iOS 13.5 was released last week and it brought some necessary features for the ongoing coronavirus, such as support for the Exposure Notification API as well as optimising Face ID for users who are wearing masks, which is a lot of users now. iOS 13.4.1 was released in early April and only really fixed a bug which prevented FaceTime calls between iOS 13 and devices on iOS 9.3.6 and earlier, […]
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UK Government has said car dealerships in England can open on the 1st June
In England, car dealerships have been closed since near the start of the lockdown, whereas the service departments have been allowed to stay open during it to help key workers get their cars repaired in order to travel to work. This week, Boris Johnson has announced that starting on the 1st June, car dealerships in England will be allowed to fully open to sell new cars so long as the […]
The iPhone 11 was the most popular smartphone in Q1 2020
During the first quarter of this year, Apple came first for the most popular smartphone with the iPhone 11. According to Omida, Apple shipped 19.5 million iPhone 11 units whereas the smaller iPhone 11 Pro came eighth with 3.8 million units, behind the iPhone XR and the Samsung Galaxy A51 among others. The iPhone XR came fourth, with 4.7 million units shipped during Q1 2020. Omida is a market research firm which […]
Deal: New 2020 MacBook Air has £50 off today on amazon.co.uk
Apple recently refreshed the MacBook Air this year, it replaced the butterfly keyboard with the Magic Keyboard which has helped improve the reliability and also it is now 2x faster than the last version. Also, the price was dropped for the base spec from £1,099 to £999. This gets you an 13-inch screen, Intel Core i3 processor, 8GB RAM and 256GB internal storage. Apple and Amazon usually retail this for […]
Apple Pro Display XDR has won a ‘Displays of the Year’ Award
Apple announced the Pro Display XDR and the new Mac Pro at WWDC last year, to some criticism regarding the price of the monitor as also, the price of the stand. Regardless of the price of the stand, Apple pitched the £4,599 monitor as a reference monitor and those from the likes of Sony cost around $40,000 and can’t be left on for very long. The Mac Pro and the […]
New facelifted BMW 6 Series GT won’t be coming to the UK
BMW has revealed that here in the UK, the current 6 Series GT will be pulled from sale next month, due to poor sales. BMW also won’t be offering the new facelifted version in the UK either which was announced recently. Other countries will get it, however. BMW started offering the 6 Series GT back in 2017 which at the time, replaced the 5 Series GT. But due to poor sales […]
Apple releases macOS Catalina 10.15.5
On Tuesday this week, Apple released a new update to macOS Catalina, 10.15.5 which brings new battery health features as well as a reasonable list of bug fixed. Catalina 10.15.4 came out around two months ago in early April and fixed some FaceTime bugs as well as adding Screen Time Communication Limits to bring macOS up to speed with iOS and iPadOS. macOS Catalina 10.15.5 adds a new Battery Health […]
OnePlus is offering phone bundles for a limited time
OnePlus is offering a limited offer with its OnePlus 8 phone, it’s called “The OnePlus Gaming Bundle”. When you purchase a new OnePlus 8 directly from OnePlus, you can get a pair of “OnePlus Bullets Wireless Z” free of charge. This is the latest pair of wireless earphones from OnePlus and retail at £49.95. Unfortunately this offer is only available for the regular OnePlus 8, and not the Pro model. If […]
Nintendo releases 10.0.3 update for Nintendo Switch
Yesterday, Nintendo released minor update for the Switch and Switch Lite, bringing the software version up to 10.0.3 now. Version 10.0.2 came at the end of April and version 10.0.1 was a much smaller release with only very minor bug fixes. Version 10.0.3 is more of the same, very minor bug fixes: Release notes General system stability improvements to enhance the user’s experience To update your Nintendo Switch, it can […]
By the end of this week, around 100 Apple Stores in the US will be open again
By the end of this week, Apple is going to reopening 100 of its stores in the US. This will mean nearly half of the 271 stores Apple has in the states, will be open. In a report from The Verge yesterday Apple confirmed this to them. By the end of the week, Apple will have 130 stores open in the US with a limited service set, which will priotise customers […]