Hot off a successful event in Joburg, the Cape Town Fugard Theatre will play host to a celebration of creativity on the 15 May. The symposium comprises 12 dynamic speakers talking on trend-setting design, the future creatives and making your mark in this dynamic industry.
Since its March debut at the Geneva International Motor Show, Apple’s CarPlay has been the talk of the town. On Wednesday the public got their first chance to experience Apple’s highly anticipated in-car system.
With more of us using the digital ether that is the Cloud platform, the technology is replacing physical storage of old (CDs, DVDs, magazines and floppy disks) and provides users with an invisible mainframe to maintain one’s digital life. But although the Cloud may seem intangible, somewhere in the world, massive servers are chowing through electricity.
We are a bit suspicious of this due to April Fools shenanigans, thus Apple junkies might have to wait for more conclusive evidence. But with the supposed iPhone 6 looking this sexy in leaked images, we hope this is the real deal.
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It’s a scary world out there, and if you have your eyes glued on your phone the whole time, you may butt heads with immovable objects frequently. In an effort to stop you from walking face first into a tree, a lamppost or fellow pedestrian while texting, Apple have filed a patent for ‘Transparent Texting.’
Apple’s security is leakier than a colander of late. These images – based on a first hand description – of the company’s life data tracking app ‘Healthbook’ have surfaced. It is expected that Apple’s health-monitoring software for its mobile operating system will be launched with iOS 8.
Steve Jobs didn’t like Apple execs giving interviews. Up until recently Apple’s design chief, Jonathan Ive, has only appeared a handful of times in public for his works, much less give an in-depth interview. Please meet the designer that changed the world.
Apple released their iOS 7.1 update. The update isn’t anything major but there are a couple of significant bug fixes and additions to the mobile operating system.
iPhone users at the SXSW festival were introduced to the use of iBeacon. iBeacons have been implemented at retail stores and some stadiums, but this was one of the first festivals that made use of the Bluetooth LE tech.
A year ago a sane person wouldn’t have trusted the directions given to you by Apple Maps, the app had a tendency of directing you across airport runways. But with that mess all sorted, Apple are focusing on the in-car interface.
The Internet is a big place, and a large number of sites have come and gone. This map of the Internet created by graphic designer Martin Vargic is insane. Representing the online world through cartography, with no detail spared, this map is worth checking out.
Samsung are trolling Apple again. Hard. Remember the iPad pencil ad? Yep, well, so does Samsung. Here’s the ad they’re spoofing:
Rumours have been floating around the web of late regarding the iPhone 6. Apple keep their new projects under tight secrecy but someone, perhaps a disgruntled employee, always slips out a pic or two under Apple’s radar. These leaked images are of the iPhone 6, claims blogger Sonny Dickson.
Steve Wozniak has always had wacky ideas when the rest of the world looks mute and dull. He created the personal computer as a kid when experts said it can’t be done, remember? Although he isn’t an active member of the Apple engineering family anymore, he still has lots to say about his beloved Cupertino.
Online education in South Africa has joined a global revolution with Apple’s latest decision to open up iTunes U Course to another 70+ countries from around the world.
If you happen to see someone in Apple’s Grand Central store pick up an Apple product and walkout the store without ever talking to a salesperson or paying at the checkout counter, please don’t tackle them. It isn’t a case of daylight robbery – they may have used Apple’s iBeacon.
And if it wasn’t enough to get through a day without your phone bombarding you, every chance it gets with non-stop notifications! Now Apple plans to make your phone tell you how fat and lazy you are under the guise of tracking your fitness.
Apple celebrated the Macintosh computer’s 30th anniversary with the release of this video. The video is a compilation of footage shot during the span of one day across five continents in ten different countries, highlighting the Mac’s use in design, robotics, education and engineering. And the whole thing was shot on iPhones. Mental.
A prankster named Tyler pretended to be an employee at four different Apple stores in New York. Not only did he convince customers to wait for the up-and-coming iPhone 5Q and 5ZZ models, he also advised patrons that they ought to thank Apple for creating Polio and Syphilis.
2014 is the year of wearable technology, and although Apple has yet to even announce a smart watch to compete with Samsung’s offerings, the rumour mill is churning. The New York Times claims that the Apple smart watch might be equipped with a solar-charging layer that would top up the battery when the device is worn […]
It’s been three long decades since Apple released its first-ever Macintosh computer for $2,495. Today, the company stands comfortably on top of the tech industry.
Samsung has already gone ahead and given the smart watch a go – with mixed reactions.
It’s hard to accept that it’s been three whole decades since Apple changed the tech marketing game with their iconic ‘1984’ ad that aired during the Super Bowl.
Sweet Mary mother of Jesus – this one is a shocker. Apple’s App Store had to pull a ‘Barbie-inspired’ plastic surgery app off their digital shelves this week, because it was so obviously, clearly, unambiguously and definitely wrong.
Apple’s new 90-second advert for the iPad Air is a corker. Do not watch if you cannot yet afford one.
Why would you need a camera app if you already have a pre-installed camera app that takes pictures just fine? Because it simply isn’t good enough as it is.
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Apple just loves spoiling us, and that’s why we love Apple. The company is giving iPad and iPhone users the opportunity to download FREE apps, with its end-of-year promotional app, “12 Days of Gifts”.
This game is absolutely tearing it up on the app store charts. In just three weeks, the trivia game ‘QuizUp’ has amassed 3,5 million registered users. It reached its millionth user in just eight days. QuizUp is being called the “fastest-growing iPhone game in history.”