Technology – Page 5

Geek Toy – 3D Robotics IRIS+

I’m sure I’m no different to any self-respecting geek; you see a link to a new gadget and you can’t help but click on it to find out about the shinny new thing. Equally I’m sure that most of the time you finish reading with a” Meh”. The IRIS+ from 3D Robotics however made me stand back and say WOW!

This thing is seriously cool. It a personal drone that will do more than just fly around with the added camera to record amazing Ariel images. If has “Follow me” allowing you to run or race about while the drone follows you centring the images directly on you. It can do 3D image scanning, autonomous flight by giving it a set mission. You just draw a line of a map to tell it where to go. If will even return home when the battery is running low or it goes out of range of you controller.

A must buy for anybody that has the cash to spare and is looking for an amazing drone that you don’t need to spend months learning to fly so you won’t crash into a tree the first time you try to fly it.

Checkout the promotional video to really see what it can do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yOCTgVqmeQ

@SMLP

SMLP Self help #01 – how to set up email on anything and everything.

In my job I often get asked how do I set up email on my mobile phone tablet of laptop. In this article I am going to give the most comprehensive answer to the question.

The details information that I’m going to out line will be the first time anybody anywhere has described how to setup email on every product that has ever been made that supports email. This is a massive undertaking for one person to pull together in one is pale blog post however with my 20 years experience using email and 13 years offering professional support for consumers, small business and corporate customer alike I feel that I am the right person for the job.

I am going to brake this down into 3 simple steps.

– ONE

Open a web browser. For this step any browser on any computer, mobile phone or even TV will do. If it lets you access the internet it will work. Type in the website address http://www.google.com

– TWO

In the centre on the webpage that opens types into the box…. “How do I set up email on my”. Now on the image shown you will see that this is followed by “…..” You need to replace is with a space followed by the name of the thing you want to set email up on. For example “iPad”, “smart TV”, “sony smartphone”

– THREE

Read all of the top results that will inevitable describe how to set up email you the device of your choosing.

No need to thank me…. Your welcome.

Facebook Plus Google Plus = ??

I’ve been playing around with Google Plus today and like most people have my option on what I think of it…. But you don’t really care about that do you.

What your thinking is “why should I use it?” and “but most of my friends are already on Facebook!”. My thoughts too.
The tie in with your existing Facebook friends is reason enough to not switch across to yet another social network. Its just too much like hard work!

So why the hell would Google go to a bucket load of effort to create a new social network if they thought that people wouldn’t use it. It got me thinking; why would they?!?

There is a number of reasons for people to switch; lots of them reasons will have already been talked about. Privacy being one of the big issues for a lot of people. I have one big reason. To understand why its my one big reason first we need to roll back in time a little.

Facebook. Remember when you first signed up; how often did you use it? There was that first few days exploring all the goodies it had to offer. Your use of the site started to grow…. your friends list started to grow and once you had got your head around it; begin the daily ritual of going to the site to see whats going on in the world of your social friendships. The fact that you don’t and still don’t like most of these people strangely has no baring. Facebook became your social hub.

Then the game changer. Not FarmVille. Your mobile phone.

The level of Facebook usage goes through the roof for most people. Status update on the bus to work. From camera on your phone to your Facebook profile in super quick time.

Mobile access to Facebook changed the way everyday people use there mobile phones and buy there mobile phones. Your average Joe no longer thinks twice about buying a smart phone… he demands it.

Facebook may not be the only reason; but it has driven the everyday habits of normal people into using the bits of plastic and computer chips in their pocket to access the Internet in a new way.

So why switch to Google Plus?

If you are a iPhone user like me then its just going to be another social app for you phone (once its released) that will help you link in with some stuff you already have with Google. That link in could be useful if you are a savvy web user or not if you’re not.

If you are an Android user then you are as good as ready for some G+ action. Currently your Contacts, Calendar, Email, Photos and Location are already linked with G+. All you need to do and add the App choose your contacts and you’re set.

Think about it… a social network that directly links with the operating system running on your smart phone. An operating system that is built on Cloud Computing.

Apple don’t do social (No Ping does not count) but have realised that they need to. There soon to be released update will add Twitter integration to iOS. Microsoft have Facebook integrated with there Windows Phone 7 OS. Google have Google.

They don’t have to come up with some kind of work around to give there mobile operating system the social edge. Just turn it on.

Google have entered the social world with a army of services that can all be easily moved under one roof.

Instant messaging, Video sharing and broadcasting with YouTube, Mapping, Navigation and Location Sharing. Personalised Home Pages, Blogging, News aggregation and RSS management. Calendar, Contacts, Tasks and Online Photo Storage. Word Processing, Spreadsheets, Presentation software. Search, Search, Search and a crap load more…

Remember; that’s all before they allow 3rd party application development to the G+ site.

Nobody has ever had a social platform that can be easily driven and integrated with an operating system that has over 500,000 new activations per day. This makes it simple and easy for Android users to switch to G+. Mobile application use is changing the habits of how people access the Internet. Tablet devices and the applications running on them are taking over computers.

The masses decide what social network people use and when they use it they will use it on there mobile devices. Google controls the masses. Google just have to flick the switch on Android devices and start the world wide move to G+. Everyone else will just follow the leader. Its not a question of why should you switch but how soon you are going to do it.

Cloud Computing is about to go mainstream. Its not going to happen over night but I believe that it is going to happen. G+ will be the social network that will drive Cloud Computing.

Google has just become self aware.