Pokémon Go are making some large(ish) changes to the game, specifically the app is now requiring iPhone models which can run iOS 11, the latest version of Apple’s operating system, this does mean however that older iPhones which aren’t 64-bit won’t be able to use the game anymore. More power With iOS 11, Apple introduced new APIs for developers to make AR much more immersive. Prior to this, Pokémon did […]
Windows 10 has been with us for a little while now, and those who can recall – When the operating system was launched in the summer of 2015, Microsoft offered users on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 the opportunity to upgrade to Windows 10 for free, until July 2016. What many might not know, those who require assistive technologies could have still upgraded to Windows 10 for free until December […]
Google has long had a confusing history with mobile payments, the first incarnation they tried was Google Wallet back in 2011, which was mainly designed as a peer-to-peer platforms for paying your friends money you owed them etc. Android Pay was next in 2015, which didn’t actually replace Google Wallet but was more of an answer to Apple Pay which was launched a year earlier in 2014 with the iPhone […]
The latest beta release of iOS 11.2.5 was released this week and according to a recent report from 9to5Mac, buried in the release is the ability for Siri to read the news headlines, and if the news relates to a podcast from iTunes, it’ll then play that podcast. This feature has been a main staple of the Amazon Echo and Alexa, the line of Echo speakers have long been able […]
WhatApp, the hugely popular messaging platform which is owned by Facebook, has now dropped support for BlackBerry and Windows Phone, as of New Years Eve last year the two platforms will no longer work with WhatsApp. The news came from an FAQ page on the WhatsApp website, which mainly explains what platforms are currently supported, which ones aren’t and the reasoning behind dropping support for BlackBerry and Windows Phone. “These […]
This week, the fifth episode of the Amazon Prime Video hit The Grand Tour has dropped and is now available for streaming on Amazon Prime. This week, the boys review the new VW UP GTI, crash tank through a building and crash a rally spec Subaru Impreza. Fire, shouting and crashes. The boys at their best. Trailer is below. Trailer
Just recently, Spotify has filed a confidential Initial Public Offering which means the company is planning on going public with their stock. The recent news regrading subscriber numbers makes this very important, as good news from a company always should bump the stocks up somewhat. Big numbers This week Spotify announced that they had hit 70 million paying subscribers, which is actually around 10 million more than Apple Music has […]
In a report from gadget blog Gizmochina its suggested that OnePlus may be launching a new phone this upcoming March. The Chinese smartphone company has only just launched the OnePlus 5T in the past few months, so the new release is expected to be the OnePlus 6. This news came from the above mentioned blog Gizmochina and the original source is an anonymous source, who spoke to the blog. What will the specs […]
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While Apple CarPlay has been out for a good couple of years now, Google’s Android Auto has required a bit more time to catch up, for example wireless connectivity for CarPlay has been out since iOS 10 but with Android Auto, it’s only just starting to show up now. Google did announce the support for it in the middle of 2016, but has taken till now to come into fruition. […]
