20 Nov 2024 | Tips & Advice
How do You Shop – A Guide to Alternative Payment Methods Published: 20 November 2024 With the festive season fast approaching, many of us will be thinking about Christmas shopping, whether that’s in-store or online. The retail landscape has changed dramatically in the...
23 Sep 2024 | Tips & Advice
The Low-Down: Search Engines, Browsers and VPNs Published: 23 September 2024 You may have heard about the browser/search engine DuckDuckGo, which claims to protect your privacy and is currently on a pro-active campaign to raise its profile and usage. There are other...
22 Aug 2024 | Tips & Advice
We’re all Going on a… Summer Working Holiday Published: 22 August 2024 Many of us will be looking forward to a well-earned break this summer and heading off on holiday. And whilst undoubtedly a chance for some R&R, more people do some form of work on vacation –...
31 Jul 2024 | Tips & Advice
The Lifeline IT Guide to Home Technology Published: 31 July 2024 We recently looked at security issues around home working and how you can help mitigate against this. This week, we take a look at equipment that can help enhance your home working experience – covering...
20 Jun 2024 | Tips & Advice
Improve your Password Habits with our ‘How To’ Video Guide Published: 20 June 2024 Are you guilty of having the same password for all devices? Do you rely on easy-to-hack passwords like 12345? Are you one of those people who have them written down on post-it notes and...
28 Mar 2024 | Tips & Advice
Win an Amazon Voucher in our Tech Challenges Survey Published: 28 March 2024 Do you struggle to get the best out of Teams and Zoom? Are you at a loss how to use creative tools like Photoshop and Adobe, and do you worry about how secure your devices are when working...
25 Mar 2024 | Tips & Advice
Making Cyber Security Part of Your Disaster Recovery Published: 25 March 2024 New guidelines are being launched by the government advising businesses to prioritise cyber threats as a key business risk. Currently under consultation review, the ‘Code of Practice on...
22 Feb 2024 | Tips & Advice
The Lifeline IT Guide to Out Of Office Published: 22 February 2024 Activating an out of office (OOO) message is often the last thing people do as they rush off on holiday or time away from the office. However, how much thought do you give when composing an OOO message...
6 Feb 2024 | Tips & Advice
Keep Your Health Goals on Track with our Tech Guide Published: 6 February 2024 With January now behind us, keeping motivated with new year resolutions can be a challenge. To help keep you on track, we take a look at some of the innovative and interesting tech items...
26 Jan 2024 | Tips & Advice
Improve Your Team Communication with Innovative Ways of Working Published: 26 January 2024 As a company with multiple offices, we’re always looking for ways to help improve team communication across Lifeline IT’s locations. We know that many businesses also operate...
8 Dec 2023 | Tips & Advice
The Lifeline IT Christmas Tech Gift Guide Published: 8 December 2023 Are you looking for the ideal present for the gadget obsessed person in your life? Or do you just want a tech gift that will help make life easier for a friend or loved one? Help is at hand with our...
20 Nov 2023 | Tips & Advice
De-constructing the Mystery Around Tech Talk Published: 20 November 2023 Do you know your IP from your IPS? Are you at a loss as to what a firewall is? And do you draw a blank when it comes to end point protection? Here at Lifeline IT, we admit that tech-speak can be...
25 Oct 2023 | Cyber Security, Tips & Advice
Plan Ahead to Avoid a Tech Disaster Published: 25 October 2023 It’s every business’ worst nightmare – a disaster that can prevent you trading, have serious financial ramifications and cause mass upheaval for staff and customers. Whether in the form of a physical...
7 Aug 2023 | Tips & Advice
The Lifeline IT Travel Tech Guide 2023 Published: 7 August 2023 With the holiday season now in full swing, we thought we’d revisit the subject of travel tech – the gadgets, items and apps that help make the most of your journeying. Whether you’re off on an exploring...
26 Jun 2023 | Tips & Advice
How to Keep your IT Equipment Cool Published: 26 June 2023 As the mercury rises, we’re all keen to find ways to avoid overheating during the summer months. But spare a thought for your tech equipment, as it struggles with the blistering sun and rising temperatures....
15 Jun 2023 | Tips & Advice
How to Deal with the Growing Problem of Junk Emails Published: 15 June 2023 We’ve all been there – you send an important email only to get a phone call from a client asking why you haven’t got back to them. The reason being your email is sitting in their junk box,...
31 May 2023 | Tips & Advice
Get Set for Summer with our Pick of the Apps Published: 31 May 2023 As the weather (finally!) improves, many of us will be spending more time outdoors over the summer months. To help get the best out of the holiday season, we’ve put together a useful guide to outdoor...
15 May 2023 | Tips & Advice
The Lifeline IT Guide to Office Tech Accessories Published: 15 May 2023 Choosing the best equipment for online meetings, calls and video conferencing can be a daunting task, as there are hundreds of different cameras and headphones on the market. Ranging from as...
17 Apr 2023 | Tips & Advice
Software Updates: TO UPDATE OR NOT TO UPDATE… THAT IS THE QUESTION? Published: 17 April 2023 We’ve all been there. You’re in a hurry to shut down your computer and head off when the dreaded ‘installing updates’ message appears, telling you it will take several minutes...
10 Jan 2023 | Tips & Advice
IT HEALTH HACKS TO START THE YEAR Published: 10 January 2023 Why not break from the tradition of health and fitness resolutions and start 2023 by resolving to improve your IT habits? We’re all guilty of not running updates, hoarding thousands of emails and keeping...
12 Dec 2022 | News, Tips & Advice
LIFELINE IT OPENS THIRD SITE – IN THE NETHERLANDS Published: 12 December 2022 Lifeline IT is expanding into Europe with the launch of a new office in Amsterdam. The site, based in the centre of Amsterdam, will be the company’s third location following the...
16 Nov 2022 | Tips & Advice
CHRISTMAS TECH GIFTS – LIFELINE IT CHRISTMAS STOCKING FILLERS Published: 16 November 2022 Now that Halloween and Bonfire Night are over attention turns to the next calendar event of the year – Christmas. Whilst it’s often seen as one of the biggest celebrations...
25 Aug 2022 | Tips & Advice
Back-Up Basics Published: 25 August 2022 Have you ever gone back to a document that you’ve not reviewed for several months and noticed that changes you definitely made haven’t been saved? If the answer is yes, then you may need to take a closer look at your back-up...
8 Aug 2022 | Tips & Advice
Space and Tech: How the Space Age is Revolutionising Life on Earth Published: 8 August 2022 Although it’s easy to dismiss the billion-pound explorations into space by the likes of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, there are benefits felt on planet earth of these intergalactic...
28 Jul 2022 | Tips & Advice
ARE YOU BEING SERVED? The benefits of old-school on-site servers Published: 29 July 2022 These days, the go-to option for IT services and storage is nearly always cloud-based, with Microsoft, Google and Amazon Web Services (AWS) offering internet-based cloud...
26 Apr 2022 | Tips & Advice
MOBILE ROAMING CHARGES – THE NEW TRAVEL RESTRICTION Published: 26 April 2022 As all UK covid travel restrictions are lifted and, for the first time in two years, many consumers return to holidaying abroad, there is a new restriction that could be costly – the return...
10 Feb 2022 | Tips & Advice
ARE YOU A ‘TEAMS’ PLAYER? MAKING THE MOST OF MICROSOFT Published: 10 February 2022 Rewind two years and Microsoft Teams was a relatively new platform that few businesses had embraced. Yet, as a result of the pandemic, the communications and collaboration application...
14 Jan 2022 | Tips & Advice
COULD INSTANT MESSAGING SIGNAL THE END OF EMAIL? Published: 14 January 2022 Increasing numbers of businesses are turning their backs on email as a workforce communication tool and instead embracing instant messaging. And as many companies return to home working, the...
20 Dec 2021 | Tips & Advice
DO YOU NEED TO CHALLENGE YOUR CLOUD-BASED STATUS QUO? Published: 20 December 2021 The recent changes to Google Workspace could be the ideal prompt to review your cloud-based systems. Whilst much of the Google platform will remain the same, if you’re on the Google...
29 Nov 2021 | Tips & Advice
LIFELINE IT LAUNCHES NEW OFFICE IN UK’S FAST GROWING CITY Published: 29 November 2021 Lifeline IT is growing with the launch of the company’s second office in the Cambridgeshire city of Peterborough. Opened this month, the new office is an extension of Lifeline IT’s...
9 Nov 2021 | Tips & Advice
Starlink – The Intergalactic Internet Service Published: 9 November 2021 You’d have to have been living on another planet not to be aware of the recent space race antics of Elon Musk. But what is less well known is another element of Musk’s space exploration –...
15 Oct 2021 | Tips & Advice
TAKING A LOOK THROUGH A NEW WINDOW Published: 15 October 2021 There’s much talk in the tech world about the upcoming new Windows 11 Operating System (OS), but what will it really mean for business and consumers? We take a closer look at the new system and give you the...
14 Sep 2021 | IT Trends, Tips & Advice
ON THE UP – SOFTWARE PRICE INCREASES ON THE WAY FOR CUSTOMERS Published: 14 September 2021 If you’re a user of Cloud-based subscription services – which is now the majority of our clients – you may have heard rumours of future software price increases across a variety...
24 Aug 2021 | Tips & Advice
THE LIFELINE IT BACK TO WORK BASICS Published: 24 August 2021 As life slowly returns to some form of normality, many of us are starting to go back to our place of work. But after 18 months of home working, lots of offices and work places have been virtually empty, and...
21 Jun 2021 | Podcasts, Tips & Advice
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CODING FOR KIDS Published: 21 June 2021 Are you confused by the term ‘coding’ and would you like to learn about how you can get yourself and the kids involved? In the latest edition of Lifeline IT’s series of podcasts – The Tech...
8 Jun 2021 | Podcasts, Remote & Home Working, Tips & Advice
LIFELINE IT TELL YOU HOW TO CREATE YOUR IDEAL HOME OFFICE Published: 8 June 2021 Home working had become the norm for many over the past year and, even as restrictions ease, hybrid working between the office and home is likely to remain commonplace for some time....
4 Mar 2021 | Tips & Advice
THE ALTERNATIVE SOCIAL MEDIA SITES Published: 4 March 2021 Have you ever had a verbal conversation with someone and then looked at Facebook or Instagram only to see suggested posts, users or adverts relating to the very conversation you’ve just had? Could it really be...
30 Jul 2020 | Tips & Advice
5G – YOUR GUIDE TO THE NEXT GENERATION Published: 30 July 2020 It’s hard to switch on the news without hearing about 5G, which has become a much-politicised issue due to the involvement of tech company Huawei. But politics aside, what exactly is 5G and what will it...
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