Apple launched its streaming service, Apple TV+ back in November 2019 and since then the company has been offering a one year free trial with every purchase of a new Apple device, whether it be a new iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV or Mac – but not an Apple Watch. However, the early days of a free year is coming to an end, starting on 1st July 2021 Apple […]
Back in April, Apple announced Podcasts Subscriptions for its official Apple Podcasts app and that it would be launching soon, well this week as of Tuesday 15th June the new service is available with a large selection of paid shows, channels and more. Creators of shows can opt to offer a paid version on the Podcasts app with monthly payments which go through Apple’s IAP model, of which they get […]
Apple discontinued the original larger HomePod back in March this year and at the time, it said while it would be kept on sale, any existing stock would not be replaced. As of this week in the US, the HomePod is now being listed as “out of stock” completely, whereas in the UK it is not available for delivery, just local pickup at some retail stores. Sales of the larger […]
Apple has announced recently that the HomePod mini would be coming to more countries soon, with availability coming now to Austria and Ireland. The new smaller speaker from Apple launched in October 2020 and has now replaced the larger HomePod in Apple’s lineup. The HomePod mini originally launched in the United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Spain, and the UK and will be coming to New […]
Apple has revealed that one of its first shows on Apple TV+ back in November 2019 will be coming back for a second season. The Morning Show will return this autumn for the second instalment, we wont spoil the show for those who haven’t seen it yet but all the same cast is returning. Jennifer Aniston as Alex, Reese Witherspoon as Bradley, Billy Crudup as Cory and Mark Duplass as Chip. Billy Crudup […]
Apple this week has released a new update for older iPhones and iPads with iOS and iPadOS 12.5.4. There is a small subset of popular devices out there can only go as far as iOS 12 and those include: iPad Air (2013) iPad mini 2 iPad mini 3 iPhone 5s iPhone 6 iPod touch 6th generation The new update can be downloaded via Settings > General > Software Update or […]
Today, Beats has revealed the new ‘Beats Studio Buds’ which are the first wireless earbuds from the company. While the PowerBeats Pro have been released, with similar features – these are a lot smaller and more discrete, more so than AirPods. The new Studio Beats have been leaked quite a lot over the past couple of weeks, with celebrities being spotted wearing them and the reviews for them actually dropped […]
Something that it an annual tradition now, stretching back the last few years, John Gruber from Daring Fireball and The Talk Show spoke to Apple executives Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak. This time for the second year, the interview on the show being hosted remote. The trio discuss everything from privacy to iPadOS 15 and how all the features of iCloud+. The full interview is around an hour and a […]
Apple announced its new operating systems for 2021 this week at WWDC and a few tidbits have come out in the past few days, one of them is the addition of Lower Power Mode to macOS Monterey and iPadOS 15, marking the first time the feature has moved beyond the iPhone since the feature was introduced. Low Power Mode came to the iPhone in 2015 with iOS 9 and throttles […]
Apple purchased popular weather app, Dark Sky little over a year ago now and has slowly been picking away at the pieces and integrating them into the stock iOS weather app. Last year with iOS 14, Apple added support for seeing the precipitation forecast fo the immediate future, which would show on a widget if it was going to rain soon. Then this week, when Apple previewed iOS 15 at […]
