Can you really trust Google with your privacy and protect your data?
Trust is the most abused word in the human language because
it has no defined meaning – it is more of a belief. So, to answer the question
about whether we tru... (Read More)
Ray Shaw
What is trust in the digital world? Not what we have now!
Hot on the heels of new research that puts trust in big tech
ahead of the police, government and others, we thought it necessary to
investigate what is trust i... (Read More)
Scamazon so commonplace it dashes shoppers hope
There is a new word in the urban dictionary, and it is Scamazon
– a contraction of the words Scam and Amazon. And the issue is so challenging
that shoppers are... (Read More)
Samsung Galaxy Book S – Windows on ARM (WOA)
The Samsung Galaxy Book S is an ultra-lightweight, 13.3-inch
clamshell notebook running Windows on ARM – think of it as a very big smartphone
because that is w... (Read More)
5G is a huge flop – marketing has failed
5G is a huge flop, and it is all because the marketing hype
does not meet reality. So, if you are not one of the three people that paid for
5G and can get rece... (Read More)
GadgetGuy 5G guide – 30% still have not even heard of it (update January 2020)
In 2019 research showed that more than 70% of mobile phone users had not heard of 5G. Well in 2020 that is now down to 30%. Then almost none said 5G would influence the purchase of a new smartphone and that is still the case. Here is our (updated) 5G Guide.... (Read More)
Trivago – rips-off customers, puts profit before people
Trivago - a price comparison website (and that should ring loud alarm bells in its own right) has been found guilty of misleading consumers on the so-called ‘best’ hotel deals.... (Read More)
Stickiness – what IT tech we still use each day!
Stickiness means what we went out and bought in 2019 (unless the vendor left it with us) and we use every day. And our purchase decisions are based on quality ... (Read More)
Ray Shaw
Managing Editor
Ray Shaw [email protected] has a passion for IT ever since building his first computer in 1980. He is a qualified journalist, hosted a consumer IT based radio program on ABC radio for 10 years, has developed world leading software for the events industry and is smart enough to no longer own a retail computer store!