2017 – Page 4 – The Zedman

Google’s giant digital whiteboard for the office is on sale now

May 24, 2017May 24, 2017 James Robinson

Update May 23: The day has come and Google's giant collaborative digital whiteboard, called Jamboard, is now up for sale. You can grab one of the 55-inch workplace devices for yourself (or, more likely, for your office) for $4,999, a price that includes two styluses, an eraser and a wall mount. Jamboard is available through the G Suite website, or... Read More

7 Awesome things you can do with your Android Phone

May 24, 2017May 24, 2017 James Robinson

Android is an extremely powerful operating system that can be used for much more than just your regular social media use, WhatsApp and calling. Unlike iOS, Android is infinitely customizable and is a very capable and powerful OS that can be used for so much more. Here are 7 awesome things you can do with your Android Phone that you... Read More

Belkin’s new battery pack delivers long-lasting power in a small package

May 24, 2017May 24, 2017 James Robinson

Belkin is back with a brand-new battery pack, one the mobile accessory maker claims is its most compact and fast-charging yet. Part of its Pocket Power series, the new pack will be available to purchase in three power tiers: 5,000mAh, 10,000mAh and 15,000mAh. Competitors like the Anker PowerCore provide 20,000+mAh to play with, but Belkin's latest is nothing to sniff... Read More

Pokemon Go: Does anyone even care anymore?

May 24, 2017May 24, 2017 James Robinson

Months after Pokemon Go was launched in U.S.A, Niantic finally launched the game in India through a tie-up with Reliance Jio a few days ago. The biggest problem with this move is that no one really cares anymore. Those who were excited by the game and enamoured by it’s A.R. capabilities downloaded the game months ago when it was actually... Read More

Will tech make doctors obsolete?

May 23, 2017May 27, 2017 James Robinson

The progress of medicine is a remarkable thing. There was a time when doctors couldn’t fully map the human body, and a time when drilling a hole into a patient’s skull was a genuine medical procedure; now we've mapped not just the human body but the human genome, and can use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to see the real-time, inside... Read More

Smart bulbs made me forget how to use light switches

May 23, 2017June 10, 2017 James Robinson

One of the joys of fully kitting out my house with smart home gadgets is that I am routinely reminded that I am by far the dumbest thing in my home, and that includes my pet ferret who stashes gold Ferrero Roche wrappers, thinking they are some kind of precious material. The fear that my smart home is making me... Read More

Forget Windows, Linux or MacOS: Try these alternative operating systems

May 23, 2017June 10, 2017 James Robinson

No Windows, no Linux, no macOS: is there really a desktop operating system that's worth using outside of the big three? We've set out to answer that question, and while there are no absolute definitive answers here – everyone's use case is different, after all – we've discovered ten distinct examples that fall outside the usual bounds. There are descendants... Read More

The best business productivity gadgets

May 23, 2017June 10, 2017 James Robinson

Laptops have overtaken desktop PCs as the preferred workhorse machines for most companies, regardless of the size, and it is easy to see why. The performance, feature, and price gap between the two have shrunk considerably, so much so that other than for niche use cases that require a fixed workstation, a laptop is generally preferable to a desktop computer.... Read More

Apple and Nokia bury the hatchet – which could mean better smartwatches for you

May 23, 2017May 23, 2017 James Robinson

Okay, bear with us here. This is a story about patent litigation, but it could mean that you're going to have a better Apple Watch in the future. The short story of the courtroom drama between these two companies is as follows: Nokia has a lot (a lot) of patents that relate to the use of smartphones, and it has... Read More

Top 5 best rising Linux distros in 2017

May 23, 2017June 10, 2017 James Robinson

Linux is built for tinkering and experimentation, which means it’s always morphing and changing. New distros are popping up all the time, because all it takes is a little bit of determination, time and effort to create a custom operating system. Not all of them hit the mark – there are stacks of Linux distros that have seen little to... Read More