Yesterday Apple announced a wave of new products, not just new iPhones, but a new iPad as well and a major upgrade to Apple TV. iPhone 6s and 6s Plus introduce a new dimension, literally, with the new 3D Touch. These devices sense not just where you place your fingers on the display, but also how hard […]
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Plenty for Developers to Play With at WWDC 2015
Apple’s Wordwide Developers Conference, WWDC, kicked off yesterday in San Francisco with a raft of announcements about products and platforms we’re likely to see in the months ahead. As well as new versions of OSX (El Capitan) and iOS (9.0), and split-screen multitasking on the iPad, there’s also an SDK for developing native apps on which run […]
Google Calendar Drops SMS Alerts
Google has announced that it will be discontinuing its free SMS alert service for Google Calendar from June 27th. The company cites the growth in smartphone usage and improvements in technology as reasons for killing off the service: Starting on 27 June 2015, SMS notifications from Google Calendar will no longer be sent. SMS notifications […]
The Best Fitness Apps You May Never Have Heard Of [Infographic]
Fitness tracking is bigger than ever before as more and more people are coming to realise that the computer in their pocket (and an array of wearable accessories) has a role to play in helping to get and stay fit. Yet just as there is no one type of exercise regime or diet which works for […]
Apple Watch Widens the Class Gap for Trendy Tech
So the Apple Watch has arrived, and with it a new class distinction in technology. Traditionally, owning an Apple product has been something of a status symbol, marking the owner as a person of discernment, taste and means. Now you can really show off your means with the Watch Edition in Apple-patented 18-karat gold costing up to $17,000! While that […]
Turn Your iPhone Into A Back To The Future DeLorean
A Japanese company has come up with a pretty novel and rather over the top design for an iPhone 6 cover. Their aptly named “crazy case” comes in the shape of the iconic DeLorean from the Back to the Future movie series. Not only does it have the shape of the car, but it also […]
TIDAL Brings Lossless HiFi Music Streaming to Ireland
TIDAL, the first High Fidelity lossless music streaming service with HD music videos and Curated Editorial, has just announced the availability of its service in Ireland. Billed as “the ideal music service for those who care about quality”, TIDAL boasts an extensive library of 25 million-plus tracks, 75,000 music videos, and curated editorial articles, features and interviews […]
Vivid iPhone SloMo as Hippo Charges Boat [Video]
This amazing slow-motion video of a Hippopotamus charging a boat on a photo safari in Botswana was shot on an iPhone 6. It’s an amazing example of the incredible technology which now comes as standard these days in people’s pockets. They say the best camera for a shot is the one you have on you when […]
New Type-C Connector Repeals Murphy’s Law of USB – There’s No Wrong Way to Plug it in
OK – the reaction of the two guys in this video may seem a little over the top but, in fairness, they’ve just seen the future! [youtube]http://youtu.be/gvjrT4aSCfc[/youtube] For many of those present, CES was their first chance to lay hands on the new USB Type-C connector, which is expected to be supported by device […]
‘Drunk Mode’ App Stops You Making a Bloody Fool of Yourself
Why is it that things we’d never dream about doing in the cold light of day suddenly seem like excellent ideas at 2am, after a night out, with some alcohol on board. OK it’s a rhetorical question, we know exactly why that is; yet it doesn’t stop many of us from doing – and especially saying […]