Home automation is becoming more and more popular in New Zealand (and around the world) as more Internet of Things get invented and produced. The Ring Video Doorbell is one example of this, and is an internet connected doorbell which you can add to your home automation setup. It is …
Yesterday, two of New Zealand’s major telecommunications company separately announced that they are beginning development of a IoT network here in New Zealand. Spark and Vodafone will each deploy their own nationwide low power wide area network (LPWAN) to enable the Internet of Things (IoT). The LPWAN will enable the …
The Connecting Farms pilot is a new concept in on farm digital services, coming to Fieldays to demonstrate new levels of connectivity for farmers enabled by smart sensor technologies. The pilot, which began in April 2017, will deliver connectivity to farms through two new solutions: an on-farm Wi-Fi mesh network, …
When NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices are mentioned, Synology, QNAP come to mind. Today we have a Synology DS216play NAS device to play with, running Synology’s widely-acclaimed operating system, the DiskStation Manager 6.1. This NAS is considered to be one of Synology’s Value series: Home/Workgroup products, and is rated above the …
Belkin, today announced the New Zealand launch of its Thunderbolt 3 Express Dock HD. With 40 Gbps data transfer rates, dual 4K video support and 85 Watts of power delivery, the Thunderbolt 3 Express Dock HD is a complete single-cable docking solution providing connectivity and power to the updated MacBook Pro …
Disclosure: Private Internet Access provided me with a two-year subscription to their VPN solution for testing and reviewing purposes. With an ever-growing list of concerns for privacy and security while browsing the internet such as on a public WiFi network, it is now becoming more than necessary to increase your own …
Microsoft has unveiled the new Surface Pro, the 2-in-1 laptop/tablet device and the next generation of the its Surface Pro product line-up. And yes, it is just called the new ‘Surface Pro’. The new Surface Pro delivers the most performance and battery life in a laptop that is this thin, …
One of the vehicles in 2017 I was very much looking forward to testing out was the Tesla Model S. Last weekend, I was finally able to do so, and it has been a heck of a ride! The 2017 Tesla Model S vehicle I got was the P100D model, a …
Late last year we tried out the Mitsubishi Triton GLS trim model which was also 4WD. This year we try out the Mitsubishi Triton VRX trim model which is also 2WD. As well as the 2WD and 4WD configuration differences, the VRX trim model is also the highest spec’d model in …
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