iPhone 7 is water-resistant to IP67, meaning that it can withstand immersion in water up to 1m, for 30 minutes. But what happens if you drop it in your pint? Adrian Weckler, technology editor at The Irish Independent, just had to investigate. He’s a brave man – because, while Apple asserts the device is water-resistant as sold, it doesn’t […]
Apple’s currently building a massive new campus for their staff. Its design is futuristic and the entire thing will be huge when finished. We’ve posted a couple of the update videos in the past (here and here) So here’s the latest one in glorious 4k: Enjoy!
Yesterday’s Apple World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) announced a range of enhancements to its software development platforms, including a completely new filesystem, Apple File System (APFS), to succeed HFS+ which has been in use since 1998. Embed from Getty Images Times have changed since the days of spinning hard drives and floppy disks, and APFS is designed to reflect that. The […]
The National Lottery App now allows players to play and win anywhere with Lotto, EuroMillions, Daily Million and Instant Win games. The updated app was launched yesterday on the iPhone App Store, giving players the chance to become a winner wherever they are with a few simple taps. The company plans to add the new features to the Android […]
One of Steve Jobs’ last acts was to finalise the plans for the ‘Apple Spaceship’, as it has come to be known: the company’s new corporate HQ in Cupertino, California. Unlike their pocket-sized products, it’s impossible to keep this particular design under wraps until it’s complete, and thanks to the use of drones, some pretty spectacular footage […]
Earlier today WhatsApp did something pretty interesting. They turned on “end-to-end encryption” for all their users. As far as users of WhatsApp are concerned the interface and user experience hasn’t changed, though you now have the option to get “security notifications”. You can turn on this new feature via the WhatsApp mobile app by going […]
Yesterday Apple announced a bunch of new products including the the handy little iPhone SE (6S spec in a 5S size), and a developer platform for healthcare apps called Carekit. Better, smaller, cooler – nothing really new or fundamentally groundbreaking – except for Liam. Liam is Apple’s new recycling robot, which carefully and quickly disassembles iPhones and […]
Last night Irish short film Stutterer won the Oscar for best live action short film. Benjamin Cleary was obviously very excited to win, especially as it was his first film! You know, when you make your, your first ever film, you’ve gotta convince a lot of people to jump on board and take a risk […]
If you signed up for Apple Music when it launched on July 1st, you got a three-month free trial, which was set to auto-renew on October 1st: that’s the day after tomorrow! Some people probably went straight in to their Apple Music settings and disabled the auto-renew, allowing the trial to expire when it’s done. Others will have […]
For those fanboys and girls who just can’t get enough of Jony Ive saying “aluminium” in his soothing English tones, check out JonyJive.com! Choose from a range of words and phrases used by Apple’s design guru, and construct your own hypnotic, if meaningless utterances! View image | gettyimages.com How about: I can’t articulate why soft, […]
