Tech News

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  23708th May 2017Fraud Warning On Holiday BookingsFraud Warning On Holiday Bookings As holiday season gets into full swing, late bookers may still be considering where to find their dose of summer R&R. Those planning to book privately-owned villas, cottages, flats or apartments should keep the risk of fraud at the front... Read More
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  165128th April 2017Fingerprint May Not Be Password To Secure FutureFingerprint May Not Be Password To Secure Future You would have thought that fingerprint security, as supplied with a number of current smartphone models, was a pretty good option for keeping your information locked away from prying eyes and your accounts safe from abuse. Re... Read More
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  148328th April 2017App 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 Goog... Read More
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  21617th April 2017Smart 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 ... Read More
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  166131st March 2017Selecting 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... Read More
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  174224th March 2017Breakthrough 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 i... Read More
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  229917th March 2017Meet 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 ... Read More
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  19096th March 2017Look 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... Read More
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  186024th February 2017Smart 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... Read More
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  181317th February 2017Google 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. Previou... Read More