Rigth to Repair

iFixit teardowns September 2020 – Galaxy Note20, Galaxy Watch 3, Galaxy Buds Live, Apple Watch 6 and Microsoft Surface Duo

Ray ShawSeptember 22, 2020

iFixit teardowns September 2020 are for the Galaxy Note20, Galaxy Watch 3, Galaxy Buds Live, Apple Watch 6 and Microsoft Surface Duo. (more…)...

Apple conflicted over right to repair

Ray ShawJuly 31, 2020

Apple has long been a staunch opponent of the right to repair legislation sweeping the US. It prefers to extol the virtues of its recycling program, which, of ...

Officeworks leverages Geeks2U acquisition – GeekCover for the masses

Ray ShawJune 10, 2020

Few know that Officeworks, well Westfarmers, acquired Geeks2U in March 2019. GeekCover is its first consumer and SMB product launch to provide monthly support ...

Smartphones that retain value – most don’t

Ray ShawMarch 5, 2020

US-based BankMyCell, a premiere phone trade-in and recycler has released its report on over 300 models of smartphones that retain value and those that do not. ...

Stickiness – what IT tech we still use each day!

Ray ShawJanuary 20, 2020

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 ...

Apple Activation Lock – unlock your iPhone, iPad, Mac or MacBook before you re-gift, recycle it this Xmas

Ray ShawDecember 10, 2019

New Apple security measures will render a second-hand Apple device useless unless you disable the Apple Activation lock, Apple User ID/password and unlink from...

Canon Warranty Expectations Survey 2019 – how long is enough?

Ray ShawNovember 25, 2019

Canon warranty expectation survey 2019 - how long is enough?...

Right to repair – without it you don’t really own it

Ray ShawSeptember 2, 2019

Australia's consumer affairs ministers have agreed to consider right to repair laws boosting people's ability to repair their phones and other electronic goods...

Motorola bucks the trend – it wants repairable smartphones

Ray ShawJuly 13, 2019

Motorola is a smartphone vendor that is actively trying to break the upgrade cycle. While that may seem a contradiction to the mantra to sell more, Motorola sa...

ITy Bytes 20 April

Ray ShawApril 20, 2019

ITy Bytes 20 April Apple and Qualcomm make-up and Intel moves out; Facebook F’up number one million, five-hundred thousand and …; Apple’s secret iPhone recy...

ITy Bytes 1 April – no joke! Just news Bytes you need.

Ray ShawApril 1, 2019

ITy Bytes 1 April summarises the news that was not quite large enough to warrant a full story. In this edition Facebook knows where you are despite Apple a...

A clean install of Windows 10 using a USB and ISO image

Ray ShawFebruary 19, 2019

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