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Speak to Amazon Alexa about your Amaysim Account

Speak to Amazon Alexa about your Amaysim Account

Mobile service provider Amaysim is the latest retailer to make use of smart speaker technology to engage with their customers.  They’ve partnered up with Amazon to use the Alexa digital assistant found in smart speakers being launched this week. To find out more about what this means for Amaysim customers I spoke with Julian Dell, the chief technology officer at Amaysim. [Read More…]

A Tech Upgrade Most Guys Will Enjoy

A Tech Upgrade Most Guys Will Enjoy

Here’s a tech upgrade for the guys…but it’s not a big screen TV. I’ve been testing out the Braun Series 9 electric shaver….after using my current shaver for almost 10 years…and the improvements and benefits are noticeable right away. For this short review I’m specifically referring to the move up from a previous Braun electric shaver, the series 7.   Up[Read More…]

Why You Need to Protect Your Screens

Why You Need to Protect Your Screens

If you have a new smartphone you also need a protective case…and here’s why.   You’re going to drop it, or someone else will drop it…or it will get bumped or knocked perhaps even stepped on…and then you’ll need to get it fixed. Now when I say protective case…I mean a case that has been tested for protecting phones from being[Read More…]

Get on Court with AO Tennis - The Video game

Get on Court with AO Tennis – The Video game

As the Australian Open continues in Melbourne this week you can now also play the official video game. AO Tennis on Playstation 4 and XBox One is a game developed in Australia in collaboration with Tennis Australia, which means you can pick up the racquet as a realistic version of one of your favourite tennis stars. This includes; · Rafael[Read More…]

This Sunday is Data Privacy Day

This Sunday is Data Privacy Day

This coming Sunday (Jan 28 ) is international data privacy day, so here’s a quick tip for anyone about to get rid of or sell an old computer. Firstly, even if it’s just being recycled, you’ll need to securerly erase the hard drive…and this means going beyond just using the ‘format’ option (from which it’s actually possibly to recover deleted[Read More…]