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.