Apple TV+ launched to great aplomb with prominent names like Oprah Winfrey, Jason Momoa, Reese Witherspoon, Steve Carell and Jennifer Aniston. Now, the brand-new streaming service has scored another monumental win amidst rising competition from the likes of Disney Plus, and HBO Go. Masters of the Air will be a
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Announced at WWDC 2019, MacOS Catalina has been in the recent months been much overshadowed by Apple's iPad, iPhone, iPadOS and iOS 13 updates. But the Mac has long been the company's mainstay. Apple senior vice president of software engineering Craig Federighi announces the new MacOS Catalina. Image: Apple MacOS
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Upgrading from my Apple Watch Series 3 to the Series 5 was quite an experience. While I had long been envious of the larger screen size of the Series 4 watches and their accompanying exclusive watch faces, the feature set of my Series 3 had been more or less adequate.
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Spotify will be finally getting Siri support with iOS 13.1, meaning that users can directly access their song libraries on the popular music streaming app by voice command without having to unlock their phones. While this would place Spotify in a much better position to compete with Apple Music (though
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Let's get it out of the way. The iPhone 11 is the most attractive phone in the iPhone 11 lineup. It offers all the power of the Pro models, most of the utility of the camera array, and one of the best-looking LCD displays in the market right now. The
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Razer, the world's premier gaming lifestyle brand, has announced a range of protective mobile cases with a newly-developed thermal cooling technology for the 2018 and 2019 iPhones, along with Razer Phone 2. The Razer Arctech is compatible with 2018 and 2019 iPhones, along with Razer Phone 2. Image: Razer This
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Huawei's P30 Pro. Oppo's R17 Pro. Samsung's A9 Pro. Few batted their eyelids when the Android field brazenly labelled their devices Pro, but God forbid Apple's top-of-the-line smartphones bear that coveted postfix. The iPhone 11 Pro Max has arrived. Some say they're a boring update, others say Apple has finally caught up with the pack. Nonetheless,
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The Apple Watch Series 5 is the Cupertino giant's next chapter in the world's best-selling line of watches, ever. It now brings an always-on display, an on-board compass, new cellular bands for emergency service contact, and watchOS 6 - which can't be understated. The Apple Watch Series 5 with Solar
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Spinal Tap, 1984 We've got our hands on the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro Max, Apple's latest additions to its most popular line of products. The iPhone 11 Pro Max on top of its predecessor, the iPhone Xs Max. Image: Ian Ling In our first few hours with these
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The iPhone 11 devices might be grabbing headlines everywhere, but most sources aren't covering all the details of Apple's newest line of smartphones. We do a deep-dive into some of the features in the fine print that many have missed. 1. Water resistance Where the iPhone Xs and Xs Max
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The iPhone 11 series of smartphones could very well be one of the most intensively-leaked devices in the history of tech. Everything, from camera bump, to most of the feature sets were hinted at in the lead up to the launch just earlier today. While most rumours proved to be
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Rumours of the Apple Watch’s new Titanium and Ceramic cases convinced many that Apple will not be renewing its fastest-growing product segment for 2019. That was in large part due to the astounding set of features that debuted on the Apple Watch Series 4, including the headline-grabbing on-wrist ECG capability.
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Available for students at an even more accessible price of USD 329 / SGD 499, the new 10.2” 7th Gen iPad packs an even bigger display and a smart connector to make lend greater versatility to the entry-level device. The 7th Gen iPad Touted to compete against the “top-selling Windows
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Apple started its September event with two key announcements - its Apple Arcade and Apple TV+ services. Coming in at USD 4.99 (SGD 6.98), the competitively-priced Apple Arcade & Apple TV+ target similar services in the market like Netflix, Amazon and Google's Stadia. The Apple TV+ was first revealed earlier
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The hype and hoopla surrounding Apple's upcoming September 10 launch widely expected to detail the iPhone 11 phones can be deafening. In just a few hours' time, swathes of the iOS loyal will catch a glimpse of the company's next mobile devices - the large majority of them bound to
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Apple has outdone itself by releasing iOS 13.1 Beta even before the official release of iOS 13. No one’s quite sure just what this means, but my guess is that iOS 13 has seen the implementation of so many new features and tweaks that several constant updates were needed. Craig
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Dongles - a necessary evil, or a conspiracy plot against minimalism - whatever you think of it, it's undeniable that they're slightly troublesome and that their importance only means twice the inconvenience when you inevitably forget your dongle or any one of your peripherals. The aluminium finish of the Minix
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Months ago, I had the chance to test out the renown Paperlike screen protectors. I'm a huge iPad user, and typically bring along my 2018 iPad Pro and iPad mini 5 as my daily drivers in place of a MacBook. The main draw of the Paperlike screen protector is that
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Parallels, a popular virtualisation software, has released Parallels Desktop 15 for Mac available as an update for existing users and for new ones alike. With this update, Parallels now supports DirectX 11 on Windows virtual machines by using Apple's proprietary Metal graphics API. This improvement in graphics support will bode
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Apple is known for its innovative marketing campaigns - everything from the "1984" Super Bowl TV commercial to the "Silhouette" iPod campaign. This year, the advertising folks have come up with a completely new strategy, one that would perfectly draw Millenials: ASMR videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4QcnglJtfo Apple's cleverly-branded SMR videos take you
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