Category: Apple
10 years since Apple introduced Emoji to iPhone – see how they’ve changed
Apple added emoji to its keyboard on the iPhone 10 years ago today, transforming the way people communicate via text. iPhone OS 2.2 – known as iOS from 2010 – introduced emoji to users in Japan initially, in time for the newly released iPhone 3G. 😲 Astonished Face on iPhone #2008v2018 https://t.co/ajoEkNzgvQ pic.twitter.com/d6wi5ygjRq — Emojipedia…
MacBook is the focus of Apple’s Christmas ‘Share Your Gifts’ ad
Apple has revealed its new Christmas advert, a fully animated short film about sharing things created on a MacBook. The advert, called Share Your Gifts, focuses on an Apple user who is too afraid to share the things she creates on her laptop. Although it is a piece of advertising for the tech giant, product…
iPhone spacebar ‘hack’ allows you to move cursor around text message
An iPhone keyboard hack that enables users to quickly move the cursor through the text of messages has sparked excitement among users, despite being available in some forms since 2015. Flagged by several users on Twitter in recent days, the feature enables iPhone users to press and hold on the spacebar of the keyboard and…
Apple boss defends taking billions from Google to use its search engine
Apple recently added the iPhone XS, XS Max and XR to its line-up (Kirsty O’Connor/PA) Apple chief executive Tim Cook has defended the company accepting billions from Google to make its search engine the iPhone default, despite its commitment to privacy. The boss of the world’s first trillion dollar company…
Review: Apple iPhone XR £749
The £749 iPhone XR is available in six different colours Apple’s third iPhone of the year - the 'affordable' XR - is meant to be the device to bring the latest Apple technology to more people. But is it really any good or has its cheaper price-tag been achieved by cutting…
Apple to start selling iPhone and iPad devices directly on Amazon..but not the HomePod
Apple is to start selling a number of its products directly on Amazon as part of a deal between the two tech giants. The iPhone maker’s devices and accessories have been available on the online retailer for some time but only through third party sellers and at variable prices. Products including iPhones, iPads and Apple…
Kevin Lynch Q+A: Author of Steve Jobs A Biographic Portrait
Chris Price talks to former Tech Digest contributor Kevin Lynch about his latest book on Apple Founder Steve Jobs... What was the most interesting thing you found out about Steve Jobs while researching this book? That Jobs should primarily be regarded as a design hero rather than perhaps a business hero. So many of the…
REVIEW: Steve Jobs, a Biographic Portrait by Kevin Lynch
Whether you like Apple or not, you can't help but admire the energy and sheer determination of its founder Steve Jobs. Born in 1955, he was adopted by a working-class Californian couple and went on to become one of the most influential figures of the 20th century. Incredibly smart, he was also undoubtedly ruthlessly ambitious,…
To Upgrade your iPhone or Not to? iPhone X vs iPhone XS Max, iPhone XS
Only last year Apple launched its pioneering iPhone X device that emerged as the highest-selling smartphone during the first three months of the year 2018. Apple's most-expensive iPhone (until recently) also got the title for being the most profitable smartphone in the world. The iPhone X garnered 35% of the total smartphone industry profit, meaning…
Should I buy a new iPhone tomorrow? 5 reasons why you should and 5 why you shouldn’t!
Chris Price gives five reasons why you should and five reasons why you shouldn't buy one of the new iPhones as soon as they hit the shops.... Tomorrow (21st September 2018) sees the official launch of three new iPhone models: the XS (confusingly pronounced 10S rather than 'excess'), its bigger brother, the XS Max, and…
