All over the news recently has been the progress of the Starlink satellite internet constellation being constructed by Elon Musk’s company – SpaceX – which when finished will provide satellite Internet access.

Microsoft 365 is the best thing for staff productivity. One thing that has become apparent with the pandemic and working from home is that we are relying on technology more than ever before. The tools available in Microsoft 365 help us stay productive wherever we’re working, be it in the office or remotely.

Barely a week goes by without yet another vulnerability being found in one type of device or another. This week’s ‘winner’ is Apple’s iOS family which powers iPhones, iPads, Apple TVs, and Apple Watches, with three separate vulnerabilities being found. While only limited technical details of the three are available, they are all being actively used to break into systems showing yet again the need to keep systems protected and secure against threats.

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Apple has recently released the latest update to their macOS operating system called Big Sur (named after the coastal region of Big Sur in the central coast of California). It has a number of new features, mainly focused on user interface improvements, but one major change is the support for the new ARM based Apple M1 Processors. Because of this change, for the first time since the year 2000, Apple are moving away from using version 10 (OSX) and are now using version 11.

One of our Staff members is getting very excited about the technology being developed in this article. When he’s not at work Noel is running hundreds of kilometers a year as a guide for a blind athlete from the local Achilles running club. New technology being developed and tested by a blind runner in the UK has allowed Simon Wheatcroft to start running by himself. He wears a Wayband on his wrist which uses super-precise GPS and directs the wearer using small vibrations. It is so accurate that it allowed Simon to line up with 50,000 other runners at the New York marathon, without a guide.

You may or may not be aware that Microsoft has made some big changes with their Edge Web Browser. In fact, they rebuilt it from the ground up, so it is now built on the same engine as Google’s Chrome (the open source Chromium Project).

Augmented Reality (AR) is one of the technologies we are going to see a lot off in the not too distant future. Some of the worlds biggest companies are investing lots of research time and dollars into AR.

This month we are going to look at an underutilized add in called FindTime which was created for Outlook. FindTime was designed to help with arranging meetings and finding a time that works for all parties. If we are arranging a meeting within our own organization, we can see other people’s calendars which helps to find a time when everyone is free. But if we are wanting to invite people from outside our company, we need phone calls and emails to try to find a suitable time in peoples busy schedules.