Technology

Apple is discontinuing iBooks Author and iTunes U

In the last few days, Apple has announced that iBooks Author and iTunes U will be discontinued soon. iTunes U will be discontinued by the end of 2021 and iBook Author is going to be left working, but it will no longer be maintained for the foreseeable future. iBooks Author will work, but Apple won’t be maintaining it going forward and Apple has said Pages is the app to be […]

Ford launches new rugged versions of the Transit

This week, Ford has announced a new off road, rugged range of the Transit line up. The new Trail and Active specifications will be coming to all Transit models with the Transit Trail, Transit Custom Trail and Transit Custom Active. Ford has said the new trim level makes the Transit more tough in harsher working environments, with four wheel drive on some of the models and new differential. There are […]

Apple is now offering 0% interest plans using the Apple Card, in the US

Here in the UK, Apple has long offered 0% financing deals with Barclaycard and PayPal, with current 0% deals being shown all the time on Apple’s online store. However over in the US, Apple offers the Apple Card, a first party credit card, and as of this week, customers can now use the Apple Card to purchase more items from the Apple Store, with 0% interest. We reported that Apple […]

Jaguar Land Rover lost £422 million in the last financial year

In the last financial year, Jaguar Land Rover lost £422 million, with the last period ending on the 31st March. Up until the pandemic, JLR had started to recover from previous financial issues and started to turn a profit as sales were up too. Like all other car companies, JLR has been hit badly by the current coronavirus pandemic which has resulted in a drop in demand. Between January and […]

Some essential Apple employees have gone back to work today, at Apple Park

Starting today (15th June) some Apple employees have gone back to work at Apple Park, mostly essential staff members to start with. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported this over the weekend and said the rollout of getting employees back to offices will be conducted in phases, with the first phase being limited. “Phase 1 will be ‘very limited’ and workers will only be allowed in the office on certain days depending […]

How to UniFi: Part One – What is UniFi?

Hello and welcome to the first part in our new series, called ‘How to UniFi.’ Ubiquiti’s range of enterprise networking gear seems to have shot up popularity lately, especially with the launch of the new UDM and UDM-Pro last year. In this short article, we’ll explain what UniFi is and what equipment Ubiquiti makes. What is UniFi? Ubiquiti has been making UniFi hardware since 2013 and now in 2020, the […]

EE is opening 90 stores today

Last week, EE CEO Marc Allera announced on Twitter that EE is going to be reopening more than 90 of its stores starting today, the 15th June. Stores will now have screens in place to protect staff from customers, as well as visors. The 90 stores that will be opening are only in England, due to the different rules in Wales and Scotland at the moment. Marc also mentioned that […]

Apple Stores in England and Northern Ireland are opening again next week

Apple Stores in England and Northern Ireland are due to reopen again for the first time since the end of March. All 32 stores are going to open again on the 15th June, next Monday. Due to current restriction rules in Wales and Scotland, stores in those countries will be staying closed until further notice. Apple staff will be following social distancing rules when the stores reopen, cleaning of surfaces […]

This is the Sony PS5

Last night, Sony unveiled the PlayStation 5 to the world as well as a lot of news about new games. Sony actually has two different consoles that are going to be available, one with a disc drive and one without, aptly named the Digital Edition. The one with the disc has a bulge at the side which kind of makes it look like it was designed from the get go […]

Deal: Beats Solo Pro now £199 on amazon.co.uk today – over £70 off

Today on amazon.co.uk, the new Beats Solo Pro have been reduced down from £269.95 to just £199. Apple’s own website still has an RRP of £269.95 so this just seems like a temporary deal on Amazon. The new Beats Solo Pro were introduced at the end of last year and are on ear headphones, feature ANC noise cancelling and transparency modes akin to the AirPods Pro. Also, like the AirPods […]