Technology

YouTube on Apple TV is rolling out support for 4K

With tvOS 14 Apple finally opted to support Google’s own VP9 codec for UHD 4K content, as well as on iOS too. tvOS launched a few weeks ago and starting late last week, the official YouTube app on Apple TV was updated to support 4K videos. Previously the max was 1080p on the Apple TV and now users will have access to 1440p and 2160p (4K) videos on YouTube. tvOS […]

Apple TV app reported to be available on Xbox soon

Apple has been expanding where the Apple TV app is available over the past year, ever since Apple TV+ debuted. At the moment, the app is available on iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, the web via tv.apple.com as well as smart TVs, Roku boxes, Amazon Fire TV and much, much more. The app does work in a different way on iOS, iPadOS and tvOS than it does anywhere else and to […]

Amazon will be hosting a two day “Prime Day” next month

Every year, Amazon typically holds a 24 hour+ ‘Prime Day’, the first was around five years ago to celebrate a company anniversary and since then this big one day sales event has taken place every  July, but due to the pandemic, Amazon did delay Prime Day and this week the new date has been revealed, this time like in 2019 the event will span two days from 13th to the […]

Initial reviews of the Xbox Series X drop from major publications

This week, a few major publications were given early access to the new Xbox Series X which is due to be available this November, starting at $499 in the US and £449.99 in the UK. Out of most of the reviews, one opening quote from Engadget’s review was good news, simply: “The Xbox Series X is zippy.” From what I can gather, Tom Warren from The Verge has had early access to the Series […]

Documentary about Billie Eilish will be coming to Apple TV+ next year

Billie Eilish has been working on a new documentary lately, and it’s been around nine months since Apple bought the rights to the full documentary on the star. Titled “Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry.” Today Apple announced that the documentary will be coming to Apple TV+ in February 2021 as well as a theatrical release. It is reported that Apple paid around $25 million for this documentary. RJ […]

Apple releases macOS Catalina 10.15.7 with bug fixes

Today, alongside iOS 14.0.1, Apple has also released a bug fix update to macOS Catalina, with 10.15.7 which actually fixes a few major issues that have been present. One of the issues affected WiFi, where the Mac would not connect automatically to a WiFi network. Release Notes macOS Catalina‌ 10.15.7 provides important security updates and bug fixes for your Mac. – Resolves an issue where macOS would not automatically connect […]

Apple releases iOS 14.0.1 with bug fixes

Just over a week since Apple releases iOS 14 to the public, a new bug fix release is here, with iOS 14.0.1. With this release Apple is focusing solely on bug fixes. One of the features introduced with iOS 14 was the ability to change the default web browser and email app, but a bug occurred which caused those preferences to be reset back to default if the device was […]

VW up! GTI disappears from UK online car configurator

As the new Golf GTI Mk8 enters the scene starting today – which you can now order, the iconic up! GTI seems to have been removed from the Volkswagen online car configurator completely, the little hot hatch was introduced in 2018, then taken off the market in April 2019. This was due to the way emissions are tested with the new WLTP testing procedure and also the allocation of cars […]

Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk8 now available to order

Volkswagen unveiled the new eighth generation Golf GTI earlier this year in February and starting today, the UK order books have now opened with prices starting at £33,460. We covered all the new aspects of the Mk8 GTI earlier the year but we’ll run down the specs in this article. The new Golf GTI is based on the existing Mk8 Golf which was launched last year, with a new modern […]

Microsoft will be launching a non-subscription based Office next year

Microsoft has long been offering Office only via a subscription to Office 365, which is billed monthly or yearly. In the past, Microsoft used to offer Office as a one off fee and then users could upgrade when they feel best or things stop working. Also with nearly everything moving to subscriptions, there is such a thing as ‘subscription fatigue’ and Microsoft has acknowledged this. In a recent blog post, […]