Lift your game
Metropol’s gadget guru Ian Knott puts the new Logitech G413 SE Mechanical Gaming Keyboard through its paces. Logitech have a reputation for producing quality products whether at the lower entry-level end of the market, or the relatively high-performance end. Their latest keyboard -the Logitech G413 SE is primarily a gaming keyboard, and a […]
How to effectively integrate innovative technologies in your house in 2022?
These days, home is no longer just a place where people live, dwell and sleep. Thanks to the goodness of the internet, we like to spend more of our free time at home. This is a reality that seems to be gaining momentum, and which also seems to be consolidating worldwide. Streaming services […]
Creating a Multi-Entertainment Living Space
A multi-entertainment living space needs to be able to do many things. From seating to storage to snacks and beyond, you need to ensure it is just right. Nowadays, we no longer want to just sit down and watch TV. Our living spaces need to be able to handle multiple types of entertainment. […]
Clean your home with lasers
That’s right, lasers. Now you can pretend you’re a Stormtrooper while you vacuum, except you’ll be far more accurate. Metropol’s gadget guru Ian Knott looks into the clever tech included in Dyson’s latest stick vacuum cleaner. I joke, of course. The Dyson V15 Detect doesn’t zap the dirt off your floor with […]
Huawei? Yes way
While it may conjure up concerns about privacy for some, there’s one thing for sure – the biggest electronics company on the planet, Huawei, produces a quality product. Metropol’s gadget guru Ian Knott looks at its latest fitness band. When it comes to battery life, Huawei absolutely wipe the floor with the […]
Don’t waste that waste
Several ways exist to dispose of household food waste, but few of them are as convenient as Breville’s FoodCycler®. Metropol’s gadget guru Ian Knott puts the clever product through its paces. Not everybody has the space for, or time to nurture, a worm farm or compost bin to dispose of […]
Transitioning to a digital workplace: Ricoh
In 1888, lawyer Thomas de Renzy Harman was busy in central Christchurch when a 50-second long earthquake shook the city, causing the spire of Christchurch Cathedral to collapse. More than 120 years later, the firm of Harmans Lawyers was even busier, still operating within the central city when the […]
International learning expertise hits the city
We are heading into a time of great uncertainty, with rapid technological change affecting almost everything in our society in the coming decades, from the work we do to the skills we need, to the way we teach students, and to retraining staff displaced by technology to allow them to successfully adapt. […]
Power of the pixels
They say that money can’t buy happiness, but how about a Samsung 98-inch 8K television instead? Sounds good? Then be prepared to part with around $80,000 for that slice of cutting-edge happiness. Samsung is spearheading the launch of 8K technology in New Zealand with its ultra-premium Q900 QLED 8K range, […]
Preserving precious memories
Many years ago, people used to savour the photographs they took because they had to pay good money for rolls of film to be developed. I still remember the anticipation and inevitable disappointment of picking up my envelope of photos to find images of my thumb, the grass, animals that had walked […]
