How do YOU keep up with new developments?

[bealus]

These days developments in technology, whether it is about Internet, PC, Mobiles,Tablets, Apps, Security, Privacy etc. are changing blazingly fast and you are inundated with news.

I am sure TV members have their own favourite websites or apps to (try to) keep up to date with new technology and developments in hardware and/or software.

Personally I digest on a regular basis news from:

C'Net,

Engadget,

Lifehacker,

Mashable,

Anandtech,

TheVerge,

ZDnet

Flipboard

With myriads of similar sites, what would YOU recommend as an interesting site/app to keep up with ICT developments?

[FACTOR]

Huh?

[northernjohn]

Seems to me the way Tech is changing that you can't keep up with it. By the time you type in for a website there is probably some thing else developed.

[NeverSure]

I don't try to keep up. It has to force itself on me. I don't read those rags because there's too much that doesn't affect me.

[MJP]

Bealus,

Good topic, any chance you could start this in ThaiTech?

http://tech.thaivisa.com/

Thanks

Edited February 6, 2015 by MJP

[Rooo]

Moved to Internet forum.

[kannot]

Seems to me the way Tech is changing that you can't keep up with it. By the time you type in for a website there is probably some thing else developed.

Not only that but often BADLY developed, when you buy a new gadget like a phone they are full of lflaws, "unfortunately your e mail has stopped working" is one my Wife gets on a brand new LG G3 ( G4 out soon) they never fix these inherent flaws and when you go to the shop their only answer is delete everything. Samsung galaxy s3 battery problems drains down real fast

Even with a new laptop there are many problems, am using a dell xps 13, touch screen occasionally does not work at all and there is usually NO fix and by the time you have tried to fix it the "new model" is out at a crazy price and often with the same flaw.

Edited February 6, 2015 by kannot

[kannot]

I don't try to keep up. It has to force itself on me. I don't read those rags because there's too much that doesn't affect me.

Not only that but 80% of stuff on mobile phones now im sure most of the public never use, they are overloaded with crap.

[IMHO]

Thaivisa's tech blog!

55555

[dddave]

I tend to follow links attached to stories in the press and online that catch my interest...often end up reading things I never expected to read and learning things I was unaware of.

Sites like CNET and PCWEEK are OK but they have advertisers to consider which dilutes their content.

[RichCor]

I don't even bother with a majority of the sources referenced in the OP. Ugh!

I may read my favorite topical sites or follow a few tech blogs to keep up with my personal interests as a hobby, otherwise, professionally, I do the research on the specific topic as needed. (I keep in practice by answering technical questions here on TV and elsewhere).

If I want to know what's happening in a tech space topic I take a look at the specific user forums following that topic. I glean tons of information by reading the user posts, garnering everything from personal experience, ongoing issues, fixes, and potential alternatives to research. Here, google is my friend.

To each his own.

[Chicog]

Go to Chrome and add the Feedly app.

Or go to https://feedly.com/

Edited February 7, 2015 by Chicog

[kkerry]

Nothing wrong with the list in the OP. They all give you a general idea of what is trending, what new gizmo is being released. You don't need to be an expert on everything. I also like http://vr-zone.com/

Theses days phones and mobile devices are what makes the news more so than the latest CPU or graphics card. The days of huge leaps in tech every few months for everyday computers have faded. Most five year old computers are still fine for everyday use unless you're really in to gaming, video editing or very heavy number crunching. If I see something I'm interested in on everyday news sites then I might take a more in depth look on a specialist website, but nowadays I find less need to upgrade if most of what I have already still does the job.

[bealus]

Go to Chrome and add the Feedly app.

Or go to https://feedly.com/

For Android 360News, don't know if it's available in iTunes

[guzzi850m2]

Nothing wrong with the list in the OP. They all give you a general idea of what is trending, what new gizmo is being released. You don't need to be an expert on everything. I also like http://vr-zone.com/

Theses days phones and mobile devices are what makes the news more so than the latest CPU or graphics card. The days of huge leaps in tech every few months for everyday computers have faded. Most five year old computers are still fine for everyday use unless you're really in to gaming, video editing or very heavy number crunching. If I see something I'm interested in on everyday news sites then I might take a more in depth look on a specialist website, but nowadays I find less need to upgrade if most of what I have already still does the job.

I agree with that. Read headlines in Yahoo news and other places so get the most important gizmo news. If something major happens it will be all over the news, apparently Samsung's new S6 should be nice but I don't want to spend 850$ (entry model) on a bloody phone, so not interesting for me.

I simply refuse to change my gadgets just because they are obsolete technical wise, they still works just fine for my use. We see advertising for TV's/smart phones/tablets all the time, they want us to change so they can earn money, nothing wrong with that. I think you can even buy a smart fridge now? Not sure what that thing can do but my current fridge can keep my beers cold, which is sort of the main purpose with a fridge, I don't want to talk to it.

Writing this on my Win7 64bit desktop PC from 2011, okay added 4gb more ram since new and that's that.

Mobile phones; don't care much about them, keep them until they die and then I buy a new (below 10.000 baht).

TV's: have a 51" samsung plasma hd tv, awesome TV man, but it's not a smart one (they are crap anyway) and no 3D either.

4K TV are cheap now, but since TRUE and other TV providers don't do 4K now (not many countries do) why bother now?

Update my win7 security updates and free Avast anti virus (on the phone too) which hopefully will keep up with developments on that front.

Maybe I am just a cheap Charlie but I like to use the things I buy before I bin/sell them. You will loose big money when selling them so better use them instead and get some pleasure out of them.

Edited February 8, 2015 by guzzi850m2

[crabdog]

Tomshardware

Techspot

Vortez

[dddave]

We all got spoiled the last decade, addicted to nearly weekly introductions of new and innovative devices starting with the I-phone, then the evolution of Android, the explosion of tablets and the exponential growth and ubiquity of smartphones and apps. Suddenly a taxi driver in Mumbai held in his hand the same incredible technology as a Silicone Valley techno-geek.

It's hard to get the same thrill level from press releases touting Smart Watches and odd looking glasses. Another Android version or IOS release?...Ho-hum!

Somewhere back in the 1800's, some US senator wanted to close the US Patent Office because everything possibly useful had certainly already been invented. One almost gets the same feeling now.

It's hard to imagine now what the next revolutionary device or concept will be...it's out there and it will happen and 25 years from now, people will look back at 2015 and wonder how we lived without it. I guess that's why I and everyone else still read Tech sites...waiting for a glimpse of whatever the new tech messiah will be.

Edited February 9, 2015 by dddave

[manarak]

I read the news category "high tech" from time to time on News Republic on my android. it's mostly enough to get all the newest tech buzz, a lot of it is useless, sadly.

[KittenKong]

All worthwhile development stopped when I retired so I don't bother checking on it.

In the same way they stopped making good music some time in the 80s.

[bealus]

Thanks to all TV participants to contribute their personal favourite sites. Liked vr-zone and Techspot in particular.

Yes on one hand technical improvements come at marginal steps and you need not or want not to give in. But many small steps can in my opinion result in promising new developments, like augmented reality or holographic television (first step being Microsoft's hololens).Do you actually NEED holographic television and integration of virtual world luke the oculus rift? The answer probably would be negative. But it could add just a bit more fun and excitement, even improvement of qualityy in our lives.

Just as we stepped up from mono to stereo sound, from B&W to colour TV and having a GPS definitely makes it more easy for me to travel.

Maybe technical improvement in the majority of cases comes step by step and once in a while with a quantum leap like the invention of telephony and computer.