Business

Smart mobile security

July 19, 2016

Alongside the explosion of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policies comes the rise of mobile malware. Take precaution and install a mobile security app. Sophos is a FREE lightweight antivirus and security app. It was the winner of the AV-Test Award in 2015 and contains no advertising. Key features include: Malware protection Loss and theft protection…

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IT Contingency Planning

July 13, 2016

We often hear from prospects that they “love” their IT support person and that their IT is “fine.” They’ve been doing business with him or her for over ten years. Often, when we dig a bit deeper, we discover that there is no contingency plan in place for that day that their IT person doesn’t…

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Microsoft Sway

July 5, 2016

Will you be swayed by Microsoft Sway? Have you been using PowerPoint for years? Are you interested in trying an alternative Microsoft presentation app? If so, check out Sway. Last year Microsoft launched Sway. If you are familiar with Prezi and similar presentation tools you’ll be right at home with Sway. Sway is Microsoft’s digital…

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Smart Manager for Samsung

June 7, 2016

Smart Manager is an App that was introduced on Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge* that provides the status of  devices’ battery, storage, RAM and security. With this information, you’ll be able to better manage your device so that it functions at its best.  Here’s a summary of the four components: Battery: Stop wasting battery…

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Microsoft opens Canadian datacentres

May 19, 2016

Smart Dolphins welcomes the opening of Microsoft’s first Canadian datacenters. On May 10th, Microsoft announced that it is now officially open to power even more Canadian organizations. Two datacentres have opened, offering Microsoft Azure and Office 365 with locations in Toronto and Quebec City. This is big news, especially for not-for-profits, healthcare, insurance and other…

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VIATEC Finalist – Team of the Year

May 17, 2016

Way back in 2008, Smart Dolphins was crowned “Member of the Year” by VIATEC. A few years later in 2012, we were awarded “Employer of the Year.” We’re very excited to announce that this year, we are a “Team of the Year” finalist. A lot has changed at Smart Dolphins over the last four years.…

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Genius Scan

February 10, 2016

If you want to quickly and easily create a PDF using your phone camera, check out Genius Scan which is available for both Android and Apple. At Smart Dolphins, we use this app for capturing our credit card receipts before sending them to Mariola, our controller. She’s asked that all receipts come to her as PDFs,…

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MFI Testimonial

January 13, 2016

Nick Mason, Director of Marketing and IT of Megson Fitzpatrick shares his testimony of Smart Dolphins IT Solutions. Megson FitzPatrick was founded in 1968. Their core purpose is to improve the lives of their “Clients, Team & Community.” To submit an online a quote or for a list of locations, please visit their website at: www.megsonfitzpatrick.com…

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Create your own Gif

December 15, 2015

Did you know you can easily create an animated gif from any YouTube video? It’s simple, thanks to gifs. Here’s how: Open any YouTube video Copy the url from the address bar (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwEDgSECGiU) Go to https://gifs.com Paste the url into the box Choose the start time and length you want Click the button and voila! Break…

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Laptop replacement

November 4, 2015

I have had my laptop for around 4 years and it runs nearly as well today as the day I got it. A trusted friend, she is. The interesting part of this: I am typing this on a new laptop. Replacing a perfectly fine laptop might sound a little silly. Maybe this is a sign…

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