New Home Monitoring App’s Proving A Big HitNew Home Monitoring App’s Proving A Big Hit Fancy setting up a home monitoring solution, but concerned about costs? Well, it can be done for free! All you need is an old Android phone and a new app. Does that sound a bit fishy? Well, so does the name of the app, which is Perch….
READ MORE... This App Is Just What Is Needed To Make ChoiceThis App Is Just What Is Needed To Make Choice It used to be so simple deciding how to spend a square eyed evening on the sofa when all we had to do was to flick through the Radio Times and, failing that, make a trip to Blockbuster. Now we have massive competition for our…
READ MORE... We Should Be Able To Update Computers At Our Convenience!We Should Be Able To Update Computers At Our Convenience! Just imagine that a garage took your car from your drive for its 30,000-mile service, without any prior agreement, on the day you were due to make an early start up the M6 to Manchester. The IT equivalent of that appears to have been happening…
READ MORE... Driverless Lorries Causing ConcernDriverless Lorries Causing Concern Could driverless lorries arrive on our roads before driverless cars? An expected announcement next week is already causing concern. George Osborne is widely expected to declare in his budget speech on March 16 that trials of driverless lorries have been given the go ahead. Where and when is less certain, but…
READ MORE... Rolling Bot Beats Smartphones To Be Star Of ShowRolling Bot Beats Smartphones To Be Star Of Show As usual, late February saw the movers and shakers of the mobile consumer electronics industry fly off to the weak sunshine and crowded tapas bars of an out-of-season Barcelona to browse the latest in smartphones and other portable gizmos at the annual Mobile World Congress. There…
READ MORE... Skype Looks To Claw Back Lost GroundSkype Looks To Claw Back Lost Ground Skype has finally introduced group video calls for mobiles and tablets. Whether it can claw back this territory from rival providers, though, remains to be seen. The popular voice calls provider has been providing free group video chat over the internet from PCs and Macs for a couple…
READ MORE... New Satnav Is Set To Take The Scenic Route..New Satnav Is Set To Take The Scenic Route.. A new approach to satnavs is en route, especially designed for vacation time. The upcoming innovation takes a sharp turn away from planning the quickest journeys to concentrate instead on enjoyment. Boffins at the University of Bremen in Germany and Belgium’s Hasselt University have collaborated on…
READ MORE... There’s Value In Having Honor..There’s Value In Having Honor.. A new brand has just arrived in the UK phone market and its entry level model carries the claim of being ‘most affordable premium smartphone of 2016.’ It seems that no-one is arguing because they do appear to pack exceptional value for money. We can expect to hear much more…
READ MORE... It’s Time To Play Your Part For A Better InternetIt’s Time To Play Your Part For A Better Internet It’s Safer Internet Day next Tuesday and it will see nearly 1,000 businesses, schools, charities and other organisations in the UK join forces with a common goal of promoting the responsible and positive use of digital technology. This international event, which has been observed each…
READ MORE... Race Is Now On For 5GRace Is Now On For 5G While we punters may think there is much more work to do on 4G mobile telephony, this will be the year in which the industry moves on to concentrate on 5G. The main network operates in the UK all claim to have penetration of 4G that leaves ‘just a…
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