Category: Apple
iPin will turn your phone into a laser pointer
Ever wanted to use your phone to control a Powerpoint presentation? Or how about as a laser pointer to wind up your cat? Then you might need the iPin. Its a super tiny device, plugging into the headphone socket on iPhone - and will then beam a laser when you press a button in the…
Top 10 iPhone music and audio apps
[nextpage title="Next"] We all know that our phones these days are more than just phones - in fact, how often do we use them to actually make phone calls? We just WhatsApp all our friends now. Phones are devices that help us in all facets of our life - especially entertainment. Here are 10 of…
Apple is now selling as many phones as Samsung, apparently.
Apple sold 74.5 million phones last quarter - which is about the same as Samsung according to one analyst, meaning that Apple could also be the number one phone seller, as well as the most profitable. The claim is being made by Strategy Analysis Inc (by way of Bloomberg), and would be another reassertion of…
What can Apple do with its record $18bn profits?
The big tech news today is that Apple has posted record profits: A staggering $18 billion in the last quarter - that's more than any company in history. The success is largely down the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, which have both been wildly successful - with over 74.5m iPhones shifted in that period. Wow.…
HTC Desire 610 vs Apple iPhone 5C
If you're looking for a mid-range handset then there are many options - and one of the decisions you tend to have to make is whether to go for a brand new, lower-spec device, or a flagship top-of-the-range phone from a few years ago, which has now come down in price. And this is why…
Tweetbot for Mac taken down after it hits user limit as Twitter continues to try to kill Twitter
Utterly maddening news this afternoon as it has emerged that desktop Twitter client Tweetbot for Mac has been pulled from the Mac app store after it hit the limit Twitter allows for the maximum number of users. According to The Guardian, Twitter had previously set a maximum limit on the number of users that third…
Processors for the iPhone 7 expected to be made by… Umm… Samsung
The next version of Apple's iPhone - which we expect to be called either the iPhone 7 or iPhone 6S - will apparently have its innards manufactured by arch-rivals Samsung. The news comes via MK Business News, which explains that the A9 processor will be made by the Korean firm instead of Taiwan's TMSC, which…
Apple’s Tim Cook gets a $6.7m bonus
Apple CEO Tim Cook is taking home a $6.7m bonus this year - as well as a $1.7m salary and $774,176 in "other compensation". Forget belt tightening - he should be switching to sweatpants. According to PhysOrg, the hefty bonus - which works out at about £4.5m - is perhaps due to the iPhone 6…
Apple patents an iPhone thumbstick
Could the iPhone 6S or iPhone 7 be built for gaming? That isn't such an insane possibility if Apple's latest patent is anything to go by. Patently Apple has unearthed a patent for a replacement to the iPhone's home button, which will pop out of the frame if the phone when pressed in - creating…
Apple iMac concept design inspired by the original Macintosh computer
Older readers will remember the early days of the Apple Macintosh computer - the 128K computer that was released in January of 1984. The original Apple Macintosh PC - with its beige case and built-in, 9-inch black-and-white CRT monitor - was considered ultra-modern and pretty powerful back then. It ran on a Motorola 68000 microprocessor…
