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The DVSA website crashed this morning as 150,000 queue to book driving tests

This morning was the first time since the lockdown started back in March, that new drivers have been able to book new driving lessons and when over 150,000 users attempted to log on this morning the DVSA website crashed due to high levels of demand. Driving tests had been cancelled for the last four months due to the lockdown. Our customer service centre is still receiving an extremely high number […]

Ubiquiti UniFi Protect cloud access is down

UniFi Protect is Ubiquiti’s own brand CCTV camera system, all cameras are powered by PoE and require a local on premise NVR, either it be the Cloud Key Gen2+, the UDM Pro or the new UNVR. However, when you want to view the live cameras, the recordings remotely it doesnt work the same way as something from Nest would work, with Nest the recordings are remote and stored in the cloud […]

Apple is planning on reopening some US based Apple Stores soon

Apple this week has started to let employees know at its retail stores in the US that there are plans to reopen some of the stores around the country which have been closed since the start of the coronavirus earlier this year. A few months afterwards, some stores opened up again, only to have to close again due to riots. Some stores also opened up in May, but due to […]

Android 11 will have wireless Android Auto support for the majority of phones

Once Google has fully released Android 11, the support for wireless Android Auto will be greater as Google has made some necessary changes to allow it. Wireless Android Auto was launched quite a while ago, back in 2018 but only a couple of phones supported it, notably Nexus and Pixel users and then later on Samsung supported it too on high end models. With Android 11, support will be rolled […]

Apple Pay is coming to more banks in Europe

Apple Pay has been around for quite a while now, after launching in the US with the iPhone 6 back in 2014, and then expanding out a year later to the UK and other countries, you’d have thought that every single credit card company and bank would have already jumped on board, but no. This week, a few banks and credit card companies in Europe have now announced support for […]

Mitsubishi is going to be leaving the UK and Europe

Last month, Mitsubishi announced plans that it will no longer be launching new vehicles anymore here in the UK and the rest of Europe, due to overall profitability of operating. The pullout will not be overnight and Mitsubishi will still sell the existing models, including the newly updated L200 pickup and the Outlander PHEV hybrid SUV – those models will be still sold until they don’t meet the emissions regulations, […]

Deal: Beats Solo Pro now £189 on amazon.co.uk today – over £80 off

Today on amazon.co.uk, the new Beats Solo Pro have been reduced down from £269.95 to just £189.95. Apple’s own website still has an RRP of £269.95. The new Beats Solo Pro were introduced at the end of last year and are on ear headphones, feature ANC noise cancelling and transparency modes akin to the AirPods Pro. Also, like the AirPods Pro, the H1 chip is here for hands free ‘Hey […]

Google Play Music will be shut down at the end of this year

Google has always had a long history of starting something, then shutting it down and now Google Play Music is going to be shut down this year, with the recent launch of YouTube Music, which is included as part of YouTube Premium. Google will be shutting down and deleting data for Play Music in December with a four month plan in place, starting this month users will not be able […]

Nintendo Switch is going to launch in Brazil soon

Nintendo is going to start selling the Switch in Brazil soon, this is after five long years of not selling direct to the country due to exorbitant taxes at the time, which made selling in Brazil unsustainable for Nintendo. Since the Switch launched over three years ago, fans have had to import or look at resellers to get one. Last August, the President of Brazil announced that taxes had been […]

Mountune, best known for tuning Fords is now looking for a buyer

Mountune who is best known for making tuned Fords has been having some financial issues lately, last month the founder David Mountain left the company and held the position of technical director at the company and Andrew Williams has taken over as director. However in the 2017 financial year, the company reported a loss of £107,429 and no new reports have been published since and now an accounting company KPMG […]