BMW Take A New View Of Mirror In Latest Concept CarBMW Take A New View Of Mirror In Latest Concept Car In unveiling a concept car this month, BMW may have heralded the demise of the rear view mirror. The i8 Mirrorless is a version of its eye-catching hybrid sports cars in which the mirrors have been replaced by cameras, two in place of the…
READ MORE... Show Powers On As Kit Is UnveiledShow Powers On As Kit Is Unveiled As expected, there were reports of plenty of innovation from the Consumer Electronics Show last week as manufacturers unveiled their futuristic kit. Here are three developments that got plenty of attention. Samsung got many TV enthusiasts excited by their Modular Screen system. This was a means of making…
READ MORE... Smart Moves For Homes Are Causing BuzzSmart Moves For Homes Are Causing Buzz By the time you read this, the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas will have given a shop window to a host of products and technologies hoping to make a splash in 2016. Some manufacturers, though, have created a pre-show buzz, especially in the Smart Homes arena….
READ MORE... Could 2016 Be The Year Big Brother Really Starts Watching Us?Could 2016 Be The Year Big Brother Really Starts Watching Us? According to industry watchers, IT trends will lead us to mould our gnashers around some new and emerging terminology for 2016. First up is the “Device Mesh.” This will reflect a greater integration in the home between computers, smartphones, tablets, TVs, cars, alarm systems…
READ MORE... Christmas TV ViewingChristmas TV Viewing As we settle down this week to enjoy our seasonal celebrations, and aficionados anticipate both the annual Christmas special telefest and the epilogue of Downton, we might reflect that there is considerable turmoil in the TV marketplace. Not only are the holiday schedules a pale shadow of what they use to be,…
READ MORE... Fowl Play Is Required To Tune In For Right PressieFowl Play Is Required To Tune In For Right Pressie It is not too late yet to mail order a Christmas present or two, so here are a trio of ideas for those desperate to find a techie gizmo to wrap up. For someone who can’t resist singing in the bath, a Bluetooth Duck might…
READ MORE... Wonder Robot’s Dash For SalesWonder Robot’s Dash For Sales Some of this year’s new entries inti the programmable robotic toy market might lead to a surge on sales this Christmas. Wonder Workshop’s Dash Robot, for eight years and upwards, is rather expensive at £145 (from Amazon) but is making a name for itself when it comes to teaching kids…
READ MORE... Care Needed With In-Car Wi-FiCare Needed With In-Car Wi-Fi There are signs that ‘in-car wi-fi products will have a big push in the Christmas marketplace. They are now much more prominent among the gear that the networks and phone shops are pushing. The idea is to create a mobile wi-fi hotspot inside a car which allows all passengers to…
READ MORE... Ultimate Gift For A Snap-Happy GeekUltimate Gift For A Snap-Happy Geek In the search for ground breaking, if expensive, gift for the gadget geek who has everything, there is just time to get an order in to Panomo for delivery before Christmas, although the four-week turnaround estimate does make it tight. The German company is making noise on the net…
READ MORE... Old-Fashioned Books Are Back In BusinessOld-Fashioned Books Are Back In Business Planning to buy any e-readers or e-books as presents during your Christmas shopping sprees this year? Then you may be interested that this would buck the national trend. Yes, the question now being asked is whether these items have had their day. Booksellers certainly think so. Both Waterstones and…
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