Month: July 2014
Apple’s CarPlay is coming to the VW
Apple is in talks with a number of new car manufacturers to bring iOS to our daily driving experiences. The latest brand to sign up? Well, it looks like Apple is making its way into Volkswagen and VW is in talks for this to happen in its 2016 models. Mark Gurman from 9to5mac says: 'Volkswagen’s VW line, one of the…
Friends are genetically similar, says study
Next time someone rejects your offer of friendship on Facebook or (god forbid), IRL, don’t feel too bad: it might not be your looks or personality they found offensive, but your genome. A new US study claims that friends are more genetically similar than strangers. Researchers looked at tissue samples of around 2000 people from…
Samsung’s Galaxy S5 sales are slipping
Samsung vs Apple is a debacle we would all like to move on from, but in those few words it is hard to forget that if its not a courtroom brawl between these two smartphone giants then it is more than likely a sales brawl. In recent reports of Q2 sales for 2014, Samsung is…
Are we all becoming social media engagement show-offs, like Cheryl?
Cheryl Cole enjoys stirring up the celeb press and working her massive fan-base into a totally frenzy with unexpected Instagram photos, announcements and airy-fairy Pinterest-style quotes. Remember the infamous 'OMG WTF?!' shot of her rose tattoo? (Which seems to have been removed from her Instagram account and that of her tattoo artist?!)? The weird cryptic messages?…
Google hires super hackers to protect you
Google, a present day supergiant we all know and probably deal with daily has launched a super hacker team to work on its illusive 'Project Zero'. Google announced only yesterday that it has put together a project in the search to reduce the amount of 0 days vulnerabilities floating around cyber space, in the article itself Google says;…
Smart devices now alerted to Flash sites
In the past we have had to click through to many websites on our mobile device only to be greeted by that funny little window and a blank image telling us a site is using Flash (So 2006), in a recent blogpost Google has shown us that now they will alert us to the fact the website…
Are Apple and IBM back together?
In the past the relationship between IBM and Apple has been an amazing amalgamation of brilliant hardware and software teams, they brought us the amazing PowerPC Macs of the 90's/00's. But in the wake of that IBM and Apple have once again joined forces, but this time to ensure IBM employees use iDevices in the workplace.…
Did you know Apple doesn’t own the trademark for Touch ID?
With Apple's revolutionary Touch ID already out there and being used daily by 5S users, it seems somewhat unbelievable that Apple doesn't own the trademark for it. Yep, we didn't know that either. It's come to light that in fact that Touch ID as a trademark is owned by Kronos Technology Systems and has been for…
Is Corning worried about Apple’s Sapphire glass rumours?
We've seen plenty of rumours that the upcoming iPhone will have Sapphire glass, with these rumours Corning appears to have been somewhat shaken and has launched a video on its site detailing the breaking point of its Gorilla glass vs Sapphire glass. This is a very bold statement to make without any concise evidence that…
Were Apple iPhone 6 release date and specs leaked by Amazon?
Looking back at Apple's history of iPhone release dates it has normally been in the summer months of June/July, but last year switched to mid September, so we can only but guess Apple's approach to delivery time this year, in a normal world where people make no errors and rumour mills don't happen could we…
