There are times when only hard copy will do but anyone who has tried to print from a tablet will know that it's not always easy. The main ecosystems from Apple and Google have their own printer strategies with AirPrint and Cloud Print respectively but support is spotty at best. Several printer manufacturers have gone so far as to create their
Consumer electronics company Netatmo have announced June, a sun exposure monitoring bracelet aimed at women. June tracks UV intensity and total sun exposure during the day, feeding information to the app which then provides advice on how to best protect their skin. As most of us know, excessive sun exposure causes sunburn and leads to premature skin ageing. Depending on
Last week, I had a first look at the Hue "Personal Wireless Lighting" kit from Philips. As I mentioned in the review, Philips has opened up the lighting system to developers via an API and this week, I'll take a look at some of the apps available, both from 3rd party developers. As you'd expect, they run the gamut from
Kevin Ashton coined the phrase "The Internet of Things" back in 1999, but a decade later most of the on-line gadgets in my house are still recognisable as being technology. My fridge is still a fridge, my front door still needs a key and my house doesn't talk to me. That was the situation until a couple of weeks when
There's no shortage of music apps to choose from for both iOS and Android customers. While the former is synonyms with iTunes, that is by no means what you have to use. In fact there are countless alternatives, including personalized radio service Pandora, which today has unveiled a nice little update for Apple customers. The update brings a new alarm feature
The team at Net Market Share have released their statistics for November and shockingly, over 30% of desktop Internet users are still using Windows XP. The 12-year old OS will lose all support from Microsoft in four month's time, after which XP machines will not receive any further security updates and will become vulnerable to newly discovered exploits. XP's market
Last week's "Microsoft Fantasy" here on GNC suggested that Microsoft was in danger of fading into irrelevance; that it should retreat to servers and gaming; that it should re-orient its mobile strategy around Android. I suggest that Microsoft is now very well positioned to offer far more than its competitors. And to negate any ad hominem attacks, I'm no Microsoft