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iFixit has taken apart Apple’s latest MacBook. Bottom line: if you ever want Apple to look at it again you don’t want to take apart apple’s latest MacBook.
Continue reading → iFixit: New MacBook 2016 Still Not Open for User Repair
This is one of those stories that makes me want to quit covering Apple. While many analysts are content reading tea leaves in the supply chain for signs heralding trouble for Apple, Barclay’s capital analyst Mark Moskowitz has a crystal ball that tells him that nobody’s going to like iPhone 7.
Continue reading → Barclays Analyst Sees Disappointing Sales for iPhone 7
Most of us use our smartphones to take pictures instead of carrying around a camera. Miggo have spent over a year researching and developing Pictar – an iPhone grip enclosure that brings the control of a DSLR right to your fingertips. With features that marry a traditional DSLR with your iPhone, Pictar gives you the ability to take your iPhone photography to the next level.
Continue reading → DSLR Your iPhone with Pictar – A DSLR mod for iPhones
Rok mobile is a first of its kind services offering hugely competitive mobile phone pricing with a bundled steaming music subscription. The prices are competitive and will be even more tempting not only with its generous allowances but also access to a streaming music service.
Continue reading → Rok Mobile : Competitive Mobile Phone Pricing With Bundled Streaming Music
Edifier, leading manufacturer of quality, contemporary audio systems is proud to announce their sponsorship of Portobello Live. Now in its second year, Portobello Live! returns to West London on 1st and 2nd of May with an exciting mix of music, cabaret, spoken word, performance and art. https://www.musicglue.com/portobello-live/
Continue reading → Edifier to Sponsor Portobello Live! in West London
You know that car that Apple may or may not be building? It may or may not have hired someone from Tesla to work on it. Cupertino’s own has hired Tesla’s former Vice President of Vehicle Engineering, Chris Porritt. Of the alleged hire,
Continue reading → Apple Hires Former Tesla VP of Vehicle Engineering And Aston Martin Engineer
After what seems like forever Apple has updated its laptop offerings with a new version of its 12-inch MacBook. Skylate processors have finally come to the Macbook along with improved graphics, boosted battery life, and a rose gold edition.
Continue reading → Apple updates MacBook line with new Skylake processors
Amazon has just opened up their video offerings, previously only available to prime members, to everyone. Looks like amazon is taking it’s rivalry with netflix to the next level.
Continue reading → Amazon Opens Up Prime Video Streaming now available on monthly plans
Perhaps not the best PR statement you want to release when your competitor has just released their own streaming service but Neflix will slow down how quick it increases pricing in May
During an investor conference on Monday (April 18), Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said the increase would now roll out
Continue reading → Netflix price increases to be gradual, but still happening
Overall most have raved about the iPhone SE, those that don’t complain that it’s going to be last years old tech in a few months time when the iPhone 7 is released. All that negativity aside there is some good news for Apple.
Continue reading → iPhone SE Still Hard to Get : 2 – 3 week shipping times.
While one might have expected new processors all around for Apple’s laptops, the MacBook Pro and the MacBook Air are still slogging along with the same processors they had the day before yesterday. That said, there was an update to the Air line.
Amazon has just opened up their video offerings, previously only available to prime members, to everyone. Looks like amazon is taking it’s rivalry with netflix to the next level.
For just $8.99 users can access all the moves, tv shows and amazon exclusives $1 cheaper than Netflix who recently put their prices up.
On top of this Prime membership will also be available in a monthly plan for US customers at $10.99 per month. Prime membership nets you access to early lightning deals before they are available to everyone and free shipping on a vast array of products.
• Amazon Prime
Price: $8.99 a month.
Benefits: Downloads for offline viewing; free use on JetBlue flights.
Exclusive shows: Transparent; Mozart in the Jungle; The Man in the High Castle.
• Netflix
Price: $7.99-$11.99 month.
Benefits: Viewing on multiple screens at same time; global access to some shows.
Exclusive shows: House of Cards; Orange Is the New Black; Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.
• Hulu
Price: $7.99-$11.99 a month.
Benefits: Many current network TV shows available within days of broadcast.
Exclusive shows: Casual; The Mindy Project; Seinfeld.
Drops – The Rain Alarm is an iOS app to do with one of the United Kingdom’s favourite talking points. the weather. More particularly the rain. Its sole task is to let you know when the rain is about to start, albeit with a bit of warning, in your area. Or anywhere else you’d like to know about. The premise is basic but Drops has a clever trick up it’s sleeve.
It’s almost like the old band getting back together. This week the collective minds of Karl and Matt from the Mac&Forth show join me to go through the Apple stories of the week, the new shiny stuff they’ve bought since the last time we were all together and a new data saving app recommendation. Think little snitch but easier to use.
A new feature for owners of the fourth-gen Apple TV called Live Tune-In has started getting a heavy push on the splash screen today. Live Tune-In,” a feature letting people jump straight into the live TV feeds of select apps.
While a lot of the device’s offerings are games, music and on-demand video, even in the 21st century sometimes people just want to flip channels and see what’s on.
It should be a universal feature but it’s not with only some apps having access to the live tv feature. The feature is triggered by a SIRI command, examples given included “Watch CBS” and “Watch ESPN live”. As seems to be the case with so many of Apple’s offerings, Live Tune-In will not do a thing for Discovery since a user has to be subscribed to a service with a live stream before it becomes searchable.
How you discover when a new and noteworthy show is on is still another thing altogether and personally I’d like some sort of notification service baked into the Apple TV to remind me when Gotham is on, or comes onto netflix rather than relying on a third party app.