If you are a Google GSuite customer, using the business versions of Gmail, Google Docs, you will need to prepare for a upcoming price increase on April 2, 2019.  Pricing are jumping on average 20% across the board. Google has established G Suite as a secure, enterprise-ready, AI–powered productivity and collaboration platform. With its broad set of capabilities, G Suite offers a strong value proposition to customers. Wayne Kurtzman, IDC group Those customers on GSuite Basic Edition will see...

 Our monthly e-newsletter includes a chance for readers to enter a draw for a $2000 VISA gift card.  To date we have had TWO winners in the area!!  This is a program sponsored by Lenovo Canada, and we are happy to announce a new winner in the area!! $2000 now that's a nice early Xmas gift!! Bryce Powell entered our monthly newsletter draw by simply filling out the survey form, and his name was randomly selected as the winner.  Reality Bytes and Lenovo Canada are very happy to...

The Challenge! In approx. 2016 we were approached by Bob Sheddy of Century 21. He had a vision and a dream of being able to play music throughout the downtown business district.   This dream was the inspiration that kicked off a two year planning phase in which several solutions were investigated and discarded as they did not meet the key requirements laid out below. ​ The system had to be easy to maintain, we were not going to have paid staff to manage it We needed to be able to contr...

​Our team was very excited to work with Rosebud Theatre to help in developing a new website to launch their 2018 season, which by the way looks to be AMAZING!  Many months of planning were put in to develop a public web presence that is very easy to navigate, and drives traffic towards purchasing tickets, while learning about the unique Rosebud experience.  Our team at Reality Bytes was excited to be a part of this project.  A huge shout out to Kjel Ericksen for his amazing coding...

Recently, it has come to light that Facebook had allowed a breach of data, this included the personal information and very intricate details of approximately 80 million Facebook users. How did this happen?  Back in 2013, a researcher who was at Cambridge University named Alexandr Kogan created a personality quiz app. The app was installed over 300,000 times, but due to the way Facebook handled app privacy and your data, the app was able to look into the full profiles of friends, and friends...

Moms are so very special!  They work extremely hard, are always there for their family, and are often the glue that holds everyone together.  That's why at Reality Bytes, we want to take some time this Mother's Day to honor those Moms that go the extra mile, and pamper them a bit too!! So, we've come up with a fun way to give a shout out your Mom, and have a chance at some great prizes!!   Spoil Mom with Tech Contest!! How does it work? Easy, just leave a comment on this post...

  This week Google announced the release of their new ad blocking service for the chrome web browser. The new update affects both the desktop and mobile versions of the Google Chrome app, and is enabled by default so there's nothing you need to do to get it working. You'll likely notice this message popping up over the next few days when you are browsing the web. Here is how it works. Google has been working with an independent consortium called the CBA or Coalition for Better Ads. This gro...

On Sept 26th I had given this 1hr seminar on CyberSecurity.  We recorded a video of the presentation if you would like to review it, please feel free!  And, if you have any questions contact us anytime.

​ If you travel around a lot for your job or work out in the fields there is a few things you can do to stay connected and access the internet while in most remote locations. Today we are talking about hotspots and tethering. With a good portion of Alberta now having LTE coverage for mobility, you have enough speeds available to be able to connect to the internet from your laptop and work while on the road. There are essentially two different ways you can do this. The first option is tethering. ...

Some interested news this week from the world of Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg announced a new direction and focus for Facebook, with a new mission statement as well stating "Give people the power to build community and bring the world closer." One of the first steps Facebook is taking towards this goal of creating a sense of purpose for all is to push it's nearly 2 billion users towards using Facebook's group & community features. Facebook's Communities Summit for top group admins was held just...