Biometric Scan Is Set To Replace PasswordsBiometric Scan Is Set To Replace Passwords The days of the password are numbered. For those who struggle to remember different passwords for different applications, or ignore advice and use the same password for everything, that probably cannot come too soon. The FIDO (Fast Identity Online) Alliance, a group of more than 150 companies, including…
READ MORE... Big Tick For Apple? Time Will TellBig Tick For Apple? Time Will Tell On Monday, Apple finally unveiled its much heralded smartwatch. It goes on sale on April 24 and the prices of the various aluminium, steel and gold bodied models will range from £299 to £13,500. With a battery time of 18 hours, it is intended to last the day…
READ MORE... Samsung Hopes New Phone Has Lots Of S6 AppealSamsung Hopes New Phone Has Lots Of S6 Appeal Samsung has been the most successful mobile phone company of this decade, clocking up more than a quarter of all worldwide sales and shifting twice as many phones as second-placed Apple. It was sales slide with the S5, though. So, having launched its new S6 this…
READ MORE... Camera Drones Open New World For Aerial FilmingCamera Drones Open New World For Aerial Filming Despite having said here last week that flying drones over Solihull needs Air Traffic Control permission, the prospect of taking aerial photos or film in more remote, and scenic, countryside is still an attractive one. So, what are the options? The three brands that get the most…
READ MORE... It’s Time To Drone On About No-Fly Zone In SolihullIt’s Time To Drone On About No-Fly Zone In Solihull Now that drones are taking off, controversy continues to lift off with them, and some folk are pondering measures to keep them at bay. The risks associated with drones were underlined a few weeks ago when a quadcopter bounced off a tree in the grounds…
READ MORE... Turning Off Voice Recognition May Be Smart Move..Turning Off Voice Recognition May Be Smart Move.. They may be just over 30 years late, but have the ‘telescreens’ that spied on Winston Smith in George Orwell’s classic 1984 started arriving in our living rooms? Eagle-eyed Internet watchers have combed through a new privacy policy for Smart TVs published by Samsung and been understandably…
READ MORE... Zapper Can Give You Total Control Of The Situation..Zapper Can Give You Total Control Of The Situation.. Are you fed up with juggling remote controls whilst trying to relax on the sofa? Or, even worse, struggling to find them? Then you may be interested in the One For All Smart Zapper. This little gizmo sits on your coffee table and connects up, via…
READ MORE... Television’s Future Is Looking Set For A Radical RevolutionTelevision’s Future Is Looking Set For A Radical Revolution Where does the future of television lie? In the UK, traditional live broadcasting now only accounts for about 75 per cent of total viewing. With pressures on the transmission spectrum and the cost of maintaining broadcasting infrastructure, how long can the aerial on the roof survive?…
READ MORE... Glass Is Half-Empty After Google MoveGlass Is Half-Empty After Google Move The same pundits who – a few weeks ago – were heralding 2015 as the year in which Google Glass would finally see a full launch are now questioning whether the product will ever have the light of day pass through it again. One has even put it on…
READ MORE... Show Proves It’s Right To Drone OnShow Proves It’s Right To Drone On Two weeks ago this column predicted that drones could be big in 2015 and now they have proved to be the top talking point from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where a dozen companies were promoting models. Commercially, drones are already being used extensively for aerial…
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