Welcome to the era of disposable and expensive

era of disposable

“A monstrosity full of glue.” This is how the guys from iFixit rated the Microsoft Surface Laptop, a laptop with a 0 out of 10 in its famous reparability index.

This equipment is the perfect example of that tendency of the manufacturers to put barriers to that we put hand in the products. Some are so difficult to repair that they are practically high-end disposable products : if the Surface Laptop breaks down, Microsoft will probably replace it with a working one and recycle what you can from the one you gave them defective.

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Moto E4 and Moto E4 Plus: Metal body and up to 5000 mAh battery for the input range

Moto E4 and Moto E4 Plus

In recent weeks we have not stopped receiving rumors about the new smartphones Motorola (or Lenovo, as we want to see) for this 2017. Up to nine smartphones from five different families are part of the plan of the brand, and we already know a few of the economic Moto C, the stylish and powerful Moto Z2 Play and the Moto G5 and Moto G5 Plus of interesting value for money.

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Body worn cameras issued to community Speedwatch volunteers

Speedwatch volunteers from the local community in the Crook area of the UK were recently provided with body cameras in order to increase safety. The body cameras are intended to protect the volunteers from irate members of the public. Anyone threatening or abusing the Speedwatch volunteers will be recorded by the body cameras and the footage can potentially be used as evidence in the event of legal proceedings.

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