Netatmo, which is most famous for its weather station – which now after many years, works with HomeKit. The French company has updated its outdoor smart floodlight camera with an integrated siren which can get very loud, up to 105db. The existing Smart Outdoor Camera has been out for a few years and is still on sale, while the new one is up for pre-order. Both cameras work with HomeKit, […]
This week, McLaren announced it is restructuring and part of this, nearly a third of it’s workforce is being made redundant. McLaren has 4000 employees at the moment and 1,200 of them are now losing their jobs. Like most companies at the moment, McLaren is suffering as a result of the current coronavirus pandemic and this has had an impact on the company’s revenue. Employees will be losing jobs in […]
YouTube Kids, which is a separate app on iOS and Android is a customised, pared back experience for kids which provides a safe environment for parents to give to kids and be safe in the knowledge they won’t see anything age inappropriate by accident. The service uses humans to review the content, feedback from parents as well as automated filters. Parents can even restrict screen time in the app too. […]
Apple’s first British and first European show on Apple TV+ is Trying, it debuted in full on the 1st May and it follows the life of Jason and Nikki as they go through the process of adopting a baby. All eight episodes can be watched now on Apple TV+. Earlier in the month, Esther Smith who plays Nikki spoke to Metro about the show and whats next for it. “Yeah, we’ve been […]
iOS 13.5 was released last week and it brought some necessary features for the ongoing coronavirus, such as support for the Exposure Notification API as well as optimising Face ID for users who are wearing masks, which is a lot of users now. iOS 13.4.1 was released in early April and only really fixed a bug which prevented FaceTime calls between iOS 13 and devices on iOS 9.3.6 and earlier, […]
In England, car dealerships have been closed since near the start of the lockdown, whereas the service departments have been allowed to stay open during it to help key workers get their cars repaired in order to travel to work. This week, Boris Johnson has announced that starting on the 1st June, car dealerships in England will be allowed to fully open to sell new cars so long as the […]
During the first quarter of this year, Apple came first for the most popular smartphone with the iPhone 11. According to Omida, Apple shipped 19.5 million iPhone 11 units whereas the smaller iPhone 11 Pro came eighth with 3.8 million units, behind the iPhone XR and the Samsung Galaxy A51 among others. The iPhone XR came fourth, with 4.7 million units shipped during Q1 2020. Omida is a market research firm which […]
Apple recently refreshed the MacBook Air this year, it replaced the butterfly keyboard with the Magic Keyboard which has helped improve the reliability and also it is now 2x faster than the last version. Also, the price was dropped for the base spec from £1,099 to £999. This gets you an 13-inch screen, Intel Core i3 processor, 8GB RAM and 256GB internal storage. Apple and Amazon usually retail this for […]
Apple announced the Pro Display XDR and the new Mac Pro at WWDC last year, to some criticism regarding the price of the monitor as also, the price of the stand. Regardless of the price of the stand, Apple pitched the £4,599 monitor as a reference monitor and those from the likes of Sony cost around $40,000 and can’t be left on for very long. The Mac Pro and the […]
BMW has revealed that here in the UK, the current 6 Series GT will be pulled from sale next month, due to poor sales. BMW also won’t be offering the new facelifted version in the UK either which was announced recently. Other countries will get it, however. BMW started offering the 6 Series GT back in 2017 which at the time, replaced the 5 Series GT. But due to poor sales […]
