Security Update - April 2022

Our Security Team brought to my attention last week that many of the cracked passwords they find are actually the company name or the abbreviation of a company name. One of the best things we implemented at Farioaks IT is ...

What’s New In Microsoft Teams

We live and breathe in Microsoft Teams all day long. It’s a wonderful place to communicate with your project team, within your department or even within your whole organization. You can use Teams for a quick ...

Awesome Apps: CapCut

I’ve grown to somewhat admire the people who make videos look like it was super simple to put it together. I know videos are the growing trend for people to share information on their website or social media. But, how ...

Fairoaks IT Tech Heroes - April 2022

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Tom Recommends: Learn A New Survival Skill : Spotting Deepfakes

What Are Deepfakes? The word "deepfake" is a combination of "deep learning" and "fake." Deepfakes are falsified pictures, videos, or audio recordings. Sometimes the people in them are computer-generated, fake identities that look and sound like they could be real ...

Shiny New Gadget Of The Month: Garmin Venu 2 Plus Smartwatch

One of Garmin's newest smartwatches is setting the standard for the industry. The Garmin Venu 2 Plus smartwatch comes in three different sizes and in various colors. With the Venu 2 Plus, you can connect ...

Are You A Good Remote Leader?

We have reached a new age in the workplace. Back in the 1980s, business books and seminars encouraged managers to meander around the office, chat with colleagues and try to gather valuable information around the water cooler. Now managers are ...

Retain Top Talent By Teaching Them To Grow

Throughout the course of 2021, Americans left their jobs in droves due to a combination of factors. In fact, an analytics firm, Visier, estimates that 1 out of 4 workers left their jobs in 2021. If you own or operate ...

Increase Your Productivity With A Voice Assistant

Even before the pandemic, people were using voice assistants like Siri or Alexa to help them keep track of their day-to-day schedules. Now that so many people are working from home, these virtual assistants are ...

Effective ways of securely collecting customer data

For companies to succeed, they must be able to deliver value to their customers. This entails having a deep understanding of their clients' needs and interests by collecting and segmenting customer data. ...