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Yikes!!! From a few weeks back! Here is Episode 148 where I spoke to James Hazell about Three, Vodafone and Samsung… Oh, I also got cut off from Facetime during the conversation.
All the issues are resolved now, but it should make informative listening.
From Thur 18th October 2019
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Keeping backup copies of your data has never been so important and only this week it has been revealed that a fire at Universal Music has resulted in the loss of the original master tapes of some of the worlds most famous artists.
To compound the issue, the backups were kept in the same vaults and seemingly perished resulting in the total loss of the original recordings of the likes of Buddy Holly, Eminem, Sheryl Crow, Tupac and Tom Petty (to same but a few!).
With digital photography now the primary method of capturing images, it is now more important than ever that these sometimes precious images are also kept safe. Hardware failure or loss of devices is more common than ever before, so multiple backups are extremely important!
Today I spoke to James Hazell on BBC Radio Suffolk about backups and my experience of how to keep your data safe.
To find out more, listen into the stream above. Don’t forget to Like, Subscribe and Comment with your experiences of backup successes and failures.
See you in the next episode!!
Matt
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Some 30 years ago, I was inexplicably drawn into a high-speed car chase across my home town of Hitchin.
When I left The Bird in Hand in Gosmore on that rainy night in 1987, I had no idea that the following 10 or so minutes would stay with me until now.
In my case, I managed to ‘lose my tail’, but it has always troubled me how the Police would have viewed my plight at the time. Back then, we didn’t have mobile phones in order to call the authorities, so I took it upon myself to try and outrun my potential assailant. If the same had happened now, I would have driven to the nearest Police Station whilst calling them on the way.
Now, thirty-two years later, I have my answer (sort of), in the form of a Police Inspector from Suffolk.
In the above audio, you can find out what happened to cause the chase, how I evaded them and what the Police’s view is three decades later.
Don’t forget to LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, SHARE and COMMENT, see you next time!!
Thanks to James Hazell for chatting to me about the chase and for contacting the police about it!!
Matt
The Gadget Man
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Another year passes and as we move into 2019 we can look forward to another year of unstoppable advances in technology.
If I was able to predict upcoming tech, I’m happy to suggest that my number one for 2019 will be the folding mobile phone with potential devices from LG and Samsung already breaking cover in various forms.
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Both companies have already demonstrated their flexible display technologies and with the Mobile World Congress in February coming up soon, we should expect demonstrations of foldable, rollable or bendable screen tech from these companies.
Artificial intelligence is sure to continue its unstoppable march towards self-awareness (I jest!!), but all the same, we should be seeing multi AI ‘bots’ training directly with each other very soon! Who could forget the Facebook AI bots which invented their own communication language shortly after being switched on! More of this in inevitable, hopefully with the necessary safeguards in place.
The big 3 tech companies continue to advance home-based smart technology with integration into every part of our lives, add to this more AI and who knows what we should expect from the likes of Amazon, Google and Apple.
Holograms are a little way off, but augmented reality is making leaps and bounds with more advanced filters on spectacles providing with illusionary-holographic images a reality soon.
Phone batteries continue to provide us with more and more screen time and further advances in battery and charge technology will give us even more excuse to distract ourselves on a daily basis.
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This year we look forward to the beginnings of the 5G roll-outs, giving us impossibly fast download speeds, but also extending decent internet speeds to rural areas of the UK.
Ultimately, we are not about to be overrun by killer robots and 2019 will be bringing some pretty astounding new technology, strap yourselves in and enjoy the ride.
I talked on air with James Hazell from BBC Radio Suffolk about my predictions for the coming year. Have a listen and don’t forget to Like, Subscribe, Share and Comment and I will see you very soon.
Matt
Here’s the COMPLETE list of all Podcast episodes recorded since 2013.
You will find recordings of The Gadget Man, App of the Week and Grumpy Old Gits along with Interviews with racing legend Mark Webber, Tesla’s Laura Hardy and Porsche test driver Gordon Robertson.
Over the years, the The Gadget Man has been featured on many
BBC National Radio :-
BBC Radio Five Live : Rachel Burden and Rick Edwards
BBC Local Radio :-
BBC Radio Suffolk : Mark Murphy, Mark Matthews, Lesley Dolphin, James Hazell, Ronnie Barbour, Rachel Sloane, Etholle George, Graham Barnard, Matt Marvel, Wayne Bavin, and Sarah Lilley
BBC Radio Guernsey : Jenny Kendall-Tobias and Tony Gillham.
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire : Viv Minett
BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester : Tammy Gooding
BBC Radio Kent : Steve Ladner
I have meticulously ensured that every radio appearance was documented where possible. The fruits of these labours can be listened to below. Almost all recordings would have been published with their own write up and added piccies, so if you hear something that you think sounds great, use the search button above to track down the original article.
Finally, it takes enormous amounts of completely unpaid time to present, type, publish or collate all of this information contained in this site. The gadgets I review are very rarely given to me to keep, so if you would like to sponsor my efforts I would very much appreciate it. You can do so at this link paypal.me/pools/c/86TlpimZHI
In the meantime, enjoy the recordings.
Matt Porter, The Gadget Man
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Following on from the ongoing Facebook / Cambridge Analytica scandal, I was invited to be a guest on James Hazell’s show on BBC Radio Suffolk. We talked in depth about how social networks and apps are using our data.
Please listen in by clicking the ‘play’ button above. Don’t forget to Like, Subscribe, Comment and Share.
Continue reading Gadget Man – Episode 108 – Why we should care about what our data is used for?
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Once again this week I was delighted to chat to James Hazell. Today we discussed the relaunch of the Nokia 3310, an iconic mobile handset in it’s original form which went on to sell 126,000,000 units.
In 2017, HMD the new licence holder of the Nokia phone brand will be launching 4 new phones, three of these phones are Android handsets, namely the Nokia 3, Nokia 4 and Nokia 5. Alongside these modern smartphones will be the reborn Nokia 3310. Make no mistake this is a brand new ‘feature’ phone, but there exists the spirit of the original 3310 which is held in such high regard.
Listen in to the stream and find out what I think of the new handset and also what other tech could be making a comeback.
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Fantastic to be back on BBC Radio Suffolk this week, even more special that I was invited to James Hazell’s home for a very special outside broadcast, where we talked about effectively working from home and I got to play Star Trek Pinball!!
Thanks to James and Isaac for the invitation, fabulous fun!
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