These are happy days for Apple fans, as the technology giant has released details of some exciting new gadgets like the iPhone 6S and iPad Pro recently. The brand new gadgets were revealed to the world at an Apple launch in San Francisco on the 9th of September, when updates to Apple TV were also notified. Tim Cook is the Apple CEO and he pointed out the iPhone is the most popular brand of phone on the planet. One of the changes that they hope will let them keep this crown is called 3D Touch. This is a cool new way of interacting with...
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The new Apple Music service will soon be challenging the likes of Spotify and Pandora. The star-studded launch of the brand streaming service confirmed that it will feature a song and music video library, an internet radio station and ways for artists to get their unreleased music out to the public. One of the most interesting features of the Apple Music service is the fact that it includes a song recommendation system. This incorporates both computer algorithms and expert human input to suggest songs to users. By the end of June the service...
Well, that´s the long-awaited Apple smartwatch collection finally unveiled. So what can we expect from these new gadgets and do we really want one? To start with, let’s look at the prices of these new watches. They run from £299 up to £13,000, which is a massive price difference between the least expensive and the most costly. In terms of the different sized models, there are 1.5 inch and 1.7 inch versions, with the large ones costing about £30 more than the smaller ones. The metal used in the construction of the gadgets also...
Emoji images seem to have been around forever. In fact, they first appeared in Japan way back at the end of the 20th century and were incorporated in Apple phones and other devices as recently as 2011. However, it is only now that the issue of producing more racially diverse emoji has been addressed. The developers at the Unicode Consortium have been working on this subject and have come up with 5 different shades of skin to be used,. These colours have all been based on the Fitzpatrick scale classification for human skin tones. The first...
Reports from the Financial Times suggest that every iPhone will get the Beats music streaming service added next year. The idea is that the Beats app will be getting added to the next update to the iOS operating system, meaning that it will be available to both old and new iPhones and iPads. Of course, Apple already owns Beats, having bought the company for $3bn (£1.9bn) in May 2014. Beats is best known for its range of headphones but it could be that the music streaming part of the business that turns out to be of most use to them. While...
Rumours are growing that the Apple smart watch could be set for release in early 2015. In fact, some experts suggest that it could be in the shops for Valentine’s Day. While the middle of February isn’t usually the best month for gadget sales, Apple has taken advantage of the rush to buy gifts for loved ones in the past. For example, their pink models and their iOS storage devices have previously been launched at this time of year. However, this information appears to have come from a joke. An insider at Apple is said to have leaked...
I have always been an early adopter of Apple technology and recently upgraded to the new iPhone 6. The new phone is great, but the addition of iCloud Drive? Not so much. iCloud Drive was supposed to make working easier across Apple devices. You should be able to start working on one device, say your iPhone, and then be able to seamlessly transition to your iMac using iWork apps. What I’ve found is quite different; the apps don’t sync, crash and run at a snail’s pace. This is a big fat fail and the arrival of iOS 8.1...
The latest word on the Apple smart watch is that it could include one or more interesting charging methods. There is still no official word from Apple on what its new watch will be like, when it will be released or what it will be called. Heck, the thing might not even exist. However, that hasn’t stopped rumours of the iWatch (as some people are guessing it will be called) coming thick and fast. The latest one suggests that you will be able to use the watch without ever plugging it in to charge it. Used in Some Recent Phones image courtesy...
Sure, making mobile phones and computers look cool is easy. Pah, anyone could make one look attractive. Now let’s see what you can do with a hearing aid. Apple has proved to have the ability to turn most things they create into something which most people would want but how will they get on in the heady world of implements for those with impaired hearing? The company recently teamed up with the Danish firm GN ReSound to design the first ever hearing aid for the iPhone. It is called LiNX and uses technology similar to Bluetooth to connect...
It’s bad enough having to be careful to avoid Tesla cars bursting in flames but now we need to look out for spontaneously combusting iPads as well. Reports from the Australian capital city of Canberra tell of one of the Apple tablets ending up as a fireball while being shown to a customer. It wasn’t revealed whether he bought it or not afterwards. The rather scary incident happened in a Vodafone store and a spokesperson for the firm said that there was a “burst of flames” from the iPad, while some reports take about the device...