Category: Tech News

Virgin Media Unveils Blockbuster ‘Red Friday’ Deals. #VirginMedia #RedFriday #Tech

Virgin Media is once again turning Black Friday Red with the launch of its Red Friday promotions. With offers available across TV, Broadband & Home phone bundles, and Virgin Mobile, there’s something for everyone.

Looking for a new phone or even a great Christmas gift? Starting this Thursday, November 14th, to Monday, December 2nd, new Virgin Media Broadband customers will get a FREE Google Home mini worth €59 while customers signing up to Virgin Media Broadband with TV & home phone will receive a Google Home worth €99 free of charge.

 

Virgin Mobile is joining the party with the unbelievable Unlimited Mobile for just €5 a month for 5 months and just €25 a month thereafter now available across the board meaning everyone can enjoy Virgin Mobile’s incredible deal.

Customers who select a brand new Samsung, Apple or Huawei phones are also in for a treat as Virgin Mobile will also be including a fantastic free gift. If you purchase one of the following  mobile phones, Samsung Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10+, Note 10,  Note 10+ an Apple iPhone Xr or iPhone 8 or a Huawei P30 Pro, you’ll also receive a FREE pair of JBL TUNE 120 truly wireless in-ear headphones with a RRP of €99.  

At Virgin Media our Smartphone deals aren’t just for Red Friday – these incredible mobile smartphone offers are available right through to January 3rd 2020.

Paul Higgins, Director of Consumer, Virgin Media said “Once again Virgin Media is turning Black Friday Red. We’ve got plenty of deals to tempt everyone.”

“No matter what you’re looking for – great entertainment bundles for TV, treating yourself to a new mobile phone or getting connected to Ireland’s fastest broadband network, we’ve got you covered.”

“New Virgin Media customers taking either a broadband package or a great TV & broadband bundle will enjoy a free Google Smart Home speaker when they sign up. For the first time everyone can pick up Unlimited Mobile for just €5 a month for 5 months. With our Red Friday deals starting early this year, Virgin Media customers can get a head-start on their Christmas Shopping with great gifts and still enjoy fantastic value.”

“Unlike most other mobile network offerings, Virgin Mobile’s offer gives customers peace of mind; they can be assured their phones will never be locked to our network; we’ll make it clear then their phone is paid off and we’ll let them upgrade their phone whenever they want.”

You can learn more at https://www.virginmedia.ie/

Poly’s Voyager Office Series Bluetooth Headsets Offer More Connectivity. #Poly #Office #Headsets #Tech

Plantronics, Inc.  a global communications company that powers meaningful human connection and collaboration, has announced the Voyager 4200 and Voyager 5200 Office Series. These Bluetooth headset systems are an extension of the popular Voyager 4200 UC and Voyager 5200 UC Series, designed for mobile office workers, and provide multiple connectivity options in the widest range of wearing styles to meet office mobility needs.

The Voyager 4200 and Voyager 5200 Office Series will have a version available with a dedicated Microsoft Teams button, both on the base and the headset, to instantly invoke the Teams app. This instant access to the Teams app makes scheduling a meeting, starting a call, or checking the calendar easy. The Teams versions also provide audio and visual alerts when a Teams notification occurs. The Voyager Office Series headsets are also supported by Zoom and other UC platforms.

“Open office floor plans require a certain amount of flexibility and mobility of employees,” said Tamara Lane, director of product marketing, at Poly. “To escape noise and distraction, you might duck into a huddle room for a call, take your next meeting in the lobby or join a meeting from someone else’s office which means you not only use a desk phone but a PC or Mac and your smartphone for collaboration. The Voyager Office Series delivers high-quality audio in a comfortable headset that performs in all of those scenarios.”

Multiple Connectivity options for Office Mobility

Poly Voyager 4200 and Voyager 5200 Office Series headsets can connect to a desk phone, PC, Mac, or a mobile phone. The Voyager Office Series Bluetooth headset systems give IT decision makers another wireless communication option in regions where DECT is not permitted and therefore helps boost UC adoption.

Amazon Alexa and Tile Built-In Support

The Voyager 4200 and 5200 Series headsets also feature Amazon Alexa Built-In and Tile integrations. Just tap-and-ask, and Alexa will respond so you can focus on your tasks at hand. Tile is integrated right into the headset which makes finding your Voyager headset easy – you can literally “ring” it.

Wearing Styles

The Voyager 4200 Office Series offers an over-the-ear, hi-fi stereo and mono headband wearing style. The Voyager 5200 Office Series offers a sleek and discreet over the ear wearing style for those working on the go in and out of the office. Both the Voyager 4200 and Voyager 5200 Office Series come with the option of a one-way desk phone only or two-way desk phone and PC/Mac office base, in addition to a mobile phone.

 

“In 2018, advanced UC-enabled Bluetooth headset revenue grew by a significant 56 percent with the segment holding the strongest growth opportunity in the professional headset world,” said Alaa Saayed, information and communications technology industry director and fellow, of Frost and Sullivan. “Poly’s unwavering commitment of designing mobile-first solutions for the modern office and helping people collaborate no matter what collaboration devices and platforms they prefer has resulted in the vendor offering the broadest advanced Bluetooth connectivity portfolio on the market.”

 

Remote Management for IT

IT teams can add the Plantronics Manager Pro software-as-a-service (sold separately) to a purchase to track every Voyager Office Series headset to help streamline the management of headset deployments, including device firmware updates and policy compliance. (Note: Plantronics Manager Pro is not supported by the desk phone only models.)

Pricing and Availability

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Launch old whiteboards into the digital future with Rocketbook Beacons. #Tech #Rocketbook #Beacons

Rocketbook, maker of the popular endlessly reusable Everlast and Fusion notebooks, announces the availability of their latest product that’s launching whiteboards into the digital future: Rocketbook Beacons. The four restickable, reusable Beacons convert a dry erase surface into a smartboard by pairing with the free Rocketbook app. Beacons allow users to capture, organise and broadcast important notes and diagrams on any whiteboard or wall surface in real time, and share them to their favourite cloud services. Rocketbook Beacons are available now at www.getrocketbook.co.uk for £15.99.

“Remote teams are increasingly common, yet with all the communication options available, not being in the same room when there’s a brainstorm, lesson, or active presentation can make collaboration difficult,” said Jake Epstien, Co-Founder of Rocketbook. “We created Beacons with this in mind and, like Everlast, set out to bring something really commonplace into the digital future. The live Snapcast feature is especially unique and exciting, and since some of our best ideas come from our users, we’re looking forward to seeing how they put Beacons into action.”

With Beacons, capture and share perfect whiteboard images with a team of people in an instant. To get started, place the four Beacon quadra-triangles in each corner of a whiteboard, or preferred writing area such as a chalkboard or projector screen. Write as normal, and then use the Rocketbook app to capture content. The Rocketbook app recognises the Beacons and connects to the whiteboard – even from steep angles – and then automatically crops content to make it even more crisp and vibrant than on the board itself. Rocketbook Beacons are made with micro-suction technology, specially designed to stick to whiteboard surfaces that won’t deteriorate over time like other sticky adhesives.

Users can assign up to seven shortcut symbols within the Rocketbook app to easily blast notes to several cloud destinations including Dropbox, Evernote, Google Drive, Box, iCloud, Slack, email and more. Simply snap the whiteboard, choose the destination, and share content instantly. To save even more time, write a file name between hashtags (e.g. ## Brainstorm Session ##) on the whiteboard, and the Rocketbook app will automatically save the image as that file name for easy searching.

Snapcast mode in the Rocketbook app takes the digital whiteboard even further, enabling collaboration in real-time. To start, open Snapcast mode, and share the unique URL provided in the Rocketbook app. A private, real-time page is then updated each time users scan the whiteboard. Users can also prop up a phone to face the whiteboard, and set the app to auto-scan every five seconds for easy, ongoing sharing of live, easy-to-read content.

DIPLE transforms any smartphone or tablet into a powerful microscope. #DIPLE #Kickstarter

Launching today, SmartMicroOptics’ DIPLE is a first-of-its-kind advanced microscope kit for smartphone or tablet, which provides up to 1000x magnification and unprecedented image quality, all at an affordable price. With a durable, modular and truly portable design, DIPLE can be used for fun, education or even research purposes. Available from just $40, simply position your smartphone or tablet over DIPLE to learn about, study or explore the microworld around you like never before. We will have our full review very soon here on techbuzz..

DIPLE’s key features include:

 

  • Power: Unlike other portable microscopes at this price range, DIPLE is an ultra powerful microscope reaching magnifications of up to 1000x without experiencing pixelation, rivaling far more expensive microscope set-ups

  • Compact and durable design: The lightweight, compact kit can be taken anywhere, making DIPLE fully portable. Its unique, patent-pending design is also highly durable, with the metal objective lenses themselves capable of withstanding drops from 10 meters (33 ft) without issue

  • Modular: With the modular design working with all shapes of tablet or smartphone, you can continue to upgrade DIPLE with future releases, or use specific parts for your own optical improvements

  • Professional: DIPLE was designed and created by a spin-off company of the Italian Institute of Technology, a government institution known for its excellence in scientific research and technological development. It’s also been tested by top professors, doctors and researchers from some of the most prestigious institutions and hospitals in the US, UK and Europe

 

Andrea Antonini, CEO of SmartMicroOptics, explains, “We’ve been developing DIPLE since the incredible success of Blips, our first Kickstarter campaign and our first venture into microscopy. We felt we could push the magnification even more than we did with Blips, and wanted to create a more powerful, portable and affordable product. After over two years of development, we’re so proud and excited to finally be bringing DIPLE to Kickstarter, and for backers to be capable of discovering the fascinating microscopic world all around them.” 

 

DIPLE’s interchangeable lenses come in three different real magnifications: DIPLE Red at 35x; Grey at 75x and Black at 150x magnification. With the added digital zoom of your device, this allows for further magnification, resolving details all the way down to 0.7 / 0.8 microns for DIPLE Black. DIPLE also offers two different methods to handle your slides under the microscope, depending on your preference, with a Standard (manual) or Fine (mechanical) stage.

 

DIPLE is available to pre-order on Kickstarter, with prices starting from just $40 for DIPLE Red, with the most powerful system, DIPLE Black, containing all three lenses costing $120.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blips/236912385?ref=6be81a&token=54b29a83

AVer – The EP65, the ultimate Zoom Rooms conferencing system. #Tech #AVer #Conference

AVer Europe is launching the AVer EP65, exclusively available in the UK via Nuvola Distribution with a three-year warranty.

The AVer EP65 is an interactive flat panel featuring Zoom Rooms integration to go along with the latest AVer camera and audio technology, this 65” display can transform any meeting room into a streamlined collaboration hub for both video conferencing and face-to-face brainstorming. The EP65 allows users to interact, take notes, annotate on a shared screen and enable split-screen multitasking.

There’s no need to connect external devices to make a video call, as it comes equipped with a 4K camera with Sony Exmor™ 4K CMOS sensor, 13-element microphone array, and PC module powered by a Windows 10 IoT Intel i7-7700 Processor for true all-in-one capability. The EP65 is a cinch to set up; simply plug in one power cord and enjoy an extremely intuitive user experience in seconds.

Features 4K P-CAP touchscreen with 20 touch points, made of level 7 MoHS toughened glass that is resistant to glare and fingerprints. Users can mount the EP65 on the wall or affix it to a mobile rolling stand to take its powerful features all over the office and create a truly agile workplace.

Rene Buhay, AVer Europe Vice President of Sales & Marketing, comments: “We are proud to partner with Zoom and Nuvola to bring the AVer EP65 enterprise quality video conferencing system to the UK.”

Nick Chong, Head of Global Services at Zoom Video Communications, Inc. and Zoom Rooms evangelist, comments: “At Zoom we champion simplicity for the user and the AVer EP65 delivers this with its plug and play approach.”

Michael Lloyd, Managing Director, Nuvola Distribution Ltd comments: ‘We are excited to be spearheading AVer’s interactive touchscreen technology into the UK channel.’

AVerEP65 MSRP: £ 6499 ex VAT

Available from: nuvoladistribution.com

Product Specifications: http://communication.avereurope.com/model/ep65

Two text scams citing @CentraIRL and @Google to watch out for. #Centra #Scams #Google

A bit late to post this evening but important to watch out for and pass it on. These two SMS scams came in over the last two days on one of my phones and are important to note and coming up to the festive season we will probably see more of them,all the info you need to look out for is below.

The first one is a text labelled CENTRA but no other information is available on it but it will read they have tried to reach you to claim a prize and the prize is a Samsung Galaxy S10 of course this not true and Centra is not running such a competition. See below for the details.

My phone message
My phone message
Centra Irl Tweet

The second scam just has SMS on the title and it is the usual photo message,this leads you onto Google to win an iPhone of all things which made me laugh out loud Google giving away an iPhone of all things. Check the image below for a good laugh. Centra advise to report to comreg. Good luck with that.

Below we go onto the Google SMS. Centra have been pro-active about the scam but nothing from Google yet..

Source,my phone
Source – My Phone
Source – My phone

Enjoy the weekend folks.. Pass it on. We are now working on our Christmas Review season and watch out for cool tech products over the next few weeks to cater for all pockets.. We just don’t talk about tech, we review it both in video and images and we have drones, earphones, headphones, security cameras, projectors, escooters, accessories, dashcams and lots more including kickstarter tech.

New Health Tech – Astronauts trigger new tool to fight osteoporosis. #Osteoporosis #HealthTech #Astronauts

Osteoporosis is a big problem in the UK and Ireland and further afield and this new piece of technology could change that which has been 35 years in the making.

Technology commissioned by NASA to help astronauts deal with bone loss while weightless in space is now set to help hundreds of thousands of people living on planet earth with the ‘silent disease’ of osteoporosis.  Why ‘silent’? Because although over 3 million in the UK have osteoporosis, they can’t feel it or know they have it until they break a bone.

Osteoporosis is a big problem in the UK:

  • Over 500,000 people receive hospital treatment for fragility fractures each year as a result of osteoporosis
  • It affects around 3 million people aged 50+ 
  • It carries an economic burden with new and prior fractures costing the NHS £3,496 million each year
  • At this rate, by 2025 the burden will have increased by 24 % to £ 5,465 million
  • Of those affected:
    • 86% are more likely to experience a fracture in the future
    • 60% require assistance one year after a hip fracture
    • 40% are unable to walk independently after a hip fracture
    • In the year after experiencing a hip fracture, risk for death increases by 33% in men and 20% in women, with this risk continuing to persist for 10 years
    • A broken hip has a higher risk of death (1 in 6) than breast cancer (1 in 9)

 

35 years in the making

The history of the Marodyne LiV device started 35 years ago when Professor Clinton Rubin from the Stony Brook State University of New York was commissioned by NASA to understand how mechanical signals can influence the musculoskeletal system.  Astronauts’ bones don’t experience loads while they are weightless in space and this leads to the loss of bone mineral density, just as in osteoporosis. On average, an astronaut loses as much bone in space in one month as a perimenopausal woman does on earth in one year.

 

Professor Rubin and his research teams broke the code and found that low intensity vibrations that deliver a precise and targeted low-magnitude mechanical signal at a frequency of exactly 30 Hz per second will stimulate and regulate critical stem-cell processes to trigger the body to regenerate bone tissue. It took many years to perfect the technology and make it accessible to all in the form of the Marodyne LiV device.

 

How it works

Marodyne LiV is a low vibrating platform that looks like a set of bathroom scales.  You simply stand on it for 10 minutes a day and allow the low intensity vibrations to stimulate your body’s cells to reform bone and muscle tissue. When you step onto the Marodyne platform, its ‘smart’ technology automatically adjusts to your weight, mass and movement to produce low acceleration, high frequency vibrations that send signals to re-activate the bone building cells in the body. 

 

Recognised by the Royal Osteoporosis Society

“The Royal Osteoporosis Society is encouraged to see the results so far from the Marodyne LiV research and its potential as a safe and effective tool for the prevention of osteoporosis,” says Henry Mace, Head of Clinical Partnerships, Royal Osteoporosis Society. “We look forward to working with Marodyne LiV and will be watching with great interest to see the difference it makes to people living with the condition.” 

 

Certified and safe

Marodyne LiV can be safely used alongside all prescription drugs currently available to treat osteoporosis and is set to change the way consumers and medics deal with the bone-thinning disease. Certified as a safe and effective tool to help people with osteopenia and osteoporosis it is supported by a number of clinical studies that show LiV can assist in the prevention of osteoporosis in post-menopausal women and promote bone and muscle growth in younger osteoporotic women. 

See more over on https://marodyne.co.uk/

 

Get creative this Christmas with FUJIFILM Imagine. #Tech #Gifts #FujiFilm #Photography

When everyone on your Christmas gift list has it all already, then it’s time to think outside the box and get creative. Luckily, FUJIFILM Imagine has you covered, with tons of customisable and sentimental gifts ideas for loved ones who, on the face of it, are impossible to buy for.

SNAP. CREATE. GIFT

FUJIFILM Imagine know that photos locked away on your smart phone hold the secret to amazing Christmas gifts. Simply choose photos of your family and friends and use them to create personalised presents through the FUJIFILM Imagine mobile app, online, and on touch screen kiosks in store nationwide. With lots of quirky options, ideal for stocking fillers and secret Santa’s, your creativity will know no bounds. Choose from personalised jigsaws, teddies, mugs, iPad covers and much, much more. Then, wrap it all up with personalised gift-wrapping paper to really bring a smile to their faces this festive season.

 

GET SEMTIMENTAL WITH PICTURE BOOKS AND CANVAS PRINTS

For those extra special people on the list, why not put together a scrap book full of memories close to both your hearts? Bring your digital photos to life by printing them in a luxury photo book that can be treasured forever. Photo books can be customised online with heartfelt text and an array of decorative backgrounds, borders, and embellishments. For the interior lover in your life, opt for eye catching framed canvases instead, perfect for adding to walls and displays.

Gift availability varies in-store – call in-store, visit www.fujifilmimagine.ie, or download the FUJIFILM Imagine App. You can collect in-store at selected FUJIFILM Imagine stores in Ireland or if you want to send it as a gift, worldwide delivery to an address of your choosing is available.

Christmas tech gifts from PNY for friends and family. #Tech #PNY #Gifts #Creators

Christmas is approaching not that I need to remind you and the guys at PNY have some gift ideas to share and stay tuned for some reviews coming up soon from PNY. These gifts are ideal for creators on the go and much more.

The Smallest and Fastest SSD’s

 For the content producers (photographers, bloggers, writers…) you know, PNY has just launched the world’s smallest and fasted SSD’s. A must-have this Christmas.

For those who want to consistently backup and safeguard their precious photos and videos, they need these cards in their life. The PNY Elite Portable SSD measures just 60×35.6×8.9mm, and offers 420MB/s seq. read and 420MB/s seq. write speeds and it is 130x faster than USB Drives.

The pricing is as follows:

ELITE PORTABLE 240gb – £49.99

ELITE PORTABLE 480GB – £79.90

ELITE PORTABLE 960GB – £129.90

The PNY PRO Elite SSD is twice as fast as a USB 3.1 Gen 1 and seven times faster than portable HDD drives, allowing users to boost their workflow with incredible speeds. It’s also available in four colours: black, rose gold, silver brushed and light blue, so allows people to express themselves!

The pricing is as follows:

PRO ELITE 250GB – £79.90

PRO ELITE 500GB – £109.90

PRO ELITE 1TB – £159. 90

PNY’s 10,000 mAh Power Pack

PNY’s brand new power pack is perfect for the commuter in your life who is always left without battery, so can’t listen to music or catch up on emails during their long journeys. The powerpack’s compact nature means it can slip into any bag with ease; so if you’re in need of charging your phone or laptop, this nifty gadget can be grabbed quickly, and will charge your device equally as quickly given the power delivery time of 30 minutes.

It also comes in handy on a night out when you are trying to order an uber home but don’t have enough battery left. The power pack is just the right size to fit in a clutch bag or pocket.

At £59.99, it’s definitely a worthwhile investment.

PNY’s MOBEE Gimbal Stabilizer 

This nifty mobile accessory turns your smartphone into a camera system – perfect for someone wanting to document their travels or any keen blogger! It’s especially brilliant because there are no limits on how much footage you can record, as it allows you to charge your phone whilst it’s attached to the stabilizer, thanks to its USB power out connector.

 

The 3 axis stabilisation makes it easier than ever to capture high quality photos and videos on the move, so whether you’re blogging, or capturing stunning holiday views, your footage will be super smooth.

The UK pricing for this is £99.99, so will make a great gift for under £100.

The Universal Tripod

For those who love to travel, this tripod is a must. It’s compact nature means it can be neatly tucked in your backpack, allowing you to capture the full beauty of your surroundings wherever you are.

Besides it being the ultimate travel gadget, the tripod is worth a spot on everyone’s Christmas gift list so you can take fun group photos with family and friends. Christmas is a time where the whole family gathers, but it can sometimes be a struggle to fit everyone in one shot. This tripod provides the answer to the age old problem of dashing back and forth from the camera to get at least one picture with everyone in. The wireless remote means you can snap a picture with just one click of a button.

The PNY Universal Tripod and Wireless Remote retails at £39.99.