Global News Morning Tech Tip – Wiki Tricks
Saving your Wikipedia discoveries is the focus ofthis week’s Tech Tip on Global News Morning.
Global News Morning Tech Tip – Remember
How your smart devices can remember things for you is the focus of this week’s Tech Tip for Global News Morning.
Global News Morning Tech Tip – Quick Video Camera
Because getting a record of what’s happening can help. My Tech Tip this week for Global News Morning is about using your phone to record video quickly.
Global News Morning Tech Tip – Download Google Maps
When you plan a trip, make sure to download it. My Tech Tip this week for Global News Morning. Learn more about the vaccine shirt I’m wearing at ThisIsOurShot.ca
Vintage LEGO Tech, Custom Art & More
We explore the latest Adult LEGO Sets, Toronto Tech, and accessible shoe innovations from Nike on Global News Morning
Global News Morning Tech Tip – Found A Lost Air Tag?
Did you find someone’s Air Tag tracker? How to give it back is my tech tip for Global News Morning
Global News Morning Tech Tip – Live Captions
Add subtitles to any video you’re watching on your computer. My Tech Tip this week for Global News Morning will show you how.
Free Apple Updates, Vacuum Lasers, And An Xbox Fridge
In my latest tech report for Global News Morning we explore updates this Fall for Apple Users, video games launches at the E3 Expo, and Dyson’s newest laser-shooting vacuum cleaner.
Global News Morning Tech Tip – Managing Subscriptions
Free trials make it easy to start a subscription, but how do you avoid getting charged? My latest tech tip for Global News Morning explores how.
Take A Ride With Hall Of Fame Stuntman Shane Cardwell
After reading Richard Crouse’s excellent profile of legendary stunt performer Shane Cardwell in The Star I felt inspired to pull up the footage of the time Cardwell took me for a spin for Studio 12 News years ago and give it a fresh edit.
Global News Morning Tech Tip – Free Virus Scans
You’re not that worried, but you just want to check your computer and avoid paying a subscription. My Tech Tip for Global News Morning is on virus scanners that offer free scans.
Global News Morning Tech Tip – Caring For Earbuds
Keeping your earbuds clean and tangle-free is the goal of this week’s Tech Tip on Global News Morning.
Global News Morning Tech Tip – Wireless Adaptors
How to give traditional headphone jacks a wireless upgrade is this week’s Tech Tip for Global News Morning.
Latest Android Updates Plus A Google Mystery By Neil Patrick Harris
I detail new Android phone and OS updates coming this fall from Google on Global News Morning plus share a fun mystery puzzle game that uses Google created by actor Neil Patrick Harris.
Apple AirTag Review – Meant To Be Found, Not Tracked.
Apple’s AirTag is a handy device because it can be used to locate items that are both lost or misplaced. You can see its current location on a map using the same Find My system for lost iPhones, which is handy if you left it in the back seat of a taxi, but if it... Read More
Global News Morning Tech Tip – Smart Speaker Privacy
A worrying domestic abuse trend, my latest tech tip on Global News Morning is about controlling smart speakers from tracking your activities.
May The 4th Star Wars Collectibles Special
With LucasFilm’s 50th Anniversay, this year’s May The Fourth Be With You Star Wars fan holiday sees an impressive release of collectibles that I explore on Global News Morning.
Global News Morning Tech Tip – Mobile Magnifier
Did you know that your phone is also a magnifying glass? In my latest Tech Tip for Global News Morning I’ll show you how to use the useful trick.
Hear Me Chat Wild Curiosity With Aaron & Natasha
Have a listen to Aaron & Natasha as they ask me about my new audio book Wild Curiosity.
Apple’s First Event Of 2021 Unveils New Product Category
Discussing Apple’s first launches of the year on Global News Morning, I look at their new tracking system for lost items, a welcome return to candy-coloured iMacs, and the surprise update to the iPad Pro.
Wild Curiosity, The Audiobook
With a Stay-At-Home order in effect during this pandemic, I’m offering up the audiobook of Wild Curiosity, my collection of true life stories about wild animal encounters to help keep you entertained and sane. I’m starting with the introduction and first chapter and will be adding more chapters as the days pass by. Have you... Read More
Global News Morning Tech Tip – Cable Management
Stationary fans rejoice! My latest tech tip for Global News Morning is about label makers.
Hi-Tech LEGO, Robots, & LED Owls
I’ve had a blast building and making tech projects the last couple of months and am thrilled to share them with you on Global News Morning. For more info check out Nanoleaf and ClicBot. The extra videos below include more robots I’ve built with the ClicBot kit and, wanting the Player Piano from the TV... Read More
Global News Morning Tech Tip – Smart Humidifiers
This week my tech tip on Global News Morning is about smart humidifiers and the need to be careful about using them near your electronics.
The Medium Review – 5 Stars
In most games the ending is merely a sequence to signify that the game is over. In The Medium the ending is the most important part with every moment you experience carefully crafted to get you to it because that’s where the payoff is waiting and wow, is it a good one. This is surprising... Read More
Global News Morning Tech Tip – Reverse Image Search
You can share fun photos responsibly with a reverse image search. Here’s how, my latest tip on Global News Morning.
Global News Tech Tip – Password Managers
This week on Global News Morning I offer an easy way to use long, complicated passwords.
Global News Tech Tip – COVID Alert
A new feature we’ve started at Global News Morning kicks off with my focus on changes that have been made to the COVID Alert app by Health Canada.
Hottest Tech At CES 2021
From smart fridges to handy robots to ultrawide screens, we take a look at the hottest tech at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show.
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure – 4 Stars
There’s a surprising bit of realism to this storybook adventure about an adorable little girl who visits her grandparents for her summer vacation. They give Alba a smartphone with an app she can use to scan and identify the wildlife that lives in the parks and marshlands about the village. This proves to be as... Read More
A Story For Christmas Under Lockdown
My gift to you this Christmas is a short story about kids, toys, and tough times. It has long been a tradition to share tales like A Christmas Carol that speak to hardship and remind us of how things do get better, so I offer you this tale that I hope you’ll enjoy. You can... Read More
Immortals: Fenyx Rising Review – 4 Stars
Fenyx Rising uses the kind of humour you find in old books that’s always struck me as being written by people who have no one to tell their jokes to. The game uses Greek Mythology and makes an effort to be true while inventive with the legends which I suspect is behind the awkward narration... Read More
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales Review – 4 1/2 Stars
This is the first game I’ve played to get right the way a super hero’s life is constantly pulled in many directions at once, between the urgent threats of villainous schemes and being there for family, between balancing work or school and the cries of people being victimized on the streets, between the plan that... Read More
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Review – 4 Stars
Have you grown weary of Assassin’s Creed? This is the twelfth game in the series and so it’s understandable if you’re sick of hearing about the franchise even if, like myself, you loved the first ones. Vikings, thankfully, change everything. Eivor is a confrontational warrior who prefers to bury an axe in someone’s head than... Read More
Pikmin 3 Deluxe Review – 3 Stars
This time there are three astronauts stranded on an uncharted planet who must command seed-like aliens to help them survive. Once again it’s a puzzle of problem-solving built around multi-tasking. Every day you must gather the right mix of helpers to overcome obstacles between you and the food and fuel needed to keep you alive... Read More
Review – Google Nest Thermostat
The Google Home app uses a step-by-step process to guide you through the installation of the Nest Thermostat and there’s a point where an animation suggests, for safety reasons, to shut down the main power before taking the next step. Just shutting down power to your heat & air conditioning should be fine, but I... Read More
Review – PlayStation 5 Console Edition
Imagine just the body of an electric guitar. The PS5 is the same size, thickness and with it’s aerospace-like white shells, has the kind of sculpted presence you get from a musical instrument. It’s certainly the largest game system I’ve used, but thankfully is lighter and easier to shift and move about than it looks.... Read More
Highlights From My First Year On Global News Morning
To celebrate my first year of tech reports on Global News Morning, here’s a montage of fun moments. Thank-you so much for watching.
A New Generation Of Mac, PlayStation, And Xbox Systems
It’s a week of launches on Global News Morning with Apple’s silicon giving us a new generation of Macs and both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X igniting a new world of video games.
Review – Xbox Series X
Every new generation of hardware makes the claim of being faster, more responsive, but the Xbox Series X actually lives up to it. It boots up faster, launches apps quicker, loads you back into a game immediately thanks to a new feature called Quick Resume, and the controller now wakes up right away so you... Read More