Fortnightly Recap: 

• Legally Techie is launching an Academy to help legal professionals, attorneys, paralegals and alike to be able to optimise Google Workspace.
• Over at Kimbley IT, we have onboarded a new Google Workspace client and helped them split their existing Google Workspace into two separate companies.
• James and Kyle both visited a client for the first time in many months. 

New Content:

• Alicia pushed herself out of her comfort zone to publish a completely free Gmail course for Attorneys on YouTube. Don't forget to subscribe!
• We put out three new blogs posts. Are You Planning To Work In A Co-Working Venue? Ask These Questions Before Signing Up, Why You Should Always Tell Your IT Team Someone Has Left Before They Have Left and How You Can Save Time By Using Bots In Google Chat.

In The News:

• American Bar Association 2020 Reports
• Pets' names used as passwords by millions, study finds
• Elon Musk’s Neuralink says this monkey is playing Pong with its mind
• Reigniting the "Recommended for Google Workspace" program
• The 'Iron Man' body armour many of us may soon be wearing
• AI Comes to Car Repair, and Body Shop Owners Aren’t Happy

Conversation Time:
For this conversation, we are joined by Alicia Pierre who is the founder of Legally Techie. A Google Workspace partner based out of Miami in the United States. Legally Techie helps boutique law firms use and increase their productivity through Google Workspace.

Recommendations:

• Timer
• Marvel Cinematic Universe - Disney+
• Sherpa - Netflix

In this episode of The Kimbley IT Podcast, we have no guest; it is simply James and Kyle talking tech and having a quick review of Q1 2021 - the most successful ever for Kimbley IT.

Fortnightly Recap: 

• We've been experimenting with some new cloud-based printer management software.
• We got a new client that we are moving from Google Workspace to Google Workspace?!?
• Google buggered last month billing for Google Voice, and we can't now charge clients.
• Kyle is struggling to get Windows 10 running in GCP.

New Content:

• Founder's Log: Q1 and March 2021 Update
• Going On Holiday? Prepare Your Google Workspace Account!

In The News:

• 'We have your porn collection': The rise of extortionware
• Google Maps is getting a ton of new features — here's what to expect and when
• Sleeping on the job: How we built the new Nest Hub
• Fiat made a ‘Hey Google’ car
• GM is betting its electrified future on a revolutionary new battery system

Review of Q1 2021 

• The most successful quarter of all time - Driven by business coming out of lockdown.
• Well on track to meet targets set at the beginning of the year.

Recommendations:

• The Ride of a Lifetime - Bob Iger

In this episode of The Kimbley IT Podcast, James and Kyle are joined by Chloe Waight, Founder of Lodestar Accounting based in Tamworth. Lodestar has been clients of Kimbley IT for at least four years, and Lodestar is also the accountants for Kimbley IT. 

Fortnightly Recap: 

• Chloe lets us know what Lodestar has been up too.
• Mac Surfacing had partnered with Kimbley IT.
• Kyle is still migrating data!
• And another client moved to Google Voice.

New Content:

• Summary of this months government budget announcement
• Pause Your Work Emails And Notifications Every Night, Weekend Or Whenever On Android.
• Use "Find A Time" In Google Calendar To Schedule An Event That Works For Everyone.
• See Who Has Viewed Your Google Doc, Sheet Or Slide.

In The News:

• Google announces Threadit
• Chrome can now caption audio and video
• Snooze Google Calendar desktop notifications
• UK 'heading towards digital skills shortage disaster'
• Gigabit broadband: First areas to benefit announced
• Receipt Bank is now Dext (worse rebrand of all time)
• Making Tax Digital Updates

Interview:

Chloe takes us through how she founded Lodestar Accounting, how the pandemic helped the business grow, and more...

Recommendations:

As always, we round the show off with our viewing recommendations.

It is Kyle and James for this episode of the podcast. There is no theme to this episode, but we talk about Chromebooks and the new Learning Sessions service Kimbley IT is now offering. 

Fortnightly Recap: 

• Kyle finalised the onboarding of a new accountancy practise, which turned out to quite a data challenge.
• The dreaded BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) struck while trying to set up a security key on Windows 10. 
• We launched our new Learning Sessions by Kimbley IT service to help clients book and get their team regular training sessions. 

Recap of new content:

• How You Can Easily Build An Intranet Or Company Hub For Your Business.
• Founder's Log And IT Support Statistics For February 2021
• How To Export Your Data From Google Using Google Takeout
• Why You Should Use A Security Key To Secure Your Google Workspace Account.
• How to change your Google profile picture
• How to convert your Office File to a Google File in two clicks.
• Founders Log February 2021 Update
• How to export your data with Google Takeout

In The News:

• Move over, SolarWinds: 30,000 orgs’ email hacked via Microsoft Exchange Server flaws.
• Chromebooks are ten years old!
• The life and death of Hangouts: A Google tragedy
• Alphabet’s moonshot lab is working on a device to give people superhuman hearing
• Waypoint - The official Waymo blog: Replaying real life: how the Waymo Driver avoids fatal human crashes

Conversation Time:

We have a q quick discussion on the importance of training and using Chromebooks.

Recommendations:

• Biggie; I got a story to tell - Netflix
• The Dig - Netflix

In this episode of The Kimbley IT Podcast, James and Kyle get joined by PJ Ellis. PJ is the co-founder of Birmingham based charity LoveBrum (which Kimbley IT is a corporate sponsor), a Director of Lightbox Digital, a digital marketing agency based in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter. And if you feel PJ is familiar, PJ was a housemate on series three of the UK's Big Brother!

Fortnightly Recap: 

• PJ lets us know what he had been up too in the last two weeks.
  • We had three new leads come in, and so far, two have converted. One is an accountancy firm that brings our stable of accountancy clients up to eight and will be going live at the start of March.
  • The other new client is a global corporate training firm based in the Cayman Islands with offices in London, New York and Geneva - they should have gone live with Google Workspace last Friday.

Recap of new content:

• PJ tells us about the latest content LoveBrum and Lightbox have put out, and you can view the content at https://lightboxdigital.co.uk/blog/ and https://lovebrum.org.uk/
• Video: How to customise the Windows 10 taskbar
• Video: How to easily identify and rename your microphone in Windows 10
• Video: How to free up space on your Mac!
• Blog: With Gmail You Can Keep Control Of Attachments You Share.
• Blog: A Useful Tool To Diagnose Video And Audio Problems In Google Meet.
• Blog: Yes, You Can Use Gmail When You're Offline!

In The News:

• LastPass will restrict free users to only one type of device starting next month.
• Material Design for WordPress
• Parents alerted to NurseryCam security breach.
• Black Country: Facebook censored local dish chat

Interview:

PJ takes us through his life story, from training to be a solicitor to appearing on Big Brother and then co-founding the LoveBrum charity and how he became a Director of Lightbox Digital.

Recommendations:

The show wraps up with our usual Netflix recommendations. 

In this episode of The Kimbley IT Podcast James and Kyle discuss how ridiculous investing in cryptocurrencies has become with one individual wielding so much power.

Fortnightly Recap: 

• A lead that we genuinely thought might fishy, turned out great.
• We are currently migrating a new client from Protonmail to Google Workspace
• Lauren held two Google Workspace training sessions.
• We licenced music for our new video advert.
• And the new logo we have been using for the last year finally got proofed for our new hoodies.

Recap of new content:

• Blog: Use This Tool To Get The Perfect Video And Sound In A Google Meet Video Call.
• Blog: Founder's Log And IT Support Statistics For January 2021
• Video: How to customise the dock on MacOS
• Video: How to check your audio and video before joining  Google Meet
• Video: Webcam not working? Check your Windows privacy settings!

In The News:

• Parkinson’s meds are hard to grab, so TikTok users crowdsourced a solution
• Completed Netflix? Indulge your inner nerd with a virtual talk from a computer museum
• Chromebook demand has grown by over 4x during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Windows 10 on a Chromebook: A look at Parallels Desktop for Chromebook Enterprise
• Take a pulse on health and wellness with your phone

Conversation:

We have a chat about the current state of cryptocurrencies and why investing is pure guesswork and how one man can unfairly change the game with a simple tweet.

Recommendations:

• Podcast: Business Movers (Wondery)
• YouTube: How an AK47 works

In this episode of The Kimbley IT Podcast James and Kyle are joined by Jordan and Lauren Hughes of Cloudshed.

Fortnightly Recap: 

• "Winrot" kicked in on two laptops
• A real crappy lead got in contact
• Viral LinkedIn post
• Two new Chromebooks
• and an enterprise company that can't invoice correctly.

Recap of new content:

• Video: How to customise the Windows 10 taskbar
• Video: How to easily identify and rename your microphone in Windows 10
• Video: How to free up space on your Mac!
• Blog Post: With Gmail You Can Keep Control Of Attachments You Share.
• Blog Post: A Useful Tool To Diagnose Video And Audio Problems In Google Meet.
• Blog Post: Yes, You Can Use Gmail When You're Offline!

In The News:

• Samsung Display promises thinner laptop bezels with unproven under-screen webcams
• Brave browser takes step toward enabling a decentralized web
• Alphabet shuts down Loon internet balloon company
• StoreDot invents a battery for an EV that fully charges in five minutes

Interview:

Cloudshed is the leading training company for all things Google Workspace! Jordan and Lauren take you through the tale of starting their business to where it is now. We stop by and have a discussion on the importance of training your team to use computers and why businesses still recruit new employees with no computer experience. Hear about the technology they can't live without and Google Glass. Then learn about the unique famous people who inspire the duo.

Recommendations:

• Podcast - Power The Maxwells (James)
• Podcast - I Am Not A Monster (James)
• Netflix - Night Stalker (Kyle)
• Netflix - Brigerton (Jordan)
• Disney Plus - Wandervision (Jordan)
• Netflix - Lupin (Lauren)
• Netflix - Money Heist (Lauren)
• Macbook Pro - Touchbar (Jordan, Lauren)

Welcome to episode 74 the first of 2021! In this episode, James and Kyle discuss how to react correctly when things go wrong in your business after finding out that they have not invoiced clients for new users. 

They also discuss what has happened at Kimbley IT in the last fortnight, and the new content that the company has put out. They chat about tech news stories that have stood out; such as the UK's broadband network's incredible resilience with the thumping it took last year from the unprecedented increase in demand. Closing off with a Netflix and podcast recommendation, that you must hear.