Posts about Gadgets

If you are experiencing issues with your Sky+ HD box where you see the “Please wait…” screen followed by a blank screen instead of the initialising screen, it is likely that your box needs to be reset in order to boot properly. Users experiencing this issue will also notice that the standby light remains amber/orange…

Brainwavz recently released their second active, wireless, and bluetooth earbuds. The Brainwavz BLU-200 is the second generation of the Blu models, hoping to improve many of the previous setbacks. With these, they are definitely on the right track. The Brainwavz BLU-200’s main focus is towards the active aspect of our lives. They feature Bluetooth 4.0 which…

The new Hover Camera Drone by Zero Zero is set to be a super-portable ariel camera that automatically follows the user. Autopilot is an up-and-coming feature on high-end consumer drones. It allows your small ariel drone (usually mounted with a camera) to follow a target automatically without any further user input. “Follow Me” or Autopilot requires…

Few industries change as fast as video games with the fall of Sega proving how quickly a company’s fortunes can change. But even the basic activity of gaming has changed dramatically in the past decade with the widespread use smartphones facilitating the unstoppable rise of mobile gaming. In just a handful of years, mobile gaming…

For a recent project of mine, I needed to download a simple TXT file from the web to my Arduino. Unfortunately, for some reason, my Arduino would not connect to my iPhone’s hotspot – so I found the next best solution was to tether the network connection from my MacBook Pro. However for those of…

Ever heard of a burner phone? Nowadays they seem quite popular in several countries around the world. This raises the question what a burner phone actually is? And why would someone use it? What is a burner phone? A burner phone is another name for the prepaid (smart)phone. You can top up the credit of…

We’ve given both the Misfit Shine and the NuBand Activ+ a good run for their money and given them both a chance to show what they have got. For those who now have the task to chose between the two, we have put together the following comparison to help you chose. If you have any…

Three months since the release of the Apple iPhone 6, and by now there are enough used iPhone 6’s on the market in order to have an affect on the prices of all previous generations. In this post we will explore the specifications and prices of the iPhone 4S right the way up to the…

Since the launch of the first iPad – although it wasn’t the first ever tablet PC launched – these lightweight, portable devices have become really successful. As usual, the example of major companies launching their own tablets was followed by their smaller counterparts, offering users budget solutions for their everyday needs. The tablet I am…

Don’t worry. This article isn’t about cleaning advice. We aren’t that cruel – and besides, we hate cleaning too. Even though various sites with cleaning tips or lifehacks have taken most of the challenge out of nightmarish household tasks, the dream (if most of us are honest with ourselves) is not to do any cleaning…

Earlier this year we reviewed Misfit Shine, a fashionable fitness tracker with a hell of a lot of potential! Reports have now been confirmed that Misfit have inked a deal with Pebble to bring fitness tracking integration even closer to wearables. As part of the deal, the Misfit app will be available to download from…