Dave Pinwell

Dave Pinwell

Dave Pinwell is a prolific blogger and IT enthusiast and has kindly allowed us to reproduce his popular weekly IT Talk column first published in the Solihull News. Dave is also CEO of Colebridge Trust and SUSTAiN which play a key role in providing strategic support to Solihull’s Voluntary & Community sector. Dave has extensive experience in the IT sector, with roles including IT Director with Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe Ltd.

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Your Windows is about to XP-ire, warns Microsoft

Your Windows is about to XP-ire, warns Microsoft Microsoft will ‘pull the plug’ on Windows XP on April 8th this year and is telling XP users to upgrade their machines to Windows 8 or replacement ASAP. It is estimated that about 10% of computer users in the UK are still using XP, seven years after…

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Check out cameras are the solution

By Dave Pinwell 18th February 2014 Tech News 1825

Can we hear the faint first toll of the death knell for the self-service supermarket checkout? Waitrose appeared to be the first to break ranks with the trend towards them by announcing the removal of the do-it-yourself tills from a store in Milton Keynes This came days after the revelation that shoplifting by users of…

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It’ll be app-y days with CamScanner

By Dave Pinwell 17th February 2014 Tech News, Tips & How-to's 2704

One of the more widely downloaded and popular apps around has just been upgraded to a new version. This is CamScanner, which claims to have more than 16 million users in 208 countries. For those unfamiliar with it, this is a top performing PDF generator which takes the view of the document with the camera…

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Forecast is worth a punt.

By Dave Pinwell 31st January 2014 Tips & How-to's 1889

Forecast is worth a punt We have certainly had some rain this winter, even though the Midlands has got off comparatively lightly. I have found myself checking forecast more frequently than ever. Since December, though, I have been using a new app. There are a host of free Weather Apps for popular phones and tablets….

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Stay ahead of the curve with new TVs.

By Dave Pinwell 17th January 2014 Tips & How-to's 1762

Stay ahead of the curve with new TVs. As always in early January, most of the major players gathered in Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronic Show to show what they are planning to launch this year and what they are working on for the future. The overdue emergence of 4K televisions, four times the…

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Delivery services are the weak link.

By Dave Pinwell 10th January 2014 Tips & How-to's 1842

Delivery services are the weak link. One thing we will not see in 2014 is Amazon delivering packages using drones. The online shopping giant certainly caught our attention last month when it unveiled its demo of the small craft collecting a package from the Amazon distribution centre and flying it to a customer’s driveway– less…

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Fun ways for all the family to have an ‘Appy Xmas…

By Dave Pinwell 21st December 2013 Tips & How-to's 2078

Fun ways for all the family to have an ‘Appy Xmas… Here is a small selection of the most popular smartphone and tablet apps available to provide a bit of seasonal fun for the family over the Christmas season. First up is Google Santa Tracker. It gives a countdown to the start of Santa’s Christmas…

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The Compact Activity Recall Centre.

By Dave Pinwell 8th December 2013 Tips & How-to's 2506

The Compact Activity Recall Centre Appealing to, among other people, fitness freaks, hypochondriacs and arrange a healthy living enthusiasts, a Withings Pulse might appear on a few Christmas lists this year – despite its hefty £90 price tag. This well designed, matte black box is packed with functions for monitoring your wellbeing both day and…

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Keeping on the move to recharge your batteries.

By Dave Pinwell 1st December 2013 Tips & How-to's 1807

I reckon that solutions for recharging smartphones and tablets on the move are going to prove popular as stocking fillers this Christmas. There are plenty of items to choose from at the usual online shops. Mains chargers are a pain to carry around. Consequently, a handy pocket solution for keeping phones and tablets going, while…

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Dave Pinwell takes a look at Google Glass.

By Dave Pinwell 24th May 2013 Google, Tips & How-to's 1996

It was meant to be such a triumph. Google’s forthcoming wonder product, Glass, the special specs that allow users to surf the net, record video, make phone calls and more, was unleashed at their annual developer conference last week. Everyone was trying them. However, it raised more concerns than plaudits. It works a treat, according…

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