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Home & Entertainment Security

Yale Home View ‘Pan Tilt Zoom’ IP Camera: Setup & impressions

I can’t imagine my home without security cameras anymore. Whether it’s during holiday season or a casual weekend away, I like being able to keep a close eye on the house to know it’s safe. Yale’s new range of IP cameras are intended to make it easy & affordable to keep tabs on your house from wherever you…

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Android Apps & Software

Opera’s free & unlimited VPN app now available on Android

While Opera’s free VPN app was already available for iOS users earlier this year (surpassing 1 million downloads), the brand has now launched its Android counterpart. With Opera VPN you can improve your online privacy, block ad-tracking cookies, access more online content (which may be geographically restricted) and test the security of WiFi networks around…

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iOS Photography & Video

Google’s Motion Stills app creates fun GIFs & movies from your Apple Live Photos

I love Apple’s Live Photo feature because it’s a brilliant way to capture a moment beyond a static photograph. The combination of audio with that brief second before and after creates a fun and interactive memory. Sharing those Live Photos is a problem though since they need to be created into GIFs before you can…

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Apps & Software Car Tech

This app will get you insured on a friend’s car in minutes

I’ve always been annoyed at the difficulty involved in getting insured on someone else’s car here in the UK. You either have to plough through long online forms, or spend time listening to terrible music while you wait for a call centre agent. It’s so impractical and time wasting. I’ve always been annoyed at the difficulty involved in…

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Photography & Video Smartphone & Tablet Accessories

Give your iPhone DSLR controls with the Pictar camera grip

If you love taking photos and videos with your iPhone but want a more comfortable, DSLR-like feel to the experience, miggo’s Pictar camera grip is going to grab your attention. Currently undergoing a Kickstarter campaign that has reached half of its goal with 35 days still to go, this $90 gadget has been built to…

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Apps & Software

Why Waze is the only GPS navigation app you should be using

While most drivers I know settle for the default GPS apps pre-installed on their phones like Google Maps or Apple Maps, I prefer to use an app called Waze to help me get around. Owned by Google (but kept separate from Google Maps), Waze has more of a social focus on navigation, whereas Google Maps works…

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Smartphone & Tablet Accessories

Battery pack roundup: Portable power for your smartphones & tablets

One of the most under-appreciated devices you can own is a battery pack. Think about it. When you’re reaching that dreaded red zone and you’re still nowhere near home, battery packs save your ass from walking around with a dead phone. To some of you, that means no way to navigate, message loved ones or even worse:…

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Apps & Software Competitions & Giveaways

Giveaway: Win 1 year subscription of F-Secure KEY password manager

Thanks to our sponsors F-Secure for making this giveaway of F-Secure KEY possible!  I’m incredibly excited to be giving 10 lucky winners a 1 year free subscription of F-Secure KEY, a password manager that works across all of your devices for iOS, Android, Mac or Windows. You can learn more about F-Secure KEY and its features here, but it’s effectively a solution that gives you one master password to…

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Apps & Software Sponsor

F-Secure KEY makes password management easy and painless     

My thanks to F-Secure for sponsoring Let’s Talk Tech this month. Data breaches are the new reality and it’s no longer a question of if it’s going to happen to you, but when. Nowadays, people manage an unwieldy number of online accounts; at work and at home, and chances are all of them use passwords as the most basic form…

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Giveaway: Win 1 Year Free Subscription Of F-Secure Freedome VPN

Thanks to our sponsors F-Secure for providing us with 5 promotional codes of F-Secure Freedome VPN for this giveaway!  We’re delighted to announce that we’re giving 5 lucky winners a 1 year free subscription of F-Secure Freedome, a VPN solution for all of your devices. Learn more about F-Secure Freedome and its features here. To enter this giveaway, all you have to do…