Geeks2U | August Newsletter

Smartphones in all shapes and sizes.

The mobile phone market is seemingly inexorably shifting towards smartphones. You may not think that you could or would want a smartphone, but it seems as though the market is deciding for you, with any number of phone vendors offering up either direct smartphones, or so-called "feature" phones that offer many of the core smartphone offerings. That's features like included email, web browsing and if you're lucky a little light document reading...[Read more of this article]

Keep your brain in gear when using GPS.

A recent ABC story regarding a family of four that got trapped after following their GPS unit's instructions made my brain spin a bit. The family got bogged after driving down a closed road that the GPS indicated was the correct route. According to the ABC report, the driver ignored road closure signs to do so, and as a result got bogged in thick mud. Four days later, emergency services were able to tow them out...[Read more of this article]

Waving goodbye.

Not every tech product is an instant hit, even when it's backed by a big brand name. Every tech company has its flop products, and late last week, Google added another to the pile. It's a rare misstep for Google, though. After all, the company name is effectively synonymous with Internet search...[Read more of this article]

What are you spending your tech dollars on?/span>

Technology's always been an expensive game to be in. Today's high end graphics card costs $1,000. In a year's time it's so far behind the curve they're putting them in wristwatches. Business grade tech equipment is equally costly, even if it does largely work on a three year deprecation cycle...[Read more of this article]