After Apple’s guidance revision, time to focus on enterprise To say Apple’s statement to investors revising its quarterly guidance got a lot of attention in the tech industry would be an understatement. The statement, which largely focused on iPhone sales in China as a major reason for missing revenue expectations by billions of dollars, quickly became one of the bigger tech and business stories of the new year. …
Samsung Galaxy S10 Leak Shows off Anti-Notch ‘Hole-Punch’ Design The first big leak of the Samsung Galaxy S10 just arrived a couple months ahead of the flagship’s likely unveiling at Mobile World Congress 2018. On Thursday, prolific gadget leaker Evan Blass posted a Tweet with a picture of what he says is a model of the upcoming Galaxy S10. It isn’t the cleanest photo, …
RIP iPhone 4s: Verizon Confirms It’s Killing 3G Phone Activations Verizon will no longer activate smartphones that only support 3G cellular networks, the company announced this week. Essentially, that means you won’t be able to activate your 3G-only iPhone or Android device moving forward. The carrier is now only going to accept devices that are capable of using 4G LTE networks. “For several years we’ve …
9 New Things You Didn’t Know the Amazon App Could Do When it comes to clever features built into the Amazon shopping ecosystem, the company’s website and Echo devices usually get most of the attention. What many Amazon customers might not know is just how feature-rich the company’s mobile shopping app is. In recent years, the flagship app has become a testing ground for a range …
This DIY ‘hack’ will make your Wi-Fi stronger – and it genuinely works I think we can all agree that the very worst thing in the entire world – the very, very worst – is not having full and immediate access to the internet at all times. The three minutes between station Wi-Fi when you’re on the Tube: an actual, living hell. It’s even more annoying when this …
This secret Google trick will turn your browser all Christmassy Google has unveiled its latest hidden easter egg – and this one is perfect for putting you in a fuzzy, festive mood in the run up to Christmas. If you type ‘Christmas’ (or ‘Christmas cards’, ‘Christmas presents’, any phrase with the word Christmas in), into the search engine, you’ll be greeted by a string of …
Here’s how to get two months of Spotify Premium for free It’s safe to say that Spotify has revolutionised the way we listen to music. Beginning life as a startup in Stockholm back in 2008, it led the way in developing the streaming market, and remains the biggest player in the field, even since the mighty Apple belatedly made its move with Apple Music just over …
Here’s how to listen to all the recordings your phone secretly makes of you Living in a dystopian hellscape where technology rules and nothing is private as we do, the idea that tech companies own vast, vast amounts of data on us is not that much of a surprise. And we’re pretty willing to give them this data, on the most part: just think how many selfies and group …
Press play for gifts It really is the most wonderful time of the year, but Christmas does throw up the rather tricky question of what to buy the gamer/sci-fi fan who has literally everything (yes, even the super-rare Snorlax Pokémon). But don’t worry: the Force is strong with GAME. They’ve travelled from Metropolis to the Mos Eisley trading post …
YouTube are going to war with Spotify by bringing out their own streaming service With more than 60 million paid subscribers, more than 140 million active users and more than 2 billion playlists, Spotify is the reigning boss of music streaming services. Those are pretty intimidating numbers if you’re a rival company trying to set up a competing business – but that’s exactly what YouTube are planning to do. …
