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• Children’s Mental Health Week 2017

  By Shaun on February 8, 2017 • ( 0 )

  Children’s Mental Health Week will take place from the 6th – 12th February 2017. In 2017, the aim of our week is to encourage everyone — adults and children alike — to spread a little kindness. We’ve all known someone… Read More ›

• ‘West Wing’ Uncensored

  By Shaun on February 7, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  Sidney Poitier was the first choice for president; Bill Clinton was a fan; and Sorkin and Tommy Schlamme created a show “about democracy run by a couple of Kim Jong-ils”: an oral history of the heady, liberal, poli-sci fantasy, 15… Read More ›

• The iOS app memory problem

  By Shaun on February 7, 2017 • ( 4 )

  

  I have a 64GB iPhone SE so in theory should be fine for available memory. Yes, I would prefer 128GB so that I never even consider such things, but I now find myself with 5GB remaining and am somewhat perplexed…. Read More ›

• Your password is safe, not your fingerprint

  By Shaun on February 7, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Most recently, a Virginia Beach Circuit Court this week ruled that an individual in a criminal proceeding cannot be forced to divulge the passcode to his cellphone as it would violate the self-incrimination clause of the Fifth Amendment. At the… Read More ›

• Moto Z Battery Beast

  By Shaun on February 7, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  For the following tests I used our standard battery benchmark methodology, which involves running the smartphone from a full charge to no charge where possible. Moto Mods work by charging the smartphone’s internal battery during use, so for the most… Read More ›

• Grab a free copy of DxO OpticsPro 9

  By Shaun on February 7, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  You can currently nab a free copy of DxO OpticsPro 9 by going to this link and entering your email address. It’s not the newest version, but it is decent and it’s up to you what email address you use;)

• The longest flight

  By Shaun on February 7, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  It flies from its base in Doha, Qatar, in the Middle East all the way to Auckland, New Zealand, a distance that makes it the longest scheduled flight ever in terms of time spent in the air. The outward journey… Read More ›

• iPhone battery meters going crazy

  By Shaun on February 6, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  However, late last year Apple did reveal that a small number of iPhone 6S devices manufactured between September and October 2015 had a battery issue and were eligible for free battery replacement. Then in December, and only on the Chinese… Read More ›

• Steve Litchfield: 300 not out

  By Shaun on February 6, 2017 • ( 0 )

  Steve is well-known in the UK tech scene and I suspect abroad as well, but the 300 video achievement is really something special. He has been involved in mobile for decades now and was the reason I got interested back… Read More ›

• Is Political Difference Biological?

  By Shaun on February 6, 2017 • ( 1 )

  I have sometimes wondered why some people are very right-wing and others very left-wing. Always presumed it came from the way people are brought up and their current position in life. Maybe not though…