usual pay for only four days at work
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