I was browsing through the news headlines the other day, and I came across another of those techie horror stories – a child using an iPad that had run up over a thousand pounds of debt on in-app purchases! I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve seen similar stories, so I thought this… Read More »
A few people have been in touch about the email I sent last week on ways to charge your phone… Mr Nixon pointed out a fantastic use for wireless charging – and that’s for people who only have the use of one hand. Plugging a cable into a phone one-handed is awkward to say the… Read More »
I recently had this comment from a reader: “Thanks for your weekly email which I find helpful. Please sometime could you inform us about solar powered phone chargers, as the recent storm forecasts may mean power outages and flat batteries? Thanks, Carol” Sorry it’s taken me a few weeks to get around to it, but… Read More »
There’s no one big topic for this week’s newsletter. Instead, I thought I’d pass on a few tidbits of news – mostly about smartphones – that I’ve picked up this week. A new iPhone that won’t cost an arm and a leg? Maybe just one arm… If you like the Apple iPhone, but find the… Read More »
I don’t know about you, but I think smartphones are amazing things. So little you can fit them in a pocket or your handbag and carry them around with you everywhere – but with more power than your average full-sized laptop would have had just a few years ago! And some of the extra apps… Read More »