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Arrow Project from Newcastle University

Arrow Project is a program designed to help North East SMEs innovate and grow. It's a completely free service which can be accessed by businesses who are looking to expand, or brand new businesses and...

If you’ve recently purchased the iPhone 13, or you’re looking to get a new smartphone for Christmas, what are you planning on doing with your old one? You don’t need to throw it in a drawer and forget about it. Find out how to...

If you’re wanting a laptop, smartphone or any kind of electronic product this year, it is in your best interest to shop early. Due to a variety of factors, tech is in short supply, and it is suspected that this will cause real issues for...

In October, the University of Sunderland was targeted by a cyber attack which left its website and remote teaching services out of action for several days. Other universities in the North East, such as The University of Newcastle and Northumbria...

Earlier this year, Facebook experienced an outage. Although it was only down for between 5 and 6 hours, the outage affected more than 3.5 billion people across the globe. We’ve been looking at the effect this had on businesses, and what...

START UP Fund

This fund is ran by the University of Newcastle, in partnership with Santander. The fund awards grants of £500, £1,500 or £3000 to 'eligible individuals with a clear, genuine need for finances to progress an...

The iPhone 13 was released at the end of last month, to rave reviews. Although Apple is still expecting us to use Face ID rather than Touch ID, there are a fair few features that are worth getting excited about. 

1. Smile! This smartphone...

Despite lockdown easing, phishers are still finding ways to use Covid to get our information, and that has now extended to proof of vaccine status. If you’ve been contacted by someone who wants you to purchase a vaccine pass, yes,...

Microsoft has announced that next year, you’ll be able to get Office 2021 with a perpetual license. But what does this mean, and is it the right option for you, or you and your business? We’ve found out everything you need to know...

Windows 11 launched on 5th October, and if you’re currently using Windows 10 you might have received an alert encouraging you to update for free. There are a huge number of benefits to updating to Windows 11, but that doesn’t mean...