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MacStadium now offers the M1 Mac mini

MacStadium, a company which has done a good job over the past eight years in Mac hosting, using actual Mac mini and Mac Pro hardware in various data centres over the world is now starting to rollout the option of the new Mac mini M1 to customers. MacStadium is offering the Mac mini in 8GB or 16GB configurations and can be purchased online, from $99 per month (£72.73) / €99. […]

AirPlay 2 and HomeKit support coming to LG 2018 smart TVs

This week, LG has started to rollout support for Apple HomeKit and AirPlay 2 in its range of smart TVs from 2018, this is following up from what the company said they would do earlier this year. HomeKit for TVs adds the ability to run automations, and control the power, volume and input from the Home app on iOS, macOS and watchOS. AirPlay 2 allows the streaming, over the local […]

HomePod mini can now be powered with some 18W USB adaptors

When the HomePod mini was released, it came with an included 20W USB-C charging brick which is used to power the speaker and when users got their hands on it, it was quick revealed that the 18W brick that came with the iPhone 11 Pro last year was not quite enough power for it. In doing so, the HomePod would glow red / orange on the top display, indicating an […]

New Tesla update hints that Apple Music support may be coming

Tesla has long only offered Spotify in its cars, as well as music from your phone on any service using Bluetooth or USB but with Spotify, the car can stream directly from the service using the integrated 4G connection. However, with a recent update to the software on the Tesla cars, it may be looking like support for Apple Music and Amazon Music might be coming soon. Support for Tidal […]

Apple Maps Look Around expanding to Israel, New Zealand, and Singapore

For the last few years, Apple has been driving around parts of the world to one, improve the data it has and two, in larger cities add ‘Look Around’ data, akin to what Google offers on nearly every road in the world with Street View. In a report from MacRumors recently, Apple’s cars with the LiDAR cameras on the roof have been seen in Israel, New Zealand, and Singapore. Look […]

Some Apple Stores close in the UK as COVID-19 cases increase

Here in the UK, the tiers were adjusted on Sunday and as a result all of London is in a new tier 4, essentially meaning travel is very restricted over Christmas. Following on from this, Apple has closed a number of stores in the UK, as well as in Tennessee, Brazil and Mexico. Also in California, all of the company’s 53 stores have now been shut too. In a statement […]

New Google Chromecast will get Apple TV app next year

The brand new Chromecast with Google TV was launched recently and one of the main apps missing from it was Apple TV and now Google has announced that it’ll come in 2021 bringing Apple TV+ original shows, iTunes purchases, Apple TV channels and more. The app will be coming in 2021 with no hard date set from Google, but once launching on Chromecast with Google TV it’ll then be available […]

Apple launches Apple Fitness+

Starting today with the launch of iOS 14.3 and watchOS 7.2, Apple has made its new fitness based service, Apple Fitness+ available. It was announced back in September along side Apple One, the new bundle service, iPad 8th gen, new Apple Watches and iPad Air. Apple Fitness+ is included in the Premium plan of Apple One which is £29.95 per month / $29.95 or on its own for £9.99/$9.99 per month. […]

Apple is launching Fitness+ on Monday

Apple announced earlier in the week that Apple Fitness+ will be launching next week on Monday 14th December. The new service was announced back in September along side Apple One, the new bundle service, iPad 8th gen, new Apple Watches and iPad Air. Apple Fitness+ is included in the Premium plan of Apple One which is £29.95 per month / $29.95 or on its own for £9.99/$9.99 per month. Apple […]

According to a former Apple engineer, AirPods Max took four years to develop

The new AirPods Max headphones from Apple were announced yesterday and to a very mixed audience, mainly due to the price. But since the launch we’ve discovered a few things about them, and notable is the time they took to develop. Dinesh Dave on Twitter revealed that the AirPods Pro took around four years to develop, the tweets have since been deleted but Ryan Jones managed to screenshot them before […]