Weekly Roundup, 8 January 2021
346 Supporters (+4 from last week) Target : 400 Please Join Here Good morning With the Christmas/New Year discontinuity starting to subside, and the heavy lifting on my second book now done, I had …
Tech
Don’t Buy the Bose NC-700 Noise Canceling Headphones
It is unusual that I urge you not to buy a set of headphones when simultaneously explaining they’re probably the best at noise cancelling on the market at present. More than that, my objection isn’t …
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Bluetooth’s Big Mistake
The original concept of Bluetooth, way back in 1994, was simple. It was to be a simple and low-cost way to connect devices to other devices – a wireless version of a regular wired connection. …
Weekly Roundup, Friday 18 December 2020
Good morning It has been a great and productive week in many respects. Best of all, another ten people chose to become Travel Insider Supporters during the last week, bringing us to 335 members. Thank …
Weekly Roundup, Friday 4 December 2020
Good morning This time last week, there were 274 very kind Travel Insider Supporters. Today, we’ve grown to 287 – actually a few more than 13 new members, because several people didn’t renew their …
2020 Christmas Gift Giving Guide
Perhaps you’ve already started collecting things to be given as Christmas gifts this year. With Black Friday/Cyber Monday only now receding into the background, and Amazon’s Prime Day just weeks before, maybe you’ve already been …
The iPhone’s Incompatibility with Masks
When Apple introduced its facial recognition/unlock feature in the iPhone X in 2017, it did away with the formerly present fingerprint sensor. This is unlike every Android phone I’m aware of – although many …
Black Friday Bargain Guide 2020
For most of us, Thanksgiving this year is a bit odd. If we’re together with family, it is hard to fully suppress the thought that one of them might not be unwittingly spreading the …
Cellphone Features List and Buyers’ Guide
New cell phones keep appearing, and these days there is a profusion of very similar seeming phones. Some are from recognized brand names, others are from companies you’ve probably never heard of before. But even …
Weekly Roundup, Friday 13 November 2020
Good morning Happy Black Friday – any Friday that is on the 13th of the month is termed Black Friday and deemed unlucky, particularly for travelers. So perhaps keep close to home if at …
Adding a Bluetooth Hands-Free Speakerphone Unit to Your Car
It is becoming more and more frowned upon to use your phone while driving. A friend in California was recently fined $200 for doing so (even though it was a first offense with no aggravating …
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Weekly Roundup, Friday 6 November 2020
Good morning A very happy Guy Fawkes Day yesterday to everyone in countries who observe that celebration of a failed attempt at rebellion. There is some resonance to the concept as we go through …
