A traditional CCTV system is the alternative, but until recently that meant you’d have to live with it being offline and have no alerts or access to the footage from your phone when out and about. Not any longer: there’s a new generation of CCTV with mobile apps and internet-connected DVRs. Here we take a look at Swann’s four-channel kit which can be expanded with an extra four cameras for a total of eight....
I recently purchased a Nokia Lumia 1020 smartphone. Part of the reason for doing so was its 41Mp camera, however, I don’t seem to be able to access any of its high resolution images. I have it set up to shoot in the highest resolution mode, which says ‘JPEG (5 MP) + (38 MP)’, but whenever I attempt to share any of my pictures, I can only gain access to the 5Mp versions....
This is an issue that will affect every PC to some extent or another and sometimes the best thing to do is start fresh by formatting your hard drive and reinstalling Windows completely. However, for general maintenance, making use of software to keep your PC in good condition is an easy way to ensure its performance is maintained. There is a wide range of these tools available and we’re going to recommend our favourites to you right now, so read on....
So it was a nice surprise to find a message on my Echo Show 15 this morning prompting me to update. A few taps and a quick five-minute download later and the update had been installed, complete with a shortcut to the Fire TV interface in the top-right of the Echo Show 15’s UI. As expected, turning the Echo Show 15 into a Fire TV really does make it a more compelling offering....
While the phone isn’t going to be what anyone would call cheap at a spicy £1235 ($1595) for the titanium version, the promise of supposedly revolutionary holographic technology has the industry very excited. Known as ‘4-view’ the goal is to provide a glasses-free 3D image that will allow you to look around and behind objects that are being displayed, showing off multiple perspectives. If this makes it out to consumers and is everything it says it will be that will be one impressive leap....
Available in black, white or red, the Sony can be plugged into the mains where it will act as a charging dock. It also has an internal rechargeable battery for use on the go. Up to 5 hours of playback can be enjoyed from a single charge, but the 13W audio output drops to 4W when running off its battery. You can skip backwards or forwards through tracks, pause songs and adjust the volume via the bundled remote control....
Research conducted by Newzoo on behalf of the games firm revealed there’s more than 153 million gamers across the three countries, and the encompass game consoles, casual game sites, social networks, mobile devices, downloadable games and boxed games. Furthermore, 68 percent of UK men that were surveyed and 59 percent of women play games, which is the highest percentage across the three countries. However, when it came to average spend on games per month, France came top with the equivalent of £22....
And if you haven’t used one before, the easiest way to describe it is a battery-powered electric hammer which hits you up to 2400 times per minute with a foam tip. The Elite sits one rung down from the top of the company’s product ladder, the Pro being the flagship. It doesn’t have the adjustable-angle arm of the Pro but it many other respects it’s similar. It has the same 16mm amplitude – the distance the attachment moves up and down on your skin – and a 2400rpm maximum speed....
In the same note, Kuo says Apple will release four OLED iPhones in 2020, all of which will be 5G capable. The line-up will be a 5.4in, two 6.1in and a 6.7in device, though it’s unclear at this stage if this means Apple will drop the LCD screen of the iPhone 8 and iPhone 11 altogether. The other differentiator aside from screen size is said to be the cameras, with the 5....
However, tech still has the potential to be a force for good in the world. Here are some startups that are using technology to make a positive difference, from braille e-readers to drones that search the seas for environmental crimes. Read next: Who are the world’s most controversial tech CEOs and why? Bayes Impact Bayes Impact is an organisation with the vision of harnessing tech to help create citizen-led public services in partnership with government....
Twitch spokesperson Brielle Villablanca told CNN that, “In line with our policies, President Trump’s channel has been issued a temporary suspension from Twitch for comments made on stream, and the offending content has been removed.” The company said that “hateful content is not allowed” on its platform and that the offended videos on the account included Trump’s 2016 rally where he labelled Mexicans as rapists and criminals. It also said that a recent Tulsa rally where Trump referred to “a very tough young hombre” in the context of a man committing a crime....
The only problem is that not all the video you want to watch is available to download in MP4. There may be old movies you’ve collected on DVD or old MKV, or MPEG-2 and WMV files you have sitting on a hard drive and still want to be able to play. There could be content you stream from YouTube that you’d like to have offline access to on your tablet or smartphone....
Vankyo is one of several Chinese projector makers that are creating entirely new markets for these products with incredibly cheap projectors that can offer massive images for those that like to make ‘movie night’ a bit special. Vankyo sent over its incredibly priced Leisure 510, so we got out the popcorn and put our feet up for a few hours. Price The pricing matches the seemingly identical ELEPHAS Projector, the WiMiUS P18 and it undercuts the £209....
The ViewSonic has a number of useful features not found on less expensive displays. A trio of inputs is supplied including VGA, DVI-D and HDMI which is important if you want to connect external devices such as games consoles which provide audio. You’ll then hear these through the monitor’s built-in stereo speakers or the supplied headphone jack. See what’s the best display? Although the VX2452mh suffers from the restricted viewing angles inherent in all TN displays, it actually performed very well in our tests, delivering the best overall contrast by a considerable margin as well as accurate colour....
Among them is Microsoft, with the tech giant announcing back in October that it would allow all employees to work remotely on a permanent basis. This forms part of the company’s drive for flexible working, acknowledging that some employees will still be required on-site at times. The next step involves building up the online infrastructure to enable this new way of working. Its Microsoft Teams collaboration software is a key vehicle for that, with the newly-announced Viva platform leading the way....
Ingredients 260g plain flour1 teaspoon of baking powder2 tablespoons of white sugar2 large eggs350ml semi-skimmed milkA small quantity of butterA whisk or blenderAnd, obviously, one rice cooker Instructions The first step is to use your small quantity of butter to grease the inside of your rice cooker. Add the rest of your ingredients together in a mixing bowl. Sieve in the flour and baking powder. Then blend it all together. I used the Smeg hand blender, which is a 700 watt monster, so I had a smooth batter a few seconds later....
Like many other cryptocurrency projects Nano relies on blockchain technology, but uses an alternative form of it known as ‘block-lattice architecture’. Nano’s benefits include unlimited scalability (something that Bitcoin has struggled with severely) and instant transactions without fees. These factors have made people all over the world sit up and take notice, and with over 4 million transactions completed to date, the project is growing at a rapid rate....
See also: How to keep your kids safe online and Online Safety What is sexting? As the name implies Sexting is the sending or receiving of sexually explicit images, videos, or messages (usually of the sender themselves) via electronic devices such as smartphones, tablets, or PCs. Apps such as Snapchat are often used for sexting as the service famously deletes all images from users’ feeds after they’ve been viewed or the specified expiration time has been reached....
Tabbed Windows Essentially, Sets is a feature that allows you to have web browser tabs and apps all appear next to each other in a single tabbed window. Now, why would you want to do this? Well, say you’re working on a particular project, maybe planning a holiday, you’d need a few different browser windows open with flights and hotel options, OneNote for writing down the details, Excel to record the financial costs, and a chat window for going through everything with your traveling companion....
We’ve focused on Android but most of our tips also apply to iOS and Windows Phone. Please add your own questions in the comments below and we’ll do our best to answer them. Tips, tricks and alternative solutions are also welcome. Why is my phone hot? How to fix a hot phone In the days of increasingly slim phones and metal- rather than plastic cases, a phone that gets warm in use is not at all uncommon....
