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Conosco CEO Ben Gladstone keeps an eye on IT.

“It’s the end of the web as we know it”

If you own or run a business web site, you need to read this – it’s alarmist in tone but hard to fault. Essentially, the power of Facebook’s social network means that your web presence within Facebook is much more important than your standalone traditional web site. The kicker is that Facebook controls your Facebook page, it controls the data you can collect and see, it controls...


Using Gmail, Calendar and Docs without an Internet connection

        Finally Gmail and Google Apps have offline access - Using Gmail, Calendar and Docs without an Internet connection – Official Gmail Blog. This is a major step, finally putting Gmail on a par with Microsoft Exchange & Outlook in all important respects. Offline Gmail...


Microsoft Office 365 vs Google Apps

Now that Office 365 has launched, how do the two* leading web-based Office suites compare? (Disclosure: we sell both at Conosco.) Background The expensive Microsoft Office suite of desktop applications defines the standards for email, documents, spreadsheets and presentations. In...


Which is the best app for tracking a stolen laptop?

The unthinkable happens and a burglar nicks my MacBook… two days later I remember the name of the (beta) tracking software I’d installed on it a year earlier, and discover it stopped working soon after the initial test I ran on it. Two schoolboy errors: keep a master sheet of important information on Google Docs and monitor important software to ensure it’s working. It’s...


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