Year: 2023

Tomorrow, Apple is set to introduce its latest iPhones and all the rumours are pointing towards USB-C as replacement of the Lightning port.  The last time Apple switched the port from the 30-pin connector to the Lightning port was in 2012 with the iPhone 5; and a of people did not like the switch because 1. People don’t like change and 2. What was to happen to all the accessories that they brought prior to the change? they are not going to work with the new phone (unless they use an adapter). We are in a similar yet different situation…

I wanted to play Need For Speed Unbound as soon as it released last year but the reviews were not really favourable. So I thought i’ll hold on and get the game when it is on sale. Last month, in the UK, EA Play had a deal going where you can access the service for just £0.79 a month and Unbound was one of the games in the playlist. So I signed up for a month of EA Play and installed Unbound straight away. I really liked the first few hours of the game and the game was tough even…

Today, the 9th of September marks the 9th anniversary of Apple introducing the Apple Watch. I remember being really excited about this event and the rumours didn't help as I knew to what to look for, and yet was amazed when I first saw it. Tim Cook and Apple using Steve Jobs' famous "One more thing" liner to introduce the Apple Watch was a great touch, it was the first time since Jobs' death those words were uttered on stage. I have embedded the video of the introduction below, I know what I am watching tonight! https://youtu.be/bdyVH5LqneU?si=4WWi0LDvNufb3eMG

Three more sleeps and we will know what the new iPhones look like. Well, we know what the rumours are but everything we know and do not know of will be official.  I have had the iPhone 14 Pro Max since day one and below is what I like and dislike about my phone: The Good:  - Dynamic Island I still don’t think the potential of the Dynamic Island is fully realised yet, and is disappointing because we now know what is coming in iOS 17, but I am hoping there is some Dynamic-Island-related surprise in the final build of…

Muscle memory is a funny thing. Something you only notice when it doesn’t work - you start connecting the dots backwards, figure out something’s not right, then realise it’s been muscle memory all along and you’ve been doing it impulsively. I have been a Reddit user for a real long time and when Apollo launched in one iPhone I got it on day one and was the only way I would use Reddit. I’d be on my MacBook and if I’d had to use Reddit I’ll grab my phone or iPad as that was the fastest and preferred way of…

I have been on a premium trial of Spotify for 3 months now and today my tiral expires.  Yesterday I used Spotify like every other day, but it wasn’t like every other day because I saw the below screen every time I would switch to the Spotify app. I had no intention of paying for Spotify but behaviour like this would have lead me away, it's distasteful. I have used trials of Apple Music in the past and there is no way Apple Music was this intrusive trying to keep me in. Seeing this a few times, or on a…

It seems like Instagram is rolling out Live Activities support on iOS. I haven’t seen this being reported by any Apple-tech blogs I follow so I am guessing this is a slow rollout. Or maybe it’s just being tested on a selected few accounts. Yesterday I was uploading a story to my Instagram and it showed me this on my lock-screen: Live Activity tiles from Instagram. It, without any surprise, also subsequently appeared on the Dynamic Island when I unlocked my phone. I later was uploading a reel and saw it too. It’s always good to see established apps like…

Apple today released public beta's for all of the new operating systems coming later this year. I didn't want to update my iPhone nor my MacBook to the latest betas because I'd like to think I have a bit of sanity by not installing beta software on my most important computers I use everyday. But with a passion for tech and all things Apple I did want to get on the new stuff and this is where my 2018 iPad stands in my life. If things go wrong it won't be the end of the world as I can live…