Update Jan 1 2021: ***The information below may no longer apply. There have been a number of changes to the Customs Duty & VAT regimes following the end of transitional arrangements following the UK’s departure from the EU. Unfortunately Post…
How to improve signals on your mobile cell phone
The way you use your mobile phone can makes quite a difference when you are in a weak signal area or indoors. Some time ago we discovered you could improve the received signal level on a Nexus 4 phone simply…
How to enable IBM Trusteer Rapport in Firefox Nitro (Firefox 57)
IBM’s Trusteer Rapport banking security plug-in doesn’t currently seem to work with the latest version of Firefox. Fortunately there is a way to manually enable it: Ensure you have the latest version of Trusteer product installed. You may need to…
How to use an external keyboard with your Acer Google Nexus 7 tablet
The Google Nexus 7 is a great mid-sized tablet. It isn’t over heavy and performance is snappy. The screen is large enough for the Nexus 7 to be used for taking notes, say in a lecture or meeting. You can use the on-screen…
RS Components hiccup over RaspberryPi shipments?
It seems that the shipping FAQ on the RS Components Raspberry Pi website may be wrong or out of date and it is possible that RS are not be shipping all orders in the order they were received. One order we…
Google Nexus 7 pre-order deliveries – UK shipping dates
Google’s new 7″ tablet, the Nexus 7 appears to be late shipping and to make matters worse Google appear to be failing to communicate with their customers. Customers are complaining that since pre-ordering opened on June 27 they have had…