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Chris Barrow
Jun 16, 2017
Why tweaking Skype and Twitter is too little, too late and what that means for all of us
Interesting to note that: Skype has been redesigned from the ground up and a new version will be rolled out over the months ahead,...
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Chris Barrow
May 9, 2017
A guest post – Why Live Chat is a Better Way for Dentists to Get New Patients
But before that – CB here – I’m frequently contacted by people who have products and services to sell to my clients. For over 20 years I...
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Chris Barrow
Apr 19, 2017
Why bots are going to change everything – courtesy of Facebook – and why you cannot igno
Facebook are holding their F8 developers conference this week and the sight of Mark Zuckerberg walking on stage to the adulation of his...
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Chris Barrow
Mar 15, 2017
The historian, the commentator or the futurist
Over the years, pundits have compared opinions to just about every part and function of the human body, with the metaphoric punchline...
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Chris Barrow
Nov 29, 2016
Talking to the tech
The launch of the Amazon Echo and Dot in the UK herald the acceleration of a world in which voice commands to our devices will become the...
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Chris Barrow
Jun 8, 2016
Application overwhelm
Is it me? Mail/Outlook/Gmail Safari/Chrome/Firefox Wunderlist/Asana/ToDo Dropbox/Evernote Slack/WhatsApp/Messenger...
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Chris Barrow
May 25, 2016
Standing in front of the technology
We cannot escape the arrival of more technology in the business and clinical sides of dentistry. The decision you have to make is whether...
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Chris Barrow
May 17, 2016
Experience
The original internet was created in 1969 as a way to share information between 2 computer networks, one in the University of California...
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Chris Barrow
Dec 21, 2015
Hello?
March 10, 1876. Alexander Graham Bell asked “Mr Watson, come here, I want to see you”. Computer engineer Ray Tomlinson sent himself the...
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Chris Barrow
Oct 9, 2015
Messenger
Go and get a copy of the November issue of the UK Wired magazine. Read the lead article on the future of Facebook Messenger. It changes...
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Chris Barrow
Mar 16, 2013
Changing Facebook
So completely out of the blue (for me) I check in to Facebook early this morning and see a completely new layout. Boom! Nobody asked me...
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Chris Barrow
Mar 7, 2013
7 reasons to upgrade at Dentinal Tubules
The benefits of Premium membership at Tubules. Why premium ? Nowhere else will you get so many benefits for such a valuable price of...
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Chris Barrow
Mar 5, 2013
Stuff
On a day when I’m looking at a load of “stuff” I need to get done. There is always “stuff”. It is a symptom of 21st Century life. I used...
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Chris Barrow
Aug 2, 2010
Lemons into Lemonade
After the PR disaster of Apple’s “Mr Grumpy” Steve Jobs (Mr Scrumpy?) telling clients to “hold the phone differently”, they certainly...
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Chris Barrow
Jul 17, 2010
Evernote
I’ve just downloaded the latest update. Probably the most useful software I now use across all three devices, iPhone, iPad and Macbook –...
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Chris Barrow
Jul 16, 2010
“So why should I pay your prices?”
Remember the days when you used to go to PC World to buy software for your computer? How ancient does that sound now? Drive to the...
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Chris Barrow
Jun 24, 2010
How do you make yourself as desirable as an iPhone 4?
The queue outside the O2 store in Manchester this morning (06:45 for an 08:02 opening) was over 100 people – and so I estimate that it...
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Chris Barrow
Jun 8, 2010
Top 10 FAQ’s
Kim Black is working on an upgrade to my iPhone (and soon to be iPad) app and asked for the top 10 frequently asked questions for CB....
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Chris Barrow
Jun 5, 2010
current favourite ipad apps
Things ical dropbox tweetdeck wordpress evernote 1password bento kindle paperdesk printcentral newsrack goodreader bbc news bbc iplayer
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Chris Barrow
Jun 3, 2010
The iPad bore
I was actually accused of being an iPad bore yesterday, by a dental team who follow me on Facebook and are getting a bit fed up with my...
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