Near Field Communication & NFC Tags

NFC is a short-range high frequency wireless communication technology that enables the exchange of data between devices over about a 10 cm distance. NFC is an upgrade of the existing proximity card standard (RFID) that combines the interface of a smartcard and a reader into a single device. Soon, your entire world could become a…

Newsletter September 2014

Stock Control Supervisor, Julian. Julian has been with us for over 6 years. Starting his Telitec life in the Mobile department, dealing with customers, mobile contracts and the ordering of the mobile phone stock. For several years now he has been Procurement and Stock Control Supervisor for all departments. My role at Telitec certainly isn´t…

ICE – In Case of Emergency

Adding ICE (“In Case of Emergency”) to your phone is a clever means by which emergency personnel can locate your next of kin when something goes wrong. This simple idea was developed by a British paramedic, Bob Brotchie, who recognized the need for speed when emergency personnel are trying to locate next of kin during…

New App Hyperlapse from Instagram

Since launching nearly four years ago, it has always been a priority to bring the Instagram community simple yet powerful tools that let people capture moments and express their creativity. Today, Instagram announce Hyperlapse, a new app to capture high-quality time lapse videos even while in motion. [youtuber youtube=’https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaqJnuCEJa0′] Traditionally, time lapse videos depend on…

Hands on with the Acer Chromebook

Acer´s Chromebook 13 is more unique than it ought to be. The most expensive model, has a 13.3-inch 1080p display, weighs 3.3 pounds, measures 0.71 inches thick and lasts for 11.5 hours on a charge. It also has 4 GB of RAM and 32 GB of storage. (You can downgrade to 2 GB of RAM…

Sharks Want to Bite Google´s Underseas Cable

[youtuber youtube=’https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1gefNYI3k0′] There are many, many things that can go wrong as you lay thousands of miles of fiber optic cable along the ocean’s floor. Earthquakes can rip things up, as can fishing hooks. But now we know of a new threat: Shark attacks. According to Network World, Google Product Manager Dan Belcher told folks…

Google Wants to Save Our Schools

[youtuber youtube=’https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUiLc0If0CI’] The old “dog ate my homework excuse” is about to become a thing of the past. And kids will have Google to thank. The search giant has just released Classroom, a free tool that allows teachers to do everything from assigning projects to collecting and grading assignments, all online. Classroom uses Google’s own…

It is like the United Nations at Telitec!

What Jan Edmondson, CEO of Telitec has to say: I still, even after 10 years, get slightly disoriented at work. It feels like I have entered a United Nations committee meeting by mistake. If I am really honest I am not fluent in any language other than English and being technically Irish I actually struggle…