App You’ll Be ‘Appy With And Another You Won’t!App You’ll Be ‘Appy With And Another You Won’t! There are Apps that turn out to be surprisingly useful and those that promise much but are unremittingly awful. Two recent releases illustrate each of these characteristics well. First the stinker, heralded loudly by Google, but giving the impression of having been dreamed up in the…
READ MORE... Smart Locks May Not Be That Clever For Home SecuritySmart Locks May Not Be That Clever For Home Security Would we really want an App that can open our front doors and turn off our alarms as we stroll up and bark the order? Could we ever have confidence that it was a secure solution? Manufacturers of smart locks clearly think so. There are…
READ MORE... Selecting A Bottle Of Wine Is Easier With These AppsSelecting A Bottle Of Wine Is Easier With These Apps Did you know that there are a range of Apps available to help you pick great bottles of wine? The best of the bunch are generally agreed to be Vivino, Delectable and Wine Searcher. This trio are all available for Apple and Android and each…
READ MORE... Breakthrough Is A Signal Wifi Could Be On The Way OutBreakthrough Is A Signal Wifi Could Be On The Way Out News broke this week of an innovation that may revolutionise the future of networking in the home and office and send wifi to the technological graveyard. Its possible replacement might come to be known as lifi, because it uses light in place of wireless…
READ MORE... Meet Olivia, NHS’s New Virtual NurseMeet Olivia, NHS’s New Virtual Nurse Hot on the heels of last week’s IT Talk reflecting on HMRC’s use of automated call-centre techniques comes news that the future of frontline healthcare might also lie in a robotic approach. Type “Sensely NHS” into Google and up will pop full details of Olivia, the artificially intelligent virtual…
READ MORE... Look Out For New Way To Improve Quality Of VideoLook Out For New Way To Improve Quality Of Video Video quality has been a strong theme at the 2017 Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. The challenge is that the ability to display a higher and higher quality of moving picture on to screens has developed faster than the capacity to transmit it. When…
READ MORE... Smart Doorbells Ringing Up Lots Of Interest In UKSmart Doorbells Ringing Up Lots Of Interest In UK With the industry’s move towards equipping the ‘smart home’ gathering pace, this month’s must have is a ‘smart doorbell.’ These have become well established in the United States, started to migrate across the pond last year and are now being pushed here. So, if you want…
READ MORE... Google Find A Way To Improve MapsGoogle Find A Way To Improve Maps Fans of Google Maps are likely to appreciate some new features that have been recently added to make it better still. It boils down to being able to save and share locations, something that some users have been seeking for some time. Previously it has only been possible…
READ MORE... Secure Internet ‘Tunnel’ Worth HavingSecure Internet ‘Tunnel’ Worth Having Are you using a VPN on your portable devices? If not, it merits consideration, especially if you are in the habit of using password protected services in public places. VPN, for those unfamiliar stands for Virtual Private Network. It is a way of creating a secure and private ‘tunnel’ within…
READ MORE... Mobile Phone App To Pay For Groceries In Tesco Checks OutMobile Phone App To Pay For Groceries In Tesco Checks Out Paying for groceries just got even quicker in Tesco. After a successful trial, the supermarket has announced the roll out of paying by mobile phone App to all of its stores. All it takes is a quick flash of an on screen barcode at…
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