Spotify has made a welcome change this week to its service, users can now block other users. But what does this mean, because Spotify isn’t really a social media network, so why would you need to block someone else? However, when you block someone it means they won’t be able to see your listening history or playlists. This isn’t the first time the feature has been available, users have long […]
Last week, Apple’s software engineering chief Craig Federighi spoke about his and Apple’s views on privacy and sideloading on the iPhone at the Web Summit conference, saying that allowing sideloading on iPhone would be “a criminals best friend.” Apple CEO Tim Cook has followed up on this to cement this saying that with iPhone, Apple focuses on users security and privacy. Cook said that allowing sideloading on iPhone was not […]
Hyundai has recently announced the new Casper, a tiny little SUV which won’t be coming to Europe. Hyundai calls it a cross between a city car and a crossover and will go on sale in South Korea soon. Due to its size, the Casper is likely to use the same platform as the i10, the other small car the company makes. When it does go on sale, it’ll have two […]
Vauxhall has announced that the new Astra hatchback is now on sale in the UK, with prices starting at £23,275. The new Astra is also the first Vauxhall model on sale, to offer the new range of trim levels from the company. The new trim levels are Design, GS Line and Ultimate, with a wide array of high end included equipment and optional extras. Astra Design has 16-inch alloy wheels, LED […]
YouTube is going to start hiding the dislike counts on videos by default soon, a decision the company came to after an experiment which was successful, as it happens. Going forward, video creators will be able to see how many dislikes a video got, but not the general viewing public, a move to help combat ongoing dislike campaigns. Dislike campaigns affect new and small creators out there, YouTube said and […]
Apple has today announced that Alex Gorsky, the CEO and chairman of Johnson & Johnson has joined its its board of directors. Gorsky has been working at Johnson & Johnson since 1988, eventually working his way up the chain to become CEO in 2012. He is scheduled to step down as CEO on 3rd January 2022, but will run as executive chairman afterwards. “Alex has long been a visionary in […]
DS has now opened its order books for the new DS 4, its new hatchback. Deliveries are due to start in the early part of 2022, with prices starting off at £25,350. DS has three trim levels available, 4, Performance Line and Cross. The 4 trim level is then watered down again into another set of trim levels, with Bastille+, Trocadero and Rivoli. Bastille+ is £25,350 and comes with LED […]
Ford announced earlier this year that the Mondeo brand in the EU and UK would be going away in 2022, but in various findings today on the Chinese Ministry for Industry and Information Technology website, the Ford Mondeo is back with a fifth generation. Ford will begin delivering the new car to Chinese customers in the second quarter of 2022. The new car is the result of a new collaboration […]
Mercedes today has issues a recall for the EQC, the company’s first all electric car. Mercedes is saying that around 19,000 cars are affected by this issue and it is pretty serious, as the power steering could system could suddenly fail. Mercedes hasnt said yet how many UK cars are affected by the issue, but according to car-recalls.eu, it is affecting all EQC models that were made between 11th December […]
Microsoft has revealed that come March 2022, OneDrive will no longer be supported on Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. Microsoft is trying to gert some more users to move to newer operating systems, like Windows 10 and Windows 11. Support for Windows 7 ended on 13th January 2015 with the extended support ending on 14th January, 2020. Corporate users using OneDrive have a bit longer for Windows 8 and […]
