Perhaps the most important part of a tablet is its screen. It is simultaneously your input and output device, and nearly everything you use a tablet for revolves around its screen. There is a lot […]
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Good morning I’m urgently writing to you today because we’ve just put together a very special Christmas cruise for this December, and along the Rhine river rather than the Danube. If you’ve not already filled
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Good morning Today sees Apple’s latest iPhone 6s models hitting the stores, and, predictably, some people started lining up outside the stores a couple of days ago. One has to wonder – is Apple quietly
So there you are, doing hand-washing in a hotel basin or bath, and hanging things up to dry. Most of us don’t insist on ironed underwear, but what about our shirts, particularly if we have
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Good morning It is a while since I’ve seen a major electronic product release that has really truly excited me, and which caused me to urgently order one as soon as they became available to
On Thursday, Amazon set a new stunningly low price point for a reasonably good and reasonably functional tablet computer – $49.99, and with free shipping included. The tablet has a 7″ color screen, moderate resolution,
Good morning Expectations were high at the Apple product launch event in San Francisco on Wednesday morning. Well, while many articles are opening with that lede, the truth is that expectations are almost always high
Exactly as rumor had anticipated, Apple announced a new ‘iPad Pro’ on Wednesday – the larger screened iPad that has been expected for more than a year now. They also slightly surprised by announcing a
Good morning Thursday was a watershed day – the first time since the coming of summer that I had to turn on the heaters in the morning. Only a couple of weeks ago, the a/c
Say, what? A USB condom? Alas, yes, that’s what the world seems to be coming to. In colloquial language, when engaged in ‘unsafe computer connections’ over a USB port, a USB condom might be just
Good morning An unusual feature article this week, and in two parts. Friends visited Tanzania in January, and have been eagerly and excitedly badgering me ever since – to write about it, to go there
Four friends of mine were regaling me about their January visit to Tanzania – a country I’d not previously considered visiting, and knew very little about (the one factor being linked to the other, of
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