January 7, 2014 iPad and iPhone tips Just a repost from a technology site. I guess if you have an iPad these are useful things to know. I think they have hyped it up a bit… they aren’t exactly ‘mind-blowing’! Interesting and mostly helpful all the same. Categories Mobile Phones & Android Comments: 0
November 28, 2013 Bitcoin…. it’s not magic Bitcoin has been mentioned in the mainstream media recently as a ‘new form of electronic money’. It sounds impressive, but the way it works as a system of ‘money’ is actually not that impressive and easy to explain if you take the ‘tech’ side away. Categories Technology Comments: 0
November 20, 2013 Living with Windows 8 Mobile I’ve had the (dis)-pleasure of being forced into a new mobile for ‘real-job’, and after a bunch of to-ing and fro-ing with our IT management, Windows 8 has become the mobile operating system of choice. We are moving from a Blackberry environment, but I was fortunate enough to be able to run my own Android phone until recently. As a… Categories Mobile Phones & Android Comments: 0
November 14, 2013 Zoomy taxi app is a game changer I don’t often have a need to get a taxi these days as I am less out and about than I used to be, but when I needed to drop my Holden in for a service, I jumped at the chance to call a taxi via the new Zoomy app taxi service. Categories Technology Comments: 0
November 14, 2013 Should I buy a Chromebook for my child’s schoolwork? This question gets asked of me a lot in the local area where I live. Most of the local schools ‘require’ some form of personal computing device for each child now (beyond about the age of 10+) and Chromebooks are an often recommended solution with the alternative being the iPad or a full laptop. I’m sometimes not even sure if… Categories Education/Technology Comments: 0