Got your mobile phone with you in the car? Sending mobile text messages while driving is illegal in all states and territories of Australia…because it’s a dangerous distraction. US experts claim that texting increases drive crash risk by 2300 per cent, yet people continue to do it. It’s also worth noting that this law extends to other functions on a[Read More…]
May 20 – 24 is National Cyber Security Awareness Week – An initiative by the Australian Government along with industry and consumer organisations to educate people on how to use the Internet safely and protect their personal and financial information online. Today I spoke with Adrian Christie from PayPal Australia about their part in securing financial information and he shares[Read More…]
What’s the best way you could waste time at work? How about dealing with computer problems or printer paper jams? According the the Dick Smith Productivity study, the average office worker spends more than two working weeks a year dealing with technical issues and it’s mostly thanks to old technology. The study revealed that over 2/3 of Australian workplaces still[Read More…]
Last weekend in Melbourne, AVerMedia launched their latest HD Video Game capture device, the “Live Gamer Portable”. Here’s my report from the event as featured on GameArena. <script language=”javascript” type=”text/javascript” src=”http://www.gamearena.com.au/res/2007/javascript/functions.js”></script> <script type=”text/javascript” src=”http://www.gamearena.com.au/res/2007/javascript/flashplayer/ufo.js”></script><div id=”GA_embed_video_68068″></div><script>{initVideoPlayer(“http://media.gamearena.com.au/gamearena/video/weeklyupdate/Bigpond_Games_Weekly_Update_ep_336_May_17_2013_HD.medium.mp4″,”false”,68068,309,521,””,”GA_embed_video_68068″)}</script>
One of the more novel and more many, useful, features of Apple’s iPhone is Siri, the talking personal assistant that can help you do almost anything via voice commands. Well now Android mobile devices have their own personal Assistant with a free App called “Sherpa”. Sherpa can help you search for information, make appointments, send messages plus post to social[Read More…]
