With a range of AI Chatbots to choose from now, I decided to do my own test of them, to get an idea of the differences between them, also to test their accuracy and other features. This set of tests will also enable me to [...]
I recently added The QA Chatbot to the site, to try it out. It seems to work very well, with a couple of quirks such as repeating answers - but nothing's perfect! The chatbot is provided by Chatzap and you provide the name and the 'knowledge' [...]
At Apple's WWDC 2023, Apple announced iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma. iOS 17 Phone - can customise contact screen with your Contact Poster, like Lock Screen Live Voicemail - send call to voicemail and see live transcript Messages app updates Stickers updates FaceTime - leave a [...]
There was an initial wave of AI frenzy a few years ago, with every tech product producer, tech company, tech commentator mentioning AI as much and as often as possible, it seemed a passing fad, where they'd just substituted the easier to understand word AI for [...]
Now that I've added an iMac M1 to my test lab, I can test iOS apps on it. This is because it's using Apple silicon and can run iOS and/or iPadOS apps, that are either available via the App Store or in the case of apps [...]
What is 2FA? 2FA is two-factor authentication and means you are using two of the three standard authentication methods (a password or similar, an authentication token or app, a fingerprint/face or other biometric factor) This provides a more secure access to your account. What is 2SV? [...]
High profile websites being hacked is nothing new nowadays - we hear about a different hack every week, if not every day. Hackers will use many different techniques to break into high profile websites and systems - including targeting weaknesses in the website's security, social engineering [...]
Note: If you’re new to Charles Proxy, you may need to read my earlier post on Using Charles Proxy for bandwidth throttling testing to get started on this. Update: There is now also a Charles Proxy iOS app, which allows you to do the following: Capture HTTP and [...]
Update - September 2019 - new iPhones added to the list. Update - August 2019 - lots of phones and tablets added to the list. Update - September 2018 - I've now added the latest devices to the list - iPhone XS Max, iPhone XS, iPhone [...]
Files app is brand new to iOS 11. Can view all files on the device, on your other iOS devices, in iCloud Drive and across other services including Dropbox, Box, OneDrive, Google Drive etc. On iPads, a new Dock feature, like on OSX. Customisable, can open [...]
There are now several different ways you can record your iPhone/iPad screen: Use QuickTime Player, with your device connected via a Lightning cable (works for both web browsing and app usage) Use a web browser recording app, such as Web Browser Recorder (works for web browsing [...]
Intro I have recently moved my 3 main websites from http to https and this post gives an overview of the process, including some info on why I made the move to https and also how I completed the move to https. Why move a website [...]
Many apps and websites now consume lots of data, especially in sectors such as video streaming and audio streaming. Also most apps performing a useful function of some kind are interacting with the server backend to download data and also send updates back to the server. [...]
As a tester still learning about the whole area of automation, I've been checking out some of the video sessions from the Automation Guild Online Conference 2017. These include both pre-recorded information/training/product sessions from automation/product experts and also live Q&A sessions. This online conference is trying [...]
In December 2016, I completed the online training course iThemes WordPress Developer Course. This course was over two days and took the form of online live webinars, looking at what a WordPress site consists of and tips and techniques on various tools and methods to develop [...]
Android 7.0 - known as Android Nougat - was officially released on 22 August 2016, initially available on the latest Nexus devices. Here are some of the new features, enhancements and changes: Multi-window view - run two apps side by side Multi-lingual typing Updated and new emoji [...]
Now that we're into September 2016, iOS 10 will soon be released. Apple has it's own iOS 10 Preview page. As a brief overview, the main iOS 10 features, changes and enhancements are in the following areas: Siri to work within apps, utilising the Sirikit SDK [...]
Quick Intro to Apple Pay, Android Pay, Samsung Pay All the major mobile manufacturer's are desperately trying to stake their claim for a slice of the potentially massive Mobile Payments market - with a slice of every transaction/payment their aim. As of June 2015, Apple Pay [...]
