Tag: Apple

Apple Maps now uses Yellow Pages for business data in Canada

In the most of North America and Europe, Yelp and Trip Advisor are the most favoured for business listings on Apple’s mapping software, Apple Maps. In Canada, Apple and Yellow Pages have partnered for listings in Canada, this information includes reviews, opening hours, photos, payment types and addresses. Yellow Pages has details for over 1.8 million businesses in Canada and the data is now available for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac […]

iPad Pro Smart Keyboard will only be available in US layout

The new iPad Pro, which is scheduled to be released sometime in November also has an optional accessory called the Smart Keyboard which magnetically connects to the iPad using the Smart Connector – that also sends the data as opposed to using Bluetooth. This also makes the keyboard less intensive on battery life. Recently, some interesting news has been uncovered about the keyboard, German language blog iFun.de found that, quietly mentioned on […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Beats launches new Pill+ with Apple esque design

This week Beats made a surprise announcement with the launch of the new Beats Pill+ which replaces the existing Pill which was originally introduced back in 2012, which is iPhone 5 and iPad mini days. Beats hasn’t launched any new hardware or updates in a while, earlier in the year in May, the company launched the new Solo 2 Wireless in Space Grey, Silver and Golf as well as the […]

New Magic Mouse and Keyboard to launch soon

Apple is expected to release an updated Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad anytime soon, this has been rumoured for a few months back that Apple is planning on introducing new versions of the Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad. This rumour comes from some code in the latest OS X 10.11.1 beta which highlight model names for the potential refreshes for the accessories, Magic Mouse 2 and Magic Trackpad 2 as […]

How to back up and restore an iPhone or iPad using iTunes

You may have just bought the latest iPhone 6s or your phone may be performing a bit slow and you want to back up and restoree your iPhone using iTunes, this guide will walk you through the process. Backups with iTunes allow you to move everything from your old phone to your new one. Back up your iPhone or iPad There are two ways you can back up your iOS […]