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Free android apps can eat up to 75% of your mobile battery life!
By Paul - Last updated: Saturday, March 24, 2012
Free apps eat up your phone battery just sending ads Up to 75 per cent of the energy used by free versions of Android apps is spent serving up ads or tracking and uploading user data: running just one app could drain your battery in around 90 minutes. Abhinav Pathak, a computer scientist at Purdue University, Indiana, and colleagues made… Read more…
Technology – Great when it works.
By Paul - Last updated: Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Have been seeking both technical support from microsoft, google & our domain provider godaddy. One little setting, followed by a system reset = no email or website, followed by numerous errors elsewhere. Number of emails this took to resolve 10. Why? Because when they fix one problem, it then causes another & when working with different online companies they are… Read more…
Samsung to sell phones with flexible screens next year
By Paul - Last updated: Friday, November 4, 2011
Samsung Electronics said Friday that it is aiming to launch mobile phones with flexible displays next year, with tablets and other portable devices to have these displays soon after. The company said it was aiming to follow on the success of its Galaxy S II smartphone, which has now sold over 10 million units. Reading between the lines – Flexible… Read more…
World’s first patient to have prosthetic arm used as a smartphone dock
By Paul - Last updated: Monday, October 31, 2011
Trevor Prideaux was born without his left arm and with the help by medical experts and representatives from Nokia had a special prosthetic arm which includes a smartphone docking system. Trevor used to have problems balancing the smartphone on his earlier prosthetic, which is why he wanted to the redesign of the arm. Now he can make calls or text… Read more…
Wi fi, wireless internet speeds rising
By Paul - Last updated: Wednesday, October 26, 2011
1 Gb/s wireless is close – 802.11ac. By 2014, a considerable number of devices will be equipped with dual-band chipsets operating in the current 802.11n standard and in 802.11ac. The 802.11ac standard, using 5 GHz band, is the successor of 802.11n will also involve application of multiple antennas RF chipset producers: Atheros, Qualcomm, Intel, Texas Instruments, Broadcom declared that they… Read more…
ipad to get flash
By Paul - Last updated: Friday, October 21, 2011
One complaint many tablet users have with apples ipad, is the lack of flash support. Looks like Adobe doesn’t want to lose the potential market with apples iphone and tablet http://blogs.computerworld.com/18922/adobe_brings_flash_free_flash_to_apple_ipad_iphone Until then for those that don’t want to wait
Blackberry rim apology
By Paul - Last updated: Monday, October 17, 2011
Blackberrys apology for last weeks service down fiasco? 12 free apps from the BB app store. Fairly generous – unless it cost you a business deal.
Apples personal assistant – Call me Siri
By Paul - Last updated: Monday, October 17, 2011
Aside from the launch of the iphone 4s & a new operating system – ios 5, one of the most interesting aspects is a new voice activated personal assistant program. Siri works with the existing applications on the phone and allows the user to speak a mix of commands, which it interprets how to activate the features / software on… Read more…
New Iphone 4s – no pleasing some people
By Paul - Last updated: Friday, October 14, 2011
Many Apple fans have been disappointed with the new Iphone 4S. Why? Well aside from it looks the same & is called the 4s and not the 5, there is quite a bit more to it. All the usual ‘upgrades’ are in place – better camera 8mp against 5mp, can shoot full HD video and as you’d expect a faster… Read more…
RIM server crash affects millions of BlackBerry customers
By Paul - Last updated: Monday, October 10, 2011
All day i’ve been thinking just perhaps i’ve dropped my blackberry once too often. No sat nav or internet (not helpful on a 300km round trip). Then switched sim to another phone, only to find that worked perfectly..conclusion below. Technology wonderful when it works. Twitter was flooded with tweets on Monday complaining that BlackBerry’s email and Internet are not working…. Read more…
