Tag: ipad
Apple updates iOS8 to make older devices usable again
Apple has tacitly admitted that iOS8 has caused problems of older devices - by releasing an update promising to fix things on iPad 2 and iPhone 4S. You might have noticed things getting significantly slower if you have an older device - and you wouldn't be alone. Now though, if you go into the Software…
The iPad as a Point of Sale Terminal
It sound an implausible design: putting up a consumer-level tablet as a replacement for specially designed hardware and software. When you think about it, though, it makes a lot of sense. Suppliers such as Shopify make it simple to source hardware solutions to use with this particular point of sale solution. As retail businesses, having…
The Skep-Tech: Why Apple WON’T make iPads that run Mac OS, and why it would be INSANE to do so
I've been holding off talking about this, because it sounds insane - but the din in the tech scene won't go away because it is largely a massive echo-chamber. Everyone is reporting 'rumours' that Apple is planning an iPad (possibly a 12" iPad) that runs Mac OS. Now, perhaps I'll look back on this post…
Next iPads almost certainly getting TouchID
It seems almost certain that the next generation of iPads will feature fingerprint-sensing TouchID technology - the same we've seen in the iPhone 5S and 6. Cult of Mac is reporting that developer Hamza Sood has done some digging into Apple's release of iOS 8.1 and has found strings of text contained hidden within that…
Tom Hanks’ free iPad typewriter app hits no.1 on App Store
Remember that classic scene in the film Big — the film that really launched Tom Hanks' big-screen career — in which he plays Chopsticks by dancing on the giant piano keys? Well, now keys of another kind have also proved a big success for the Oscar-winning actor. His manual typewriter simulator app for the iPad — called…
Perhaps this is why they make you switch your devices off when going on a plane?
Terrifying news from the New York Post, where it has emerged that a passenger plane dropped 5000 feet without anyone realising - because the pilot was distracted by her iPad. The Boeing 777 flight, which was flying from Mumbai to Brussels apparently dropped from the 34,000ft it had been assigned. Luckily air traffic control spotted…
New iPads area already being cranked out in China
An Apple rumour du jour. Today we're hearing that Apple has already began production of new iPads in its factories. According to Bloomberg, the new iPads - which we're expecting to be announced in October - will come in both 9.7" and 7.9" variations, same as the iPad Mini. So this is probably going to…
O2 to finally start selling 4G iPad Air & iPad Mini in the UK
Late to the party, but O2 has announced that from next Thursday it will be selling the iPad Air and iPad Mini with Retina display on contract. O2 joins the other major networks in offering a contract. Previously the only way to get an O2 iPad was to buy an iPad separately and add an…
Paul McCartney re-releases five albums as iPad apps
Sir Paul McCartney has somehow never managed to loses his cool – or his financial touch. This week, a "selfie" of Macca sitting on a bench with billionaire Warren Buffett that was taken by a 16-year-old in Omaha, Nebraska, went viral. Now the coolest surviving Beatle has announced that five of his classic albums – Band…
Tablets now go-to devices for TV, gaming and more
Tablets have become mainstream consumer devices in the UK with more than half of 16-44 year olds having access to one, according to new data from Kantar Media's FutureProof study. This means that tablets are now the go-to portable device…
