Deal: iPad Air 2 now £375

By Alex Lowe 25 February 2016 Daily Deals

The iPad Air 2 has been with us for a few years now, but it is still a solid tablet and with this latest deal at £375 on Amazon UK it’s even better. Grab the iPad Air 2 for £375 on Amazon

iOS 9 adoption still at 77%, rate slowing

By Alex Lowe 24 February 2016 Technology

Over the past few months, the adoption rate of quite a few operating systems including iOS 9 and Windows 10 have been gaining traction extremely quickly, just in November Microsoft had 132 million users and earlier this year it hit 200 million. On the flip side iOS 9 has been gaining popularity and adding new users to the updated version, but since the last time it was checked two weeks […]

Ford Sync 3 will be available in Europe this summer

By Alex Lowe 21 February 2016 Technology

Ford have been slow at adopting new technologies really in years gone by, but to be fair the company has been making some big strides recently with its Ford Sync in car infotainment system, while Sync 1 and Sync 2 have been impressive in their own way the latest iteration Sync 3 really leaps forward with a much better UI for the Ford section and while it still doesn’t really […]

Windows Phone sales have slowed considerably

By Alex Lowe 20 February 2016 Technology

Windows Phone sales aren’t great right now, but it isn’t really a big secret but in general the entire smartphone industry hasn’t grown that much in the past few months. The smartphone market has only grew in size by 9.7% in Q4 2015 and this is the lowest it has ever been since 2008 right when smartphones were becoming mainstream. The main sales figures for the Windows Phone have also been released […]

Apple Pay will be available in China on February 18

By Alex Lowe 17 February 2016 Technology

Another country will soon be getting Apple Pay, so far the service is available United States from launch and has since expanded to the United Kingdom back in the summer. Also late last year Canada was added for support but with American Express cards only . But the big news is that China will be getting Apple Pay by tomorrow which is February 18th, according to social media posts from UnionPay. […]

Windows Store now highlights apps for Windows 10

By Alex Lowe 16 February 2016 Technology

Visiting the Windows Store for apps at the moment does a have a random list of new apps and some of the old ones for Windows 8 when the store debuted, but finding those new apps which have been optimised for Windows 10 on the desktop and Windows 10 Mobile can be a little bit difficult. But now Microsoft have added labels to those shiny new apps that have been […]

The new Audi RS Q3 is now on sale

By Alex Lowe 16 February 2016 Technology

This week, Audi is expanding their RS line with a new ‘Performance’ version of the RS Q3 which is now available for orders today, with the model to be debuted at the Geneva Motor Show later next month. The RS Q3 is very close to being on par with the BMW M3, with 362bhp from the 2.5 litre engine, that power propels the four wheel drive up to 60 in just 4.4 […]

Deal: Amazon Fire Stick with Voice Remote now £39.99

By Alex Lowe 14 February 2016 Daily Deals

The new Amazon Fire TV Stick has all you need for living room entertainment, with access to BBC iPlayer, Netflix and Amazon Prime Video as well as countless Android games to play. Just for today Amazon are cutting 11% off the price of the TV Stick from £44.99 to £39.99. There are two different options available, one with a standard remote for £34.99 and one with the Voice Remote for £44.99, […]

Google is abandoning Flash adverts

By Alex Lowe 14 February 2016 Technology

The battle against Flash is still going strong….no seriously the entire web, well most of it is finally giving up on the ageing and insecure Adobe Flash. The actual start of this move from Flash started back in 2007 when Apple unveiled the very first iPhone and at that time the web heavily relied on the software for basically everything, from inline videos, animations, adverts, online games and a whole […]

Google is shutting down Picasa, focusing instead on Photos

By Alex Lowe 13 February 2016 Technology

Later this year, Google will finally stop supporting the photo storage app, Picasa but after 12 years it’s usefulness in how we use and edit photos as well as storing them has greatly changed in that time, while on the Mac we used to have iPhoto and now we have Photos the way we use devices has changed. For most people the desktop is no longer the centre of your […]