Author: Alex Lowe

Tesla Supercharger hoggers will be charged $0.40 per minute

For Tesla owners, one large issue has been cropping up recently. Tesla owners, in the US at least have been experiencing a growing issue with the Supercharging stations, while there are a growing number of them popping up all over the country and in Europe each station can get reasonably busy as quite a few people aren’t moving their cars once it is fully charged, this responsibility is with the owner. […]

iOS 10.2 now out, new emoji, wallpapers and widgets!

Apple’s spent much longer testing the latest version of iOS 10, which is a good sign as we have had a number of issues with larger iOS updates as of late – hopefully iOS 10.2 aims to rectify this and judging by the release notes Apple has fixed a fair amount of bugs. Not all bug fixes It’s not just Apple fixes the nigiling issues in iOS 10 – this latest […]

Apple launches two new Apple Watch ads in the UK

Last week, Apple shared two new adverts in time for the Christmas period, via the UK YouTube channel the company has. Both short ads are focused on the fitness aspects of the new Apple Watch Series 2. Go Play https://youtu.be/4F86xEW3ojw Go Run https://youtu.be/-gnL9cHPqzw

NHS still using Windows XP, support ended 18 months ago

In a report today from Citrix, nine in ten NHS trusts are still using Windows XP, the operating system was launched back in 2001 and official, extended support from Microsoft ended in April 2014. Citrix released this official information this morning, and it’s actually based on a Freedom of Information request. Citrix contacted 63 NHS trusts, 43 responded and 90 percent of which confirmed they still use Windows XP. Most […]

Amazon Music family plan is now available in the UK

  Amazon’s music streaming service has been available in the United Kingdom since early November this year, but competing services such as Apple Music and Google Play Music are offering discounted family subscriptions for £15 per month and up to six listeners, the same cost as Apple’s offering. Amazon Music Unlimited is cheaper than most rivals for a single user at £8 per month or £79 a year, although you […]

Last week, vinyl sales in the UK made more money than music downloads

Last week, more money was made selling physical vinyl than downloads made, just think about that – vinyl is well and truly coming back mostly for the unique sound that digital music takes away. Last week £2.4 million was spent on vinyl and downloads amounted to £2.1 million. Vinyl costs more One big thing that stands out is that vinyl versions of albums are much more expensive than CDs and […]

WhatsApp will stop supporting older phones at the end of the year

Millions of people use WhatsApp, in fact nearly a billion people are using the ever popular service to communicate for work and with friends. But now the company has revealed that by the end of 2016, a number of older handsets won’t be able to run WhatsApp. Any phone that’s running iOS 6 or earlier, Android 2.3 Gingerbread or earlier and Windows Phone 7 or earlier won’t be able to […]

Red Dead Redemption will be on PlayStation 4 by December 6th

RockStar’s latest big title, Read Dead Redemption 2 sadly won’t arrive on your consoles until next Autumn, however for current PlayStation 4 owners there is some good news. On December 6th, PS4 users can have access to the original Red Dead Redemption on PlayStation Now to stream. Also on December 6th, Undead Nightmare will be coming PS4 and PC via PlayStation Now. What is PlayStation Now? Currently, PlayStation Now is […]

Apple AirPods should ship in the “next few weeks”

Apple’s AirPods were announced back in September alongside the iPhone 7 and new Beats products, however people that are interested in purchasing these have been waiting patiently for Apple to let everyone when they are available to buy. AirPods delayed When the AirPods were unveiled, Apple promised a release time of late October and this was because Apple had actually delayed the launch because they didn’t believe in shipping the product […]

Apple’s iTunes Connect will shutdown from December 23-27

Every year, Apple shuts down iTunes connect for a number of days over the Christmas holiday period and this year is now exception as the company has annoyed that they won’t be approving and new apps and app updates from December 23rd to December 27th. Apple Quote: The busiest season on the App Store is almost here. Make sure your apps are up-to-date and ready for the winter holidays. New apps and […]