Category: News
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Framework releases a Chromebook
Got to love the team over at Framework, it’s been on my radar for a while and they have now released a Chromebook. This is the way to build a laptop in 2022 and I wish more companies took this approach to sustainability. Now please can they create an Android phone 🙂
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Apple increases the price of the iPhone in the UK
I watched the keynote today for the iPhone 14 and 14 Pro and on checking the prices I realised they had gone up in price across the board. (These prices are for the base equivalent spec, some tiers are more). This is starting to feel like the PS5 price increases all over again.
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Day One gets acquired
I’ve been using Day One for years so this news that they have been acquired by the makers of WordPress is definitely interesting. As I’ve written about before WordPress looks to be pivoting towards wanting to become a social network with it’s introduction of, sigh stories. On the whole though I like Automattic as a…
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Apple announces a new form factor iMac
Wow, the iMac looks great. This looks amazing and in Orange! I love that Apple are bringing back some colour to the line up – it’s much needed in my opinion. It’s 24″, which is fine for most people, I have a current 27″ and it’s about as big as I would want to use…
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Buy the new Apple TV Siri Remote
The best thing about the new Apple TV for me was the new remote, well the good news is that you can order it for your existing Apple TV.
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Spotify, why are you releasing an in car player?
Spotify announced Car Thing a few days ago for “select Spotify users” but I have no idea why. I can see strategically they want to be in people’s faces as often as possible but is there really a need for this? All of the cars I’ve owned have been fine for streaming from my phone.…
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Apple developing new Apple TV with HomePod functionality and a camera?
I think that if this report by Mark Gurman at Bloomberg is to be believed Apple are developing a new ‘home’ product that combines an Apple TV, HomePod and Camera to use FaceTime and I think it’s about time. It makes perfect sense to have something that we could use instead of crowding around the…
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AppleCare+ gets a nice update
This change of two incidents per year instead of over the two years is a nice change to see with AppleCare+. I’ve only checked the Apple Watch version but imagine it’ll also be offered on the iPhone 12 series too next month.
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Apple News+ Gets ready to launch in the UK?
On checking Apple News this morning I was greeted with a new tab replacing Spotlight My region is set to UK but I’m on the beta of iOS 13. When you tap get started you get this Tapping Start Reading puts you into an infinite loop of this page over and over again. Strange this…
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No more North Face gear for me
I couldn’t believe what I’ve been reading being a fan of North Face stuff for a while but no longer. I always thought they were pretty ethical but based on this performance I can’t figure out why they would think this is an ok thing to do.
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Thoughts on a foldable phone
I haven’t watched all of Samsung’s latest event but I did see the new Galaxy Fold, what a name… anyway a foldable $2000 smartphone is something I wanted to comment on. My first impression when seeing it on the livestream was, wow that’s just two phones stuck together. It’s kind of cool to see something…
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LJPUK Stats 2018 roundup
Although I’m not setting the world alight with my content I’ve seen a steady increase in traffic since launching the new site on WordPress. I’m not talking hundreds of thousands but I’m in the tens of thousands now, which I’m pleased with. I’ve not marketed at all really just put out content that I’ve wanted…
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Thanks
Hi everyone, as we get to the end of the year I wanted to just say thanks to everyone that has read, engaged with me and shared my content this year. As an independent content creator it’s sometimes hard to maintain the motivation to keep going, especially when you have a demanding day job. Even…
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Apple ‘discounts ‘ hit the UK
Looks like XR and XS sales continue to be a concern for Apple as it brings its increased trade in values to the UK. Here’s what you can now get an XR or XS for in the UK when you trade in your perfectly good existing model. iOS 12 works fine on all these devices…
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