Author: Alex Lowe

Windows 10 may automatically install on your PC

As it seems, Microsoft is basically forcing people running Windows 7 and Windows 8 to upgrade to the latest release, Windows 10. Just recently it has been revealed that the company has been forcing the update on people, in occasion without any prior warning. This comes from a report published by Ars Technica which contains details that Microsoft changed the optional tick box to be ticket so that when someone updated their […]

Apple Music and iTunes will scan 100,000 songs by the end of the year

Apple’s music streaming service will be able to scan and match up to 100,000 songs, up from the previous 25,000 with iTunes Match. Back in July following the release of Apple Music, Eddy Cue confirmed that they are working on getting the match limit increased by the release of iOS 9. Now that iOS 9 has been out for a few weeks, MacRumors tweeted to Eddy Cue to get the details […]

Pangu manages to jailbreak iOS 9

Yesterday, Chinese developers from Pangu somehow managed to jailbreak iOS 9, which has been deemed rootless and impossible to jailbreak. As of yet the tool is only available on Windows but it can jailbreak iOS 9, iOS 9.0.1 and iOS 9.0.2. As of yet it works with most of the devices that run iOS 9 including the iPod touch, iPhone 4s, iPhone 5, iPhone 5s iPhone 5c, iPhone 6 and iPhone […]

Adobe admits critical vulnerabilities with Flash Player

Adobe have warned users over potential issues with Flash Player. Overt the years numerous people have criticised the software deeming it insecure. I personally don’t use the software and I can’t even remember a point in time when I have used it recently or needed to use it. Public figures such as Steve Jobs and the head of security for Facebook have openly spoken about Flash . Jobs commented back […]

Google Translate updated for iPad Split View

Google’s translator app has now been updated to support the new Split View multitasking view on iOS 9 which works with the iPad Air 2, the brand new iPad mini 4 and the iPad Pro. This addition will be very useful for people doing translation work on a document for a foreign person or doing that french homework on your iPad. This also allows for copy and paste between Google […]

Yes, the iTunes Store is having issues (Updated)

Yes the iTunes and App Store are down, this is causing issues for users trying to download anything from the App Store, buy Music from iTunes or download anything from the Mac App Store. The status can be found here on Apple’s page The issue has been going one since 12:30PM EST and we will update this post once it is back on. Update, it’s all back up now.

Apple launches new 21-inch iMac with 4K display

Earlier today as rumoured, Apple unveiled a new 21.5-inch iMac with 4K Retina Display as well as updating the whole smaller iMac range with the latest Intel Broadwell chips. Apple is offering a 3.1GHz quad-core i5 with the option to upgrade to i7 chips. Previously the only iMac that was offered with a Retina Display was the the larger 27-inch 5K iMac, which is still the most powerful iMac that […]

Pepsi will be making a phone

Yep, you read that headline right and also clicked it and no it’s not April 1st. Pepsi are going to be making a phone that runs Android. Pepsi confirmed the news toTechRadar earlier today that the company will be launching a smartphone very soon. The phone wont be manufactured by Pepsi, but it will feature the logo. “We are pleased to share that Pepsi is working with a licensing partner to bring […]

Porsche won’t offer Android Auto, only CarPlay as Google collects too much data

For infotainment systems in cars, you’re no spoilt for choice, but that also isn’t a good thing. BMW have their own iDrive system, which isn’t that great and Ford have Sync which is average and so does every car manufacturer, they all have their own systems which work in different ways. But just recently, Apple and Google launched their own systems which work with the iPhone and any Android Phone […]

What is 3D Touch?

With the new iPhone 6s, Apple introduced something called 3D Touch. To get to the point, the iPhone 6s can detect pressure now and this opens up a whole new way to use your iPhone. Apple is calling this “the next generation of Multi-Touch.” With the original iPhone the awe inspiring feature was the ability two swipe through the web and pinch to zoom your photos, this was revolutionary, even more […]