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A smart speaker or a smartphone. What gadgets have you got at home? We are here to inform you of some lesser known gadgets that are worth pimping out your home with. Covering everything from home security to data storage, put these on your shopping list the next you work through your home electronics budget. NAS A network attached drive or NAS is a box housing a couple of hard drives connecting to your router. Either through Wi-Fi or ethernet cable. That means that transfer speeds are faster when using a network attached drive. It also means you can get your data from anywhere in the world wide web or another computer. As a bonus they can automatically create backup copies of entire disks too. You could make your lifetime of crucial academic work or your family photo album or your iTunes music library available to every device on your home network. And even have access to these files when you’re away from home.  Nas drive comes with a software to help your setup and secure acc

Google introduced a new update to Google Maps: when you zoom all the way out, the Earth will no longer be displayed as a flat surface, but as a globe. It’s a change that allows the map to more accurately display the Earth. The search company highlighted the change on its Google MapsTwitter feed, saying that with the new 3D Globe Mode, “Greenland’s projection is no longer the size of Africa.” The change is only available on the desktop interface; it’s still flat in its mobile app. Up until now, Google Maps has used Mercator projection, which projects the planet onto a flat surface. While this style makes it easy to print onto maps and has largely become standardized, it presents a distorted image of the Earth. Objects around the equator are to scale relative to one another, while objects closer to the poles appear larger than they really are. A good example of this is the relative sizes of Greenland and Africa. On a Mercator map, Greenland appears larger than Africa, when in r

As a further testament to its leadership and popular acceptance as the foremost music content distribution platform, Boomplay Music, Africa’s fastest growing music streaming and download platform has recorded a milestone 10 million installations off Google Play store. Boomplay Music’s unique and user-friendly application has made it a top choice for consumers of music and entertainment content. The platform has given millions of Africans unfettered access to millions of songs, videos and entertainment trending news. It has also provided a rallying point in the digital music ecosystem by driving more customers to mobile music consumption. Boomplay Music’s international best practice in ensuring providers make revenues off their content has made it the toast of local and international artistes and content providers. This is in addition to making sure that intellectual property is protected using the best tech innovations. It would be recalled that the music content platform

Huawei's P20 phones are its best yet, with stunning designs and photography skills to envy. But there's one member of the family you may not have met yet. Huawei's P20 Lite, or the Nova 3e as it's known in countries like Australia, doesn't have the camera prowess of its more expensive siblings, but it's a strong mix of capable and affordable. It looks great, has enough power for reliable performance outside intensive 3D gaming and costs just AU$399. It's more pricey in the UK, where it retails for £329, though that cheaper Australia price converts to $295. Unfortunately, the Huawei P20 Lite won't sell in the US, as with other Huawei phones. The P20 Lite is stiff competition for phones like the Moto G6, Motorola's excellent new budget handset. The G6 has a cleaner operating system and is a little less expensive in the US and UK ($249, £229, AU$399), but the Moto G6 design isn't as up-to-date as the P20 Lite's. It's not withou

Google went through a bit of its own shakeup when it acquired HTC's phone hardware team in September 2017, which it has since folded it into its own operations. And the smartphone landscape has evolved too, as Apple reset the standards and conventions for price and design with the iPhone X.                 The Google Pixel 3 and 3 XL, as they're assumed to be called, could be radically different phones compared to their predecessors, the current Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL. It's in this dynamic environment that Google will launch the next generation of its flagship phone, as it attempts to solidify its place among the smartphone elite. (The company is rumored to launch a Pixel Wear OS smartwatch too.) The current Pixel is one of the best smartphones on the strength of its camera, snappy performance and homegrown Android software -- one that's first with feature updates and security patches. And the company's forthcoming Android P operating system has compelling n

Google Pay is the fast, simple way to pay in millions of places – online, in stores, and more. It brings together everything you need at checkout and keeps your information safe and secure. With Google Pay, you can check out in hundreds of apps without having to enter your payment information. Catch a ride, order takeout, or get tickets to that just-announced show with the simple press of a button. Now you can use Google to pay with ease on thousands of websites. Just look for Google Pay and spend less time checking out, and more time checking in. If they have an email address or phone number, you can pay them with Google Pay – whether you’re going halfsies on that pizza, or sending dough halfway across the country. No more IOUs. No more bank transfers. Just an instant way to pay using the debit cards already in your wallet. Save your transit tickets to Google Pay and forget about forgetting them once and for all. Buy your tickets online, use your phone at the gate, and go. Now a