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Apple Announcing Yosemite Release On October 16th?
Re/Code has announced that Apple will be holding another big press conference on October 16th of this year where it looks like they’ll officially unveil their new OS X Yosemite, as well as release new information regarding their new lineup of iMacs and iPads. While Apple hasn’t sent out... Read more
Losing Your Hair? Your iPhone 6 Might Be To Blame
Apple and the iPhone 6 are under fire yet again. Another week, another complaint, or so it would seem. How many complaints have there been so far in regards to the iPhone 6’s? Let’s see – first, there was the gigantic mess with the first iOS 8.0.1 update which... Read more
Samsung Galaxy Note Faster 4 Launch in China to Beat Apple‏
Samsung is making some aggressive moves with the Galaxy Note 4, after losing share price due to the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus launch. The South Korean company was looking to announce the Galaxy Note 4 on October and later in China, but this will be escalated. SK... Read more
Microsoft Planning New Flagship Store In New York City
Microsoft has announced it will be launching a flagship store in New York City. The store will hold all of Microsoft’s products and some from its third party partners in mobile, tablet and PC. This is as best a time as any for Microsoft to announce a flagship store,... Read more
IS Camera Roll Coming Back With iOS 8.1?
Among other complaints surrounding the new iPhone 6’s and that first iOS 8.0.1 update, it seems like a lot of people were upset because the “camera roll” was removed from the photos app. As many of you already know, the camera roll was where you could go to see... Read more
Bigger Phones Mean Bigger Pockets
With the invention of the ‘phablet’ , clothing is having to adapt.  Fashion retailers are finding their pockets to be too small for the new larger sized smartphones. Perhaps the complaints about the new iPhone 6+ bending in restricted pockets has triggered this new fashion statement.  However, what smartphone... Read more
iPhone 6 Bending Not As Common As You Think…
If you’ve had the news on at all since the release if the iPhone 6 and its big brother the iPhone 6 Plus, you’ve no doubt heard about all of the flack Apple seems to be catching over problems with the devices. First, there was the massive problem with... Read more
iPhone 6 Plus Has A Serious Bending Issue‏
Apple always has one or two problems with new updates to the iPhone design, the iPhone 4 had antenna issues and easily cracked with double glass, the iPhone 5 had faulty buttons and battery life and the iPhone 6…bends. The reports started coming from users who had the iPhone... Read more
iPhone 6 NFC: Payments Only At The Moment
All the waiting is now finally over and done with. The iPhone 6 has arrived, but if you want to fully use the new NFC chip, then you need to hang fire a while.  The NFC chip inside the new iPhone 6 series of Smartphones is currently restricted to ApplePay only.  It... Read more
New MacBook Air: Thinner, New USB and No Magsafe?
There have been reports earlier this month, which claim Apple was making available their 12 inch MacBook Air in iPhone-style space gray and gold colours.  Apparently Apple will change from the current USB ports to the new slimmer and reversible USB Type C, which was only introduced last month by the USB 3.0... Read more
Samsung Takes A Classic Jab At Bendable iPhones
I’m a fan of Apple products, but I’m in no way an Apple “fanboy”. I’m a fan of good technology, and I’m also a fan of comedy. When something’s legitimately funny, I’ll laugh – it doesn’t matter who utters the punch line. If you’ve followed the release of Apple’s... Read more
iOS 8.0.1 Update Pulled Due To Problems
A software update is usually supposed to fix more problems than it causes, but that’s not at all the case with Apple’s latest iOS 8.0.1 update. The update, released on Wednesday, was such a failure that it had to be completely scrapped and made unavailable. If you remember, it... Read more
Apple Announces 10 million iPhone 6 Sales In Opening Weekend‏
Apple has announced 10 million iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus sales over the three day launch weekend. This beats the previous set record, by Apple, of 9 million sales. This comes two days after Apple announced four million sales within 24 hours of the two new iPhones, beating... Read more
Apple Watch Edition Could Cost Up To $9,999‏
The Apple Watch will start at $349, but this is only for the aluminium and glass version, the stainless steel sapphire crystal glass and 18 karat gold editions still have not been given a price. Apple analyst John Gruber believes the Apple Watch will not be priced like normal... Read more
First Reviews Claim Two Days Battery Life With iPhone 6 Plus‏
Apple made a big step by adding the iPhone 6 Plus into the range of smartphones, instead of having the flagship and a lower-end iPhone 5C like last year, Cupertino decided the market needed a high-end phablet. How they differentiate the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, for the... Read more
iOS8 Glitch Spotted By Microsoft So They Up Storage On OneDrive To 30GB
In the wake of iPhone 6, Microsoft is offering 30GB of OneDrive space for free through a limited-time offer.  The technology giant had doubled its free OneDrive offer from 7.5GB to 15GB in June of this year, but they have now doubled it again to a fairly decent 30GB of... Read more
Australian With First iPhone 6 Drops It Right After Buying
I’ve never bought an iPhone on release day as I don’t think I’d be able to handle all of the crowds and the excitement, but those things don’t stop tons of others from lining up at Apple stores all over the world each time a new iPhone is released.... Read more
First Thoughts On iOS 8

First Thoughts On iOS 8

Mobile September 21, 2014

I downloaded iOS 8 yesterday and it took forever. Honestly, though, that’s not really surprising as a ton of people were also trying to do the same thing at the same time I was. All in all, I think the update process probably took me just short of 2... Read more