Author: Alex Lowe

Uber launches in Edinburgh

Uber is proving controversial but also extremely popular, as it seems the company is expanding to more and more cities every week, this time Uber is launching in Edinburgh, the second city in Scotland that service is now available in, having previously launched in Glasgow last moth. Uber is relatively easy to use once you have the app and created an account. According to Uber, they have had more than 65,000 […]

Apple has sold 7 million watches, according to report

In Apple’s recent quarterly earning reports, they haven’t mentioned the sales of the Apple Watch, instead it is grouped together in the “Other” category which includes accessories, Beats products and iPods. Apple isn’t revealing how many Apple Watches have been sold, but according to a report from Canalys Apple has sold around 7 million watches, completly blowing the competition out of the water. “After experiencing significant supply chain constraints early on, Apple managed […]

iOS 9 is now on two out of three devices

iOS 9 is doing really well. That’s all you really need to know from this post, but there is more information besides this. Like nearly every version of iOS released, the adoption rate is big and it hasn’t been out that long and already the adoption rate is at 66%. That also means that every two out of three iPhones, iPads and iPod touches are now running iOS 9 if […]

VW revealed that 800,000 cars might have incorrect CO2 levels

Another day, more news about the Volkswagen scandal. Earlier today the German car company revealed that around 800,000 cars in Europe are affected by the emissions scandal. Many of the cars are diesel but also as of today we learnt that some petrol cars from VW, Skoda, Audi and Seat are also affected if they have a 1.4, 1.6 or 2.0 litre engine. VW stated: “Under the ongoing review of all […]

More cars are now affected by the the VW emission scandal

This VW scandal has gone on for quite a while now, even so there is more news regarding emissions. US investigators have uncovered that the 3.0-litre TDI V6 used by the VW group is to blame and this engine isn’t just used in VW cars the more expensive Audi A5 and Audi A6 are to name a few, also the Porsche Cayenne is affected. Back when this was big news, […]

How To: Enable three finger drag in OS X El Capitan

Having used OS X E Capitan for a few weeks, something I noticed is that Apple has disabled the three finger drag feature on MacBooks and Mac desktops when using a Magic Trackpad. This has also been moved to a different location within the settings app, which is a bit strange. The first thing you need to do it go to Settings on your Mac. In the past, this could […]

Tesla’s autopilot saves Uber driver from crash

The Tesla autopilot is undeniably impressive, but while the company doesn’t recommend people use it ands then just fall asleep, just use the system on motorways and highways – but the system does also kick in when needed in certain circumstances, such as this driver for Uber who has a Tesla Model S. The driver, Jon Hall was driving one rainy evening when a car pulled out in front, without autopilot he […]

HP now officially splits into two companies

Earlier this year, HP announced that they are planning on splitting the company into two: HP, Inc and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. The split happened yesterday on November 1. Hewlett Packard Enterprise will be focusing, well on products and services for enterprise and HP Inc., will be making the laptops and desktops the company has been known for. Consumer HP HP Inc., as said will be focusing on products and services […]

Facebook asks that all employees use Android phones

Working for Facebook must be neat and all but depending on your phone preference it may have a slight downside. Facebook is now requesting that all employees use Android phones as opposed to iPhones in the work place, this move isn’t aiming to advertise Android phones and state that iPhones are bad but instead to help improve the software on the platform as the vast majority of emerging markets are […]

Windows 10 now runs on 132m devices, but it’s slowing

The initial growth for Windows 10 has been huge, just since July 132 million computers have been upgraded for free to Microsoft’s latest OS. But after just three months the adoption rate has been slowing down since the launch three months ago. This information has come from a report published today by Net Applications which also states that Windows 10 has a user share of 7.9% – which in October alone it […]