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Peter Wells

Peter Wells works at UNSW Australia and is a technology commentator in his spare time . He is an award-winning journalist who currently appears on the Daily Tech News Show.

Google Home. Cute. Knows everything.

Google's Home is where the heart is

Google's latest gadget is an always on, always listening little speaker called Home. It's a cute design, a friendly little blob of a thing that looks like a half finished cartoon character. It's also not available in Australia, if you want one you'll need to have one shipped to you from the US.

Eyes on the road: the TomTom Go 520.

Why we still need satnav

Now we've all got map thingies on our smartphones, why hasn't the stand-alone GPS unit ceased to be necessary?