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Kegan Mooney

The Best Project Management Tools

In today’s fast-paced business environment, the best project management tools have become an essential everyday tool for organizations aiming to enhance productivity, streamline processes, and ensure projects are completed in a timely manner. One of the best ways to ensure your projects run smoothly is with the use of project

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2024 Winner of Channel Futures MSP 501 Award
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Don Houk

Next7 IT Globally Ranked on the Channel Futures 2024 MSP501

Next7 IT has been named one of the world’s top-performing managed service providers in the 2024 Channel Futures MSP 501 rankings. The list, a technology industry benchmark, ranks companies based on their growth, profitability, and innovation. For the past 17 years, managed service providers around the globe have submitted applications

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Kegan Mooney

The Best Google Chrome Extensions for Productivity in 2024

If you’re looking to increase your productivity, picking one or more of the best Google Chrome extensions can not only help increase your productivity but also help you stay focused on the task at hand. Google Chrome is currently the world’s most-used web browser, this is partly due to its

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AI
Kegan Mooney

How AI Can Help Your Business

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a powerful tool that businesses can use to help revolutionize the way they operate. By leveraging AI, businesses can enhance efficiency, improve decision-making, and gain a competitive edge. However, don’t over-rely on AI. It can be wrong. If you are using it to write, people can

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Kegan Mooney

The Best Productivity Apps 2024

If you find yourself struggling to hit deadlines and manage your busy schedule, it might be time to take a look at some of the best productivity apps to help you manage your workload. Staying productive is more crucial than ever. Thankfully, there is a wide range of digital tools

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IT Security
Kegan Mooney

Malware Statistics 2024: A Comprehensive Overview

As technology advances, so does the threat landscape, with malware evolving into a significant concern for organizations globally. With a staggering 560,000 new malware instances detected daily and over 1 billion already in circulation, the challenge to secure systems is more pressing than ever. The malware statistics in 2024 are

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Apple
Don Houk

A Guide to Taking Screenshots on iPhone

While you might think of taking screenshots as something only relevant on a desktop or laptop, screenshots are also useful on your smartphone. You might take a screenshot to illustrate a problem with an app, quickly record information for later, share a funny moment with a friend, or similar. Your

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Apple
Don Houk

5 New Features in iOS 16 You Should Know

Apple’s yearly updates for iOS bring new features to your iPhone, including many that aren’t immediately visible. Let’s look at some of the best iOS 16 features that will make your phone easier to use and boost productivity. 1. Customizable Lock Screens Following the home screen customization of prior versions,

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Apple
Don Houk

How to FaceTime With Non-Apple Users

If you have an iPhone, iPad, or Mac, you probably use FaceTime to keep up with friends and coworkers via video calls. But did you know that since iOS 15 released in late 2021, it’s now possible to FaceTime with users on Android and other platforms, meaning FaceTime is no

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Don Houk

What Is iCloud+ and Should You Upgrade?

Everyone with an Apple account gets 5GB of free iCloud storage to use for backups, photo storage, and more. Apple has always offered paid plans if you need more storage, but in 2021, the company rebranded its iCloud subscriptions to iCloud+ and reworked what it includes. Since iCloud+ includes a

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Apple
Don Houk

How to Get the Most Out of Siri on iPhone

Anyone with an iPhone has likely used Siri, but you might not have experienced everything the assistant can do. From different commands to tweaking Siri’s options, it’s worth knowing how to integrate Siri into your workflow. Below is an overview of how to tweak Siri’s options and what you can

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IT Security
Don Houk

5 Important iPhone Security Practices You Should Know

This post was originally published on February 26, 2019, and updated on April 20, 2022. You often hear about securing your computer and home network, but how much have you thought about securing your phone too? Our smartphones go with us everywhere and carry a lot of personal information. It’s

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Apple
Don Houk

Understanding Background App Refresh on Your iPhone

If you have an iPhone, you should know about the Background App Refresh setting and how it affects apps on your device. Let’s take a look at this option, including what it does and how to tweak it. What Is Background App Refresh? Background App Refresh is the name of

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Don Houk

How to Back Up Your iPhone to Protect Your Personal Data

Most people keep a lot of personal information on their phones, which would be extremely inconvenient or even impossible to replace. And since phones are easier to lose or destroy than something like a desktop computer, it’s vital to have your data backed up so you don’t lose it. If

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Apple
Don Houk

How to Use Focus, the Successor to Do Not Disturb in iOS 15

The Do Not Disturb feature on iPhone is a handy way to block out distractions when you’re focusing on a task. In iOS 15, Apple expanded this option with more configurations and gave it a new name: Focus. Let’s see how Focus works to let you silence unwanted alerts at

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Don Houk

A Quick Guide to Freeing Up Space on Your iPhone

Eventually, every iPhone owner will see the message that their device is low on storage. This seems to come at the worst times, like when you want to install a new app or take an important picture. Thankfully, it’s not difficult to delete some old files and free up space

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