Technology

HP now officially splits into two companies

Earlier this year, HP announced that they are planning on splitting the company into two: HP, Inc and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. The split happened yesterday on November 1. Hewlett Packard Enterprise will be focusing, well on products and services for enterprise and HP Inc., will be making the laptops and desktops the company has been known for. Consumer HP HP Inc., as said will be focusing on products and services […]

Facebook asks that all employees use Android phones

Working for Facebook must be neat and all but depending on your phone preference it may have a slight downside. Facebook is now requesting that all employees use Android phones as opposed to iPhones in the work place, this move isn’t aiming to advertise Android phones and state that iPhones are bad but instead to help improve the software on the platform as the vast majority of emerging markets are […]

Windows 10 now runs on 132m devices, but it’s slowing

The initial growth for Windows 10 has been huge, just since July 132 million computers have been upgraded for free to Microsoft’s latest OS. But after just three months the adoption rate has been slowing down since the launch three months ago. This information has come from a report published today by Net Applications which also states that Windows 10 has a user share of 7.9% – which in October alone it […]

iPad Pro will go on sale November 11

Until now we have only had the information that Apple’s huge iPad will be available in November, but 9to5Mac have reported that the iPad Pro will be out for purchase early next month on the 11th. As well as the actual iPad, the Smart Keyboard and Apple Pencil are expected to launch on the same day. The iPad Pro starts at $799 for 32GB WiFi and for the 128GB WiFi and 4G it […]

How To: Force Quit an app on a Mac

We’ve all had it, a unresponsive app on your Mac – just at that important time you’re trying to do something and it just crashes and freezes, admittedly it doesn’t happen very often but when it does it is a tad annoying. This quick guide goes over how to Force Quit an app on a Mac, there are actually a few different ways you can go about doing this. Method 1  

Windows 10 will soon be getting significant DPI improvements

As a Mac user I’ve probably been spoilt with consistently clear text and proper scaling but since using Windows 10, I’ve seen numerous issues with scaling and DPI. Good news though, as the computer world is shifting towards full 1080p screens and 4K and sometimes 5K – the software needs to be able to cope with the added real estate and make sure everything scales correctly and doesn’t appear blurry. Today Microsoft have […]

How to reindex Spotlight if your Mac is showing false storage info

This guide goes over the process for reindexing spotlight, this may be needed if your search results aren’t operating correctly in Spotlight search results or searching isn’t accurate. In my case my hard drive storage usage was all over the shop on my MacBook Air, so I decided to write a guide to determine if you need to reindex Spotlight and also how to find out how much storage each […]

OS X El Capitan 10.11.2 beta now out for developers

Earlier today, Apple released the next version of the OS X El Capitan beta, version 10.11.2. This beta only comes after 6 days following the public release of OS X 10.11.1. So far the details of this update aren’t overly detailed with the change log simply stating that it improves the security and stability of your computer. The OS X El Capitan 10.11.2 update improves the stability, compatibility, and security […]

The new Apple TV is now on sale

Yes, the brand new Apple TV is now on sale – complete with all the new goodies such as the fast A8 chip for all the games you’ll be playing as well as the Siri remote. This new model with revealed along side the iPhone 6s and iPad Pro but we only knew that it would be released “Later this fall.” As we come to the end of October now, […]

Apple Watch can now track runs on Runkeeper, without an iPhone

Since launch the Apple Watch has always required a permanent connection to an iPhone to function properly, expect from being an actual watch and using Apple Pay. Now with the recent launch of watchOS 2 the Apple Watch can run native apps and execute the code on device without the need for the iPhone to be connected. This also allows the watch to be a true fitness device as apps such as […]