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Google is blocking YouTube on the Amazon Echo Show and Fire TV

In the last few months, Amazon and Google have been butting heads on the integration of YouTube on Amazon’s devices, specifically on the Echo Show and Fire TV. As of writing, Google has now actually pulled support for YouTube on both the Echo Show and all the Fire TV devices. The main feud is mainly over Amazon not selling some of Google’s own hardware products, such as Chromecast and the […]

Tesla releases Model 3 firmware update, adds an FM radio

This week, Tesla released a new firmware update for the Model 3 which has added a few features to the car, a few of which are surprising additions, as they should be standard features – but Tesla was probably more focused on getting the car right from the start, as any extras they can simply add later on with software updates over the air. New features As mentioned above, this […]

Tidal now works with CarPlay

Today, Tidal have updated their app to now be compatible with Apple’s CarPlay platform so users will now be able to access their collection as well as the unique Explore section. Tidal is Jay Z’s music streaming service and it mainly focuses on high fidelity audio. While it has been around for a few years now, it’s never managed to gain much traction, at least compared to Spotify, Apple Music and even […]

Apple releases macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 update

This past week, Apple has launched a lot of new software – last week on Saturday we saw iOS 11.2 which brought Apple Pay Cash, for US users as well as a host of new bug fixes. Earlier this week, watchOS 4.2 was released which also included Apple Pay Cash as well as some bug fixes for Siri. Now, today Apple has seeded an update for the Mac and macOS […]

Apple releases watchOS 4.2 with support for Apple Pay Cash

Following the release of iOS 11.2 last week, which was made available on Saturday morning, today Apple has now released watchOS 4.2. With the iOS 11.2 update, it brought the addition of Apple Pay Cash for US users only as well as some small bug fixes and enhancements to the interface. watchOS 4.2 The update for Apple Watch also adds support for Apple Pay Cash, which at the time of […]

Apple officially makes the 2011 Mac Mini obsolete

This week, Apple has officially marked the 2011 Mac Mini has a vintage model, which mainly involves those older models not being able to be officially serviced by Apple Stores, as well as the Apple Authorised Service Centres and Providers. The 2011 Mac Mini was the first model in the line to drop support for the CD/DVD drive as well as the first to support the Thunderbolt 1 port. Source: […]

Apple releases iOS 11.2 with Apple Pay Cash, bug fixes and more

A few days ago, Apple released the next iOS release to the public, iOS 11.2. The new release brings a handful of much need bug fixes and support for Apple Pay Cash. Apple Pay Cash With iOS 11.2, Apple has added support for Apple Pay Cash, a feature which was debuted back at WWDC in June, but never made it the final iOS 11.0 release in September. It’s a peer-peer […]

Sonos One updated to now support voice control of Spotify with Alexa

With the Sonos One, this is the company’s first move into the smart speaker game and while it has already been released and shipped out to customers, Sonos has already released some updates to further improve the capabilities. The new speaker supports Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant out of the box and now Alexa can directly control the playback of Spotify. This feature was originally planned to be implemented by the […]

VW has invested €34 billion in electric cars and autonomous technology

Last week, the Volkswagen Group annnocued that it has started its new “five year investment plan” for the future development of electric cars. The €34 billion investment is for the new research and development of autonomous vehicles as well as new electric and hybrid models. “We are reinventing the car, we are, however, doing so without sidelining existing technologies and vehicle projects, since this is how we will earn our […]

The Grand Tour Season 2 is launching December 8

Last year the old Top Gear trio debuted their new show, The Grand Tour which definitely was a familiar format, but due to some restrictions from the BBC it did need to be different enough. Amazon signed up the new show for Amazon Prime Video and the company took a big risk and it paid off indeed. This time around, the second season will start slightly later in the year compared […]