Gadget Detective - A selection of free tech advice & tech news broadcasts by Fevzi Turkalp on the BBC & elsewhere

Fevzi Turkalp, the Gadget Detective, joins James Cannon on BBC Radio Surrey and Sussex to discuss the latest tech news and answer listener questions. This week, why would a bank update a customer's details without request?

Gadget of the Month is the Eve Movie Night bundle of smart gadgets. Included are RGB lighting strips to be placed behind your TV, or anywhere else you want some mood lighting, to enhance your viewing experience, and an Eve energy unit, which allows you to remotely turn on and off any mains powered gadgets automatically. Designed to work with Apple producs, which improves your data privacy, this is an ideal way to add some home automation to your life.

You can hear Fevzi on BBC Radio Surrey and Sussex on the first Monday of the month around 2.30pm and can follow and contact him on Twitter @gadgetdetective

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Fevzi Turkalp, the Gadget Detective, joins Andrew Peach on BBC Berkshire to discuss the latest tech news and answer listener questions. This week; what is the problem with the Covid track and trace app? Choosing a fitness tracker, watching something on your phone or laptop on your TV, which is the best video calling app? A missing BBC iPlayer app on a smart TV, and is Disney+ worth having?

You can hear Fevzi on BBC Berkshire every Saturday* around 8.35am and can follow and contact him on Twitter @gadgetdetective

*Fevzi will be taking a break until the 25th July.

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Fevzi Turkalp, the Gadget Detective, joins Andrew Peach on BBC Radio Berkshire to answer listeners' questions and discuss the latest technology. This week; can you use Zoom for just audio chats? Can you use satnav on a mobile phone without using up data? What's better for video communication, a laptop or an iPad? Is wired better than WiFi for video communications? Which social media platform should you choose if you're new, Facebook or Twitter? How to video chat when one party doesn't have access to Facetime

Gadget of the Week is the Withings Steel HR Sport hybrid smartwatch. With a conventional analog dial this watch also features a 1cm screen and helps track your fitness with heartrate tracking, V02Max oxygen rating, sleep tracking and rating, water resistance, and a battery that lasts an impressive 25 days.

You can hear Fevzi on BBC Radio Berkshire every Saturday around 8.35am and can follow and contact him on Twitter @GadgetDetective

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#Help
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#Zoom
#Voice
#Communication
#Video
#Audio
#Smartphone
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Fevzi Turkalp, the Gadegt Detective, joins Bill Buckley on BBC Radio Berkshire to answer listener questions. This week; can you limit what minors can access on YouTube?

Gadget of the Week is the Anker Nebula Apollo. Around the size of a can of cola this projector packs quite a punch with 200 lumens allowing it to produce a large image of up to 100 inches diameter. With Android built in, alongside HDMI, Bluetooth and USB connections, it can run apps like Netflix, Amazon Prime etc internally, controlled either using an app or the built in trackpad. It even sports a tripod mount, allowing it to be angled however you desire, even onto the ceiling. Scoring 3.5 out of 5 and retailing around £449 listen in for more details and whether the higher model, sporting a resolution of 720p may better suit your needs.

You can hear Fevzi on BBC Radio Berkshire every Saturday around 8.35am and can follow and contact him on Twitter @gadgetdetective

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#Browser
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#Speaker
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Fevzi Turkalp, the Gadget Detective, joins Andrew Peach on BBC Radio Berkshire to answer listeners' question. This week; choosing your first smartphone, backing up precious printed photos, choosing a good fitness tracking app, picking a music streaming service.

The Gadget of the Week is the Raspberry Pi 4, a tiny computer that packs a big punch and can function as the centre for a whole host of hobbyist inventions, from music synthasis, robotics, to home automation, it supports a range of programming languages and is ideal for people learning to program with a wealth of free online resources. Released by the Raspberry Pi Chritable Foundation it's aimed at encouraging the future generation of innovators and starting at around £30 it won't break the bank. Listen in for more details and why it gained 4.5/5 stars.

You can hear Fevzi on BBC Radio Berkshire every Saturday morning around 8.35am and can follow and contact him on Twitter @gadgetdetective 

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#Radio
#Berkshire
#Phone
#Smartphone
#Apple
#Android
#Google
#iOS
#Voice
#Assisted
#Apps
#Doro
#Older
#Sight
#Imparement
#Photo
#Backup
#Copy
#Print
#Scanner
#Digital
#Fitness
#Tracking
#GPS
#Health
#Running
#smartwatch
#Fitbit
#Withings
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Fevzi Turkalp, the Gadget Detective, joins Andrew Peach on BBC Radio Berkshire to discuss the latest tech news and answer listeners' questions. This week; Retrieving photos deleted from devices, backing up photos/videos, keeping in touch without internet or wifi, which cloud storage to choose and how to secure your data, problems connecting a laptop to wifi, transferring photos from a digital camera to a PC.

Gadget of the Week is Withings' range of Body Cardio smart scales. For those concerned about their weight and getting fitter, their range of scales do more than show your weight, they measure BMI, bone mass, heart rate, even pulse wave velocity, and more. With a smartphone app allowing you to track your details these are ideal for anybody looking to improve or just measure their health.

You can hear Fevzi on BBC Radio Berkshire every Saturday around 8.35am and can follow and contact him on Twitter @gadgetdetective

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#Detective
#BBC
#Radio
#Berkshire
#Andrew
#Peach
#Tech
#Technology
#Help
#Advice
#Wifi
#Internet
#Communication
#Myfi
#Data
#Mobile
#Hotspot
#Sim
#recover
#Photos
#Videos
#Deleted
#Cloud
#iCloud
#storage
#encryption
#Apple
#Google
#Norton
#Privacy
#Metadata
#Laptop
#Connection
#Backup
#Acronsis
#TrueImage
#Reinstall
#Windows
#Repair
#transfer
#digital
#camera
#usb
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#Body
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#Weight
#BMI
#Health
#App

Fevzi Turkalp, the Gadget Detective, joins James Cannon on BBC Radio Surrey & Sussex to discuss the latest tech. This week; is virus protection really necessary on all devices? How to avoid expensive antivirus subscription renewels.

The Gadget of the Week is the Anker Powerconf, a wireless and USB compatible speakerphone featuring 6 microphones and designed to improve online communication, ideal for those keeping in contact over Zoom, Skype, Messenger and similar.

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Fevzi Turkalp, the Gadget Detective, joins Andrew Peach on BBC Radio Berkshire to discuss the latest tech news and answer listeners' questions. This week; improving the greenscreen performance in Zoom, improving picture and audio in Zoom, is it possible to record Zoom calls, recovering lost or forgotten passwords, accessing the classic Win10 appearance,  and problems with an internet connection dropping,

Gadget of the Week is the Anker Powerconf, a wired or bluetooth speakerphone fitted with an array of microphones specially designed to improve the audio quality of conference calls, allowing everybody present to be clearly heard and compatible with the majority of communication apps. Listen in for more details.

You can hear Fevzi on BBC Berkshire every Saturday morning around 8.35am and can follow and contact him on Twitter @gadgetdetective

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Fevzi Turkalp, the Gadget Detective, joins Steve Madden on BBC Radio Berkshire to discuss tech news and answer listeners' questions. This week; Why is the video quality on Netflix lower of late? 

The Gadget of the Week is Readly, the affordable subscription service which gives you all-you-can-read access to thousands of magazines, including back issues. Ideal for those still stuck at home during the Covid-19 pandemic.

You can hear Fevzi on BBC Berkshire every Saturday morning around 8.35am and can follow and contact him on Twitter @gadgetdetective

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Fevzi Turkalp, the Gadget Detective, joins Andrew Peach to answer listeners' questions. This week; What is the best antivirus to use with a new laptop, what to do when cloud backups fail, is paid security better than free, problems loading jpg images in emails, 

You can hear Fevzi on BBC Radio Berkshire every Saturday morning on the Andrew Peach show and can follow and contact him on Twitter @gadgetdetective

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