This week has been busy for Apple, with iOS 8.4, Apple Music and Beats 1. But as we approach the end of the first week of the brand new radio station we are seeing new shows such as the recently announced show from Dr. Dre himself. at 6PM ET/11pm BST “The Pharmacy” will be broadcasting on Beats 1. Dr. Dre along with other guests will be playing “West coast music” […]
Author: Alex Lowe
Windows 10 10162 launches, third build in one week
This week has been a busy week for Windows Insiders, with three builds in one week, 10158 and 10159 now the latest from Microsoft is 10162. On Blogging Windows – the company posted some information on the new build. Bug squashing Windows 10 10159 included over 300 bug fixes and now 10162 has improved stability (which is much needed) improved battery life and boosted performance. This build is only for users in the Fast […]
The ‘Netflix Card’ is a new pay-as-you-go system for the service
Signing up for Netflix in the UK gives you two options: Enter in card details on the website or use PayPal. The latest idea from Netflix allows you to use the service on a pay-as-you-go type system, basically allowing you to access a few more films after the free trial a bit easier than signing up fully. The “Netflix Card’ comes in three different price tiers – £15, £25 and £50. […]
New Chromebase from Acer launches
Originally unveiled back in April, the new Chromebase from Acer is now available in two different model types in the US starting at $329. Both models are now available to purchases through major retailers in the United States. There are two different models available one with a touch screen for $429 and one without for $329. Both models have identical specs, apart from the touch screen, with a 21.5-inch 1080p display, NVIDIA […]
Are we going to see new iPods soon?
It has almost been three years since Apple introduced the latest generation of iPods, back in 2012 the 5th generation iPod touch and iPod nano were unveiled – for a while people have thought that the iPod may be discontinued what with Apple Music being launched, storing music is becoming less of a common thing to do. Recently released iTunes 12.2 users have noticed that when restoring an iPod or […]
iTunes 12.2 launches, with Beats 1 and Apple Music
After a light outrage on Twitter following the release of Apple Music on iOS 8.4 as well as OS X 10.10.4 – the iTunes 12.2 update for Mac and Windows which was supposed to include access to Apple Music and Beats 1, but didn’t show until six hours later. But now the desktop client has been updated. iTunes 12.2 includes a new icon, which is very different to the one originally […]
Apple Music and iOS 8.4 launches
Apple’s new music streaming service, radio station and social network are now live. Apple Music along with Beats One an Connect are now available within iOS 8.4. Introduced at this years WWDC earlier in June, Apple Music is the company’s first move from the downloading music strategy to streaming it instead. The new version of iOS 8.4 and OS X 10.10.4 for that matter are now out and can be updated by going […]
Beats 1 and Apple Music launching later today
It wasn’t long ago at WWDC when Apple unveiled its new music streaming service and 24/7 radio station, Beats 1. Well the day has come and we are now hours away from having access to the latest creation from Cupertino. Apple Music has come from, indirectly Beats Music, the service Dr. Dre and Iovine created before Apple acquired the company last year and it’s obvious that Apple Music has a lot […]
The original iPhone was launched 8 years ago today
Eight years is quite a long time, especially in technology as today the original iPhone, basically the first smartphone was released in the United States eight years ago today. At the time the most popular phones were from Nokia, RIM and Palm. We have come along way since then with the ultra-powerful 64-bit iPhone 6 but back then it was state of the art. In 2007, there were touch-screen phones […]
Find out if your Mac will run Metal in El Capitan
Earlier this month at WWDC, Apple’s annual developers conference – Craig Federighi unveiled that the Metal API which was announced last year at WWDC 2014 for iOS 8. Metal is a graphics API which works in tandem what OpenGL to improve the graphical capabilities of the device whist reducing CPU overhead and strain. With OS X El Capitan, Metal is coming to the Mac to help improve performance of games, graphical software and […]