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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,...

Chris Barrow
Jun 16, 20171 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
May 9, 20175 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
Apr 19, 20173 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
Mar 15, 20171 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
Nov 29, 20162 min read


Application overwhelm
Is it me? Mail/Outlook/Gmail Safari/Chrome/Firefox Wunderlist/Asana/ToDo Dropbox/Evernote Slack/WhatsApp/Messenger...

Chris Barrow
Jun 8, 20161 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
May 25, 20162 min read


Experience
The original internet was created in 1969 as a way to share information between 2 computer networks, one in the University of California...

Chris Barrow
May 17, 20162 min read


Hello?
March 10, 1876. Alexander Graham Bell asked “Mr Watson, come here, I want to see you”. Computer engineer Ray Tomlinson sent himself the...

Chris Barrow
Dec 21, 20153 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
Oct 9, 20151 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
Mar 16, 20131 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
Mar 7, 20132 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
Mar 5, 20132 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
Aug 2, 20101 min read


Evernote
I’ve just downloaded the latest update. Probably the most useful software I now use across all three devices, iPhone, iPad and Macbook –...

Chris Barrow
Jul 17, 20101 min read


“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...

Chris Barrow
Jul 16, 20104 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
Jun 24, 20103 min read


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....

Chris Barrow
Jun 8, 20101 min read


current favourite ipad apps
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Chris Barrow
Jun 5, 20101 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
Jun 3, 20102 min read
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