NPD found a surge in mobile data usage in March

Mobile data usage has been on the rise for a while, as networks get better and faster and more people get mobile phones. Of course, with many people home right now phones are likely being used more than ever. NPD, a market research firm that monitors these things, found a surge in usage in March, which coincides with the pandemic and people being forced to work from home. Usage was up to 75 percent in March, that's year-over-year. Month over month the increase was up to 27 percent. The company points out "This increase in usage was driven primarily by… [Continue Reading]

8GB Raspberry Pi 4 now available

When the Raspberry Pi Foundation launched the Raspberry Pi 4 last year it described it as a "complete desktop computer", but the truth is it isn’t powerful enough to run many of the tasks you’d use a desktop computer for, even if you opted for the 4GB model. Today however, the Raspberry Pi 4 gets an upgrade with a new 8GB version joining the ranks. It’s long been rumored that a 8GB model was a possibility, but as Eben Upton explains there was one major issue standing in the way: The BCM2711 chip that we use on Raspberry Pi 4… [Continue Reading]

Wow! Windows 10 May 2020 Update has a LOT of issues

Microsoft had previously warned that the latest feature update for Windows 10 would be released with one known issue, but it turns out it has a lot more than that. The Windows 10 May 2020 Update, also known as Windows 10 version 2004, started rolling out to users yesterday, being first made available to users running Windows 10 version 1903 or 1909. To get the update you need to go into Windows Update and check for updates. You will want to think twice before you do this though as Microsoft has published a very long list of known and unresolved… [Continue Reading]

How to ensure communication security when working from home

With millions working from home for the first time thanks to coronavirus, many businesses have had to act quickly in order to facilitate remote communication which may never have been an option before the virus struck. Though these businesses may have already made the switch to internet-hosted calls and communications at work, providing access to all employees from home will not have been common. One of the most common concerns of using internet communication software is its security capacity, so how secure is it? And how can business leaders ensure the highest levels of safety for a remote workforce? From… [Continue Reading]

Microsoft releases Windows 10 May 2020 Update -- here's how to download it now

As predicted earlier today, Microsoft has now released Windows 10 May 2020 Update. This latest update has been available to developers for a little while, but the proposed general release that had been scheduled for the middle of this month had been postponed. But now Microsoft has decided the update is ready for public consumption. Here's what you need to know, and how you can get hold of it. See also: How to block the Windows 10 May 2020 update Microsoft is going to release Windows 10 May 2020 Update knowing it contains a bug What's new in Windows 10… [Continue Reading]

News flash: People working from home are just as productive

As a result of the coronavirus pandemic most companies have shifted to having employees working at home. For some that is ideal, for others the lack of human contact can be depressing. It’s a double-edged sword in many ways -- you want people around but enjoy being home. There is some good news for employers though -- new research released by Hibob finds that people working from home are just as productive as they were in the office. The company, a people management platform, "conducted a nationwide survey which revealed that a majority of employees are remaining equally as productive and equipped with the tools they… [Continue Reading]

Can AI bring back productivity that other technology has squandered?

How do you know you had a good day at work? If you did, how would your boss know? These questions are especially important in the current environment where so many people are working from home without the insight that watercooler discussions, office pop-ins and other face-to-face contact would typically provide. Our reliance on technology to get work done has been growing for decades, but work-from-home orders due to the coronavirus pandemic have accelerated that reliance even more. While offices are starting to open back up, work environments will never be like they were before. For example, it’ll be quite… [Continue Reading]