Not to be confused with your 3G or 4G phone wireless carrier, Wi-Fi for your computer and home network is a technology you use at home with a computer or wireless device to talk to your network. At home this is usually to your wireless router which is connected to the internet, and the device you connect to is referred to as… Read more →
Category: Iphone
Difference Between VOIP and PTSN
What is PTSN PTSN stands for Public Switched Telephone Network, and before the internet became mainstream was the old telephone type system we have and still use a lot in our homes and business. If you have seen the old movies where someone sits at a desk switching telephones together from calls inbound and connecting to calls outbound you have… Read more →
IPv6 and Android Wireless
Recently I updated my router. In fact I went from using my Apple Airport Extreme to using a custom made PFSense Linux Operating System instead of a standard router. My PFsense router has IPv6 on as default. A lot of new routers supplied by your interest service provider will have this as well, even if your ISP doesn’t support it.… Read more →
Wireless Problems
Just about everybody uses wireless these days in their homes as do a lot of business around town in Townsville. Wireless is a great alternative to having to wire up your whole home or business with ethernet cable or have it prebuilt into your structure. Rather, adding a wireless router or modem can easily allow most people to connect to… Read more →
Computer News for the Week – 30/04/16
One Drive Less Storage Space I don’t use OneDrive. I jumped into Dropbox when it was first release and have bene using it ever since. I don’t use a lot of space on it, mostly just files I use on the run and files I need to sync with my laptop, and phone. Storing files in the cloud is also an… Read more →
Google’s Gmail Android app and Exchange
What is Google Gmail Android App For the majority of people using smart phones, there are 2 giants in the market. The Iphone which is made by Apple which uses the IOS operating system and Android phones which is made by countless other companies which use Googles operating system named Android. Within the Android operating system you can download millions of different… Read more →
Common Ipad Problems
Compared to computers, laptops and Mac computers, Ipads do not have as many problems, viruses etc. The way the operating system (IOS) on the Ipad is designed is to only install software from the Itunes store helps prevent a lot of software problems such as poorly written apps, harmful code, or applications of bad taste. Also with Ipads there are… Read more →
AirDroid – Computer to Android Phone
There are a lot of option for transferring files from your computer to you Android phones. A very popular method for a lot of Samsung users is Kies, but most phones have their own software for managing their Android devices, much like Apple has Itunes. But what if you want a lot more from a software package on your computer than just transferring… Read more →
Brave Web Browser
If you are sick of surfing the internet and being bombarded with advertisements, slow browsing speeds and your privacy being jeopardized, the new Brave Web Browser might be for you. The internet has changed a lot over the years. To begin with it was slow, so users weren’t really looking for a new web browser because it didn’t matter what… Read more →
Website Crashing Mac and Iphones
For anyone who has a Mac computer or Apple Iphone there is a link going around on social networks and emails which crashes your computer when you click on it and go onto the website. Although this is not a virus and does not damage to your computer or phone it does restart it unexpectedly which can be a pain if… Read more →