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Toyota announces the new Aygo X, a rugged take on the supermini

Toyota has today announced the new Aygo X, the replacement of the outgoing standard model and now in its third generation. The Aygo X has been raised, with an SUV like look, complete with canvas roof that is retractable and extra cladding on the bodywork. The Aygo X is now 55mm taller and also sits on an all new platform, with a 325mm longer wheelbase meaning more bootspace is offered, […]

Apple is reported to drop the requirement for masks in some US retail stores

It has been recently reported by Bloomberg that Apple in the US may no longer require customers to wear masks in some of its retail stores across the country. Apple has 270 stores state side and over 100 stores are reported to start dropping the requirement from tomorow. After careful review, the Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) team, along with leadership, have determined it’s safe to update our guidance on […]

Twitter is now showing Instagram link previews again

This week, Twitter has now finally started to add back link previews for Instagram. Now, like any other website when you share a link to an Instagram post on Twitter it displays a link and a thumbnail preview of that photo. Link previews for Instagram on Twitter used to work, however back in 2012 not long after Instagram become a thing those link previews went away and have been an issue since. […]

Report: M1 MacBook Air helped Apple sell 6.5m laptops in Q3 2021

It has been reported by Strategy Analytics that the M1 MacBook Air has helped ship around 6.5 million laptops in the third quarter of 2021, thanks to strong demand for the fan-less, M1 machine. Thanks to the boost in sales, Apple is now number four in the world, in terms of laptop shipments. Lenovo was third place for Q3 2021, with 5% year on year growth, but Apple saw 10% […]

Apple releases tvOS 15.1.1

Apple this week has released tvOS 15.1.1 for the Apple TV HD and Apple TV 4K. This minor update brings support for Siri, App Store and the TV app to South Korea. tvOS usually updates automatically, but if you want to manually upgrade, it can be done so by going to Settings > System > Software Update.

Craig Federighi speaks at Web Summit, says allowing sideloading on iPhone would be “a criminals best friend”

Speaking at the Web Summit conference today in Portugal Apple’s software engineering chief Craig Federighi spoke about his and Apple’s views on privacy and sideloading on the iPhone. This follows the recent provision from the EU with the Digital Markets Act that would force Apple to allow sideloading on the iPhone. Federighi said that sideloading is a criminals best friend and that it would open the floodgates to malware on […]

Beats discontinues Powerbeats, Solo Pro, and EP

Beats this week has culled a handful of products from its line up, including the Powerbeats, Beats Solo Pro and the Beats EP. The Beats Solo Pro are on ear headphones and were introduced in 2019, with ANC, a Lightning port and the folding mechanism for a way to turn on and off the headphones. Powerbeats were introduced last year and replaced the older Powerbeats 3, with a design similar […]

Toyota stops selling the Camry in the UK

The Toyota Camry is a staple in the US, but it has only recently made its way back to the UK after a 14 year absence in 2019. However, after two months of introducing a new refreshed model, Toyota has now discontinued the Camry in the UK – citing poor sales performance. The Camry is still listed on the Toyota UK website, but it is unavailable to be configured. The […]

Apple is now classing the 4th generation iPad as obsolete

Apple has this week marked the iPad 4th generation from 2012 as officially obsolete. The fourth generation was introduced just a few months after the third generation, which itself was the first iPad to feature the now standard Retina display, which at the time the only other devices to feature it was the iPod touch 4th and 5th generation and the iPhone 4 and 4s. As of 1st November the […]