Month: March 2020

How to use WhatsApp using your business landline number

As astounding as it sounds, a special version of WhatsApp can be used to send and receive messages using your landline number. And the best thing about this trick is that you don't have to share your mobile number with strangers if you don't want to. The key to this mystery lies in the business-centric app - the WhatsApp Business ( - launched by the company nearly a year ago in January last year....
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What is a Content Management System (CMS)

A content management system or CMS is a software that facilitates creating, editing, organizing, and publishing content. WordPress is a Content Management System, that allows you to create and publish your content on the web. Although it is mostly used for web publishing, it can be used to manage content on an intranet, or in a single computer. WordPress allows users to have full control over the...
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Coronavirus: What we’re doing (updated daily)

Andy Smart March 11, 2020 0 Comments
Our plan in brief With Coronavirus (COVID-19) now at the pandemic stage we're implementing additional measures to ensure we can continue to serve our customers during the coming weeks and months. We are taking steps to limit the risk of infection in our Swindon office and encouraging team members based outside of Swindon to do the same. Our distributed team means that team members already work...
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WooCommerce 4.0 is now available, but is not fully backwards compatible

Andy Smart March 11, 2020 0 Comments
WooCommerce 4.0 is a “major” release. This means that this version is not fully backwards compatible with sites running various versions of WooCommerce 3.x. Therefore, we recommend testing the upgrade on a staging site copy before upgrading your live store and creating a backup of your code and database. Please see this guide on the WooCommerce website for more details. What’s new in...
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Attackers using the Coronavirus as a phishing trap

Andy Smart March 10, 2020 0 Comments
The coronavirus outbreak is being used in phishing attacks according to researchers at Proofpoint. Attackers are taking advantage of the widespread concern about the virus to lure people into phishing traps using conspiracy theories about “unreleased” cures. One example describes a ‘confidential cure solution’ before giving users the option to follow a link through to a fake website...
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Coronavirus Action Plan

Andy Smart March 10, 2020 0 Comments
The current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, which began in December 2019, presents a significant challenge for the entire world. O’Brien Media is working rigorously to the guidelines provided by the Department of Health & Social Care to minimise the risk of infection. Health & Safety The health and safety of staff and customers will always be our number one priority. We have put...
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Google My Business advises businesses affected by Coronavirus to update their listings

Andy Smart March 09, 2020 0 Comments
Google is asking businesses to update its Google My Business listings if the business is affected by COVID-19. Google posted a new help document describing that businesses can update their business hours, phone numbers, business descriptions and/or use Google Posts to share more information. Google’s help document. Google placed a notice at the top of the Google My Business support pages...
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Support remote workers using Microsoft Teams

Andy Smart March 05, 2020 0 Comments
Use the best practices in this article to support your users who work remotely or from home. Technical advice Make sure Teams is turned on for everyone Look at Teams free to make Teams available to everybody in your company. Remote employees rely more heavily on meetings and audio conferencing. If you haven't yet rolled out these workloads, check out Meetings and conferencing in Teams. Tell...
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