Month: June 2013

 

Today on Life & Technology Radio Show on 2GB, Charlie talked with Russell Yardley, the Chair of the iAwards. The iAwards is an award giving body designed to recognise innovations in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) field. Today, he talked about some of the innovations that have come out of this year as well as some of details about the iAwards.

 

Specifically, Russell Yardley will discuss the reason behind the awards, the criteria they are looking for and of course the winners of the awards and what they did in order to win.

 

Also on the show today is Glen Gregory, the National Product and Marketing Manager for Computer Hardware of Harvey Norman to talk about EOYS PCs. Glen Gregory will also be taking calls from the listeners of the show to give them advice on what PC they should be buying.

 

And as always, Charlie will be responding to questions sent over Twitter and emails.

 

In case you missed the show, here's the link to the podcast.

 

Panasonic LUMIX DMC-TZ40

• Advanced GPS System with world map information – receive real-time information to show where photos are being taken
• Claimed to be smallest in class
• $399

Wifi connectivity (suite is called SMART CAMERA 2.0) allow users to share their photographs between mobile devices and computers

• The Smart Camera App connects a compatible smartphone to the camera via a Wi-Fi connection to edit, share and back-up image
• Choose from 14 different settings, such as Creative Shot, Landscape, Light Trace or Action Freeze.
• Sony CyberShot HX50
  • Integrated Wi-Fi lets you share snaps quickly and easily with friends and family
  • Optical SteadyShot camera-shake compensation ensures that image quality is not compromised even when shooting on the move
  • There are also three picture effects in Intelligent Sweep Panorama mode.
  • Built for social media savvy shooters
  • Integrated Wi-Fi and one-touch connectivity to smartphones and tablet.
  • $399

  Olympus Stylus XZ-10

  • Wireless memory card which integrates with the camera
  • allows for up to 5 wireless devices to connect to the camera to download the photos straight onto the person\'s phone/tablet.
  • $499

  ANDROID CAMERAS

  Nikon Coolpix S800c

  • Comes preinstalled with social networking apps due to it having Android OS on board
  • Apply Quick EffectsIn camera editing for simple image adjustment and enhancement
  • Capable of running many of the apps in the Google Play store including the ability to use Facebook, Twitter, Kindle and Google Maps apps
  • Powered by a Quad Core CPU running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
  • $399

 

Today on Life & Technology Radio Show on 2GB, we talked about Intel and their latest generation of processors. In the show today, we have Kamil Gurgen, Distribution Business and Chief Technical Manager for Intel ANZ.  Gurgen discussed Intel’s new Core processors, when they’ll hit Australia and the type of devices that will use these components. Kamil Gurgen also explained how this new batch of processors will offer more power savings for PC, longer battery life, improved performance and how they will affect the Ultrabook market.

 

Also on the show today is Shioupyn Chen from Cloudmosa to talk about the Puffin app and how it is able to offer Adobe Flash support on iPads and other Apple products. Lastly, Charlie answered some questions sent to us last week about a smartphone that helps people with long fingernails SMS with ease, and some solutions to an email query about being able to get books for those with mental disabilities. Check out the Puffin App here – Click Here

 

If you missed the show, you can use this link to listen to the podcast.