I have mentioned many times how much I rely on TomTom and was surprised to see the above screen appear on the latest update. It is true that you cannot buy the original app anymore so it shouldn’t be a… Read More ›
Articles
What would you fix?
I may have written about this before, but I have been pondering what would need to be fixed in the products I use each day to make me upgrade. It follows this article in which the question was asked concerning… Read More ›
The Galaxy S8
It is inevitable that I am never going to be too excited by any new Android phone because the chances of me moving to the platform at the moment are very remote. For a number of reasons, mainly how much… Read More ›
What factors cause you to upgrade?
I think a good pairing with this question is “and what factors cause you to upgrade”… to some extent it’s “the quest for new and shiny”, which isn’t great but not as bad as some people say out. Ideally it’s… Read More ›
Tech longevity
What do you consider to be an adequate amount of time to keep a tech product for? It is a difficult question, but another way to put it may be to ask- when you buy a new product, in your… Read More ›
Privacy
Ever notice that many of these “things” we lose are bit by bit and for the best reasons? The government needs to know how much you make so that you can pay taxes. Fair enough. They also want to know… Read More ›
I can’t do real work on an iPad
There seems to be a trend at the moment for some tech writers to explain why the iPad, and in particular the iPad Pro, is perfectly adequate as your main computer. It is not, at least not for me. My… Read More ›
I have nothing to hide
In response to this article– Yeah, really complex feelings on this for me. On the one hand, “I have nothing to hide”. And in general I’m enough of an attention seeker that I have a diminished need for privacy. But… Read More ›
Does it matter if a driverless car crashes?
Does it matter if a driverless car crashes? As long as, on average, they crash less than cars with human drivers, or the crashes are less serious / cause fewer or less serious injuries, are they not still preferable? It… Read More ›
The Apple Watch in medicine
I bought my wife a TomTom Touch recently and what a pile of garbage that turned out to be. The online reviews were mixed to say the least, but she liked the design and the TomTom name swayed me. It… Read More ›
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