Syncing business contact manager with iPhone

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Setting up iCloud support and calendar and contacts syncing on the iPhone is usually a pain-free exercise. iCloud was developed to take the hassle away from managing sensitive data on multiple devices and to avoid data duplication and loss. However, I receive the occasional client whose syncing needs are a little more complicated than the […]

Allow technology to track your tax travel

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Anyone running their own business or responsible for a large fleet of company vehicles understands just how time-consuming and mundane keeping track of business kilometres can be. Deducting business travel from taxable income is a good way of reducing one’s tax burden, but often times the figures are thumb-sucked or under-estimated in a rush to […]

Simfy – A music library in your pocket

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Most of us still enjoy the excitement of traveling to the music store and picking up our favourite artist’s latest album. But the more tech savvy audiophiles among us have learned to love the simplicity and convenience of having your music a mouse-click away. Having been largely ignored by international record labels and somewhat overcharged […]

How to upgrade to OS X Mountain Lion

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NB! Before attempting the instructions below make sure you have made a system backup. For assistance with this or any of the following contact us here. Step 1: Make sure your Mac can run Mountain Lion. Your Mac must be one of the following models: iMac (Mid 2007 or newer) MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or […]

Microsoft beginning to touch the Surface

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It’s about time the world’s most powerful software developer joined the party! Microsoft has long flirted with the idea of touch screen tablets. While Apple has continuously fine tuned and perfected the art of touch, Microsoft has seen fit to wait it out and strike at the right time. The reason for the long wait? […]

Get your gaming fix and watch all 3 E3 conferences here

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Although the Electronic Entertainment Expo is complete, E3 news continues to flood the internet. If you missed out on any of the major announcements from the three biggest players in the gaming arena you can catch up on all the action below. Sit back, relax and enjoy the shows. Microsoft summary This year’s Microsoft/Xbox presentation […]

WWDC 2012 – Fresh Apple Content

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Believe it or not but there is an annual event that manages to work people up into more of a frenzy than last week’s E3 event. For those of us who live for the next exciting tech tidbit there can be no greater month in the nerd calendar than June. E3 shares the spotlight with […]

I think I wanna marry you

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As far as proposals go, people either go way over the top or they keep things simple. There is a fine line between asking a girl to marry you and forcing her hand as it were. The following quote is an introduction to one of the finest marriage proposals ever orchestrated. On Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012, […]

The futureTECH team excels in duathlon

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TouchAfrica, in association with Grey High School and The Eastern Province Triathlon Association, organised a ‘Ride 4 Change’ duathlon on Sunday 27th of May 2012. It was one of a number of events that TouchAfrica continues to organize in order to raise funds for underprivileged communities in South Africa. We here at futureTECH believe very […]

Microsoft trading on Apple’s turf

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Two technology giants are vying for pavement supremacy in the States. Apple, with its beautifully designed stores, is about to inherit a neighbor desperate to keep up with the Jobs’s. Googling the words ‘Apple Store’ will generate a bevy of beautifully designed buildings made primarily of glass and wood.Microsoft, hoping to cash in on having […]

Time is money

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A request I often receive from my clients is: “Bradley, please help me speed up my computer.” We all know the old adage ‘time is money’. We all want things to be simpler, faster and easier to perform so that we can spend more time on the things we hold dear. And with the large amount of […]

How to read books with or without the Amazon Kindle

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So all of your friends are talking about the Amazon Kindle and how amazing it is being able to download books for less than R100 in 60 seconds? Well, you don’t have to spend money on a Kindle in order to jump on the e-book bandwagon. Instead of forking out for one of the Kindles you can visit the […]

Microsoft’s foray into app territory makes for an interesting OS

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Without failure, there can be no success. Ne’er a truer word spoken. Microsoft, although arguably one of the most successful companies of all time, has certainly had its fair share of failure. Windows Millenium, Clippit, Windows Vista, Windows Mobile 6.5, Zune, Kin; all products Microsoft is sure to want to keep buried in Bill Gate’s […]

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