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BEN Bluetooth Speaker Band   A couple of Talking Tech programs ago, I said that I was going to purchase this little Bluetooth speaker that you wear on your wrist, which I have now done, and it is absolutely fantastic.  I can listen to music or audio books, and rather than having to take my phone out of my pocket to answer a call, I can just use the band on my wrist. Here is a demo of the speaker I did on my podcast feed   http://s37.podbean.com/pb/b1e0f1d2ee2743fe0244e6c5fc5d590e/53a8b506/data2/blogs24/339150/uploads/BEMSpeakerDemomp3.mp3   And here is the link to BEM Wireless Speaker Band page:   http://www.bemwireless.com/speaker-band   Amazon Fire phone   This is a new phone which will only be available in the US, initially, but it is good to see Amazon ensuring that it will be accessible via a number of accessibility features, much like the Kindle Fire HD eBook reader.   Features include screen reader, screen magnification, high contrast combinations, captioning, hearing aid suppor...

Catching up on the WWDC (World Wide Developers Conference) 2014 1st week in Jun   A bit late, but I wanted to still go through the main items for the beta’s of iOS 8 and OS X 10.10 called Yosemite.   OS X.   1. 10.10 called Yosemite. 2. New transparent theme with dark theme. 3. Notifications Centre with iOS like today view.  Widgets available from the Mac App Store for Stocks etc. 4. Spotlight now appears in the middle of the screen, and search’s not only on the Mac but on the internet as well. 5. Safari stream lined with most controls hidden allowing a larger viewing area of a webpage. 6. Can send large files using Mail via iCloud or as a link to non iCloud users. 7. If you have an iPhone: Messages can now send/receive SMS messages.  Short audio clips can also now be recorded. 8. iCloud drive to share documents between all devices using iCloud. 9. Make/receive iPhone calls on your Mac. 10. Handoff: What ever you are working on your Mac, hand it off to another device or if you have sta...