Apple

Apple Activation Lock – unlock your iPhone, iPad, Mac or MacBook before you re-gift, recycle it this Xmas

Ray ShawDecember 10, 2019

New Apple security measures will render a second-hand Apple device useless unless you disable the Apple Activation lock, Apple User ID/password and unlink from... (Read More)

4 min read

Apple can’t stop faulty MacBook Butterfly keyboards class action

Ray ShawDecember 4, 2019

A US judge has cleared the way for a class-action to proceed against Apple for its faulty MacBook Butterfly keyboards. If successful it is going to cost Apple ... (Read More)

6 min read

Escape Therapy – HP takes the Siri out of Mac

Ray ShawOctober 31, 2019

HP’s new digital Escape Therapy campaign aims to help consumers see the light beyond Apple’s ‘walled garden’ that keeps users trapped in their ecosystem. ... (Read More)

5 min read

Apple AirPods Pro from side angle with case opened

4.8

Review: Apple AirPods Pro with Active Noise Cancelling

Valens QuinnOctober 30, 2019

Apple’s AirPods have been a runaway success and it’s not uncommon nowadays to spot the familiar white ‘sticks’ hanging out of many a commuter's ears. According... (Read More)

16 min read

GPS Week Number Rollover – update iPhone 4/5 or iPad pre-2013 NOW

Ray ShawOctober 30, 2019

Apple has advised iPhone 4/5 and iPad pre-2013 users to update iOS before midnight UTC on 3 November 2019. That is 10 AM Australian Eastern Standard Daylight S... (Read More)

4 min read

ACCC is suing Google – misleading users on collection/use of location data

Ray ShawOctober 30, 2019

The ACCC is suing Google! The issue - alleged misleading Google Android 8 users that switching off 'location history' ensures location privacy. Forgive me as w... (Read More)

7 min read

Confessions of a 10.5-inch iPad Pro Gen 2 user – and I love it!

Staff writersOctober 14, 2019

Hold on – isn’t Apple iPad Pro up to the 11-and-12.9-inch Gen 3, 2019 version. Why did I buy the iPad Pro Gen 2 instead? ... (Read More)

15 min read

Hybrid tablets and two-in-ones rule

Ray ShawOctober 9, 2019

Hybrid tablets and two-in-ones are replacing traditional tablets, and clamshell laptops says Australian Research firm Telsyte. ... (Read More)

5 min read

Apple Activation Lock – unlock your iPhone, iPad, Mac or MacBook before you re-gift, recycle it this Xmas

Ray ShawDecember 10, 2019

New Apple security measures will render a second-hand Apple device useless unless you disable the Apple Activation lock, Apple User ID/password and unlink from... (Read More)

4 min read

Apple can’t stop faulty MacBook Butterfly keyboards class action

Ray ShawDecember 4, 2019

A US judge has cleared the way for a class-action to proceed against Apple for its faulty MacBook Butterfly keyboards. If successful it is going to cost Apple ... (Read More)

6 min read

Escape Therapy – HP takes the Siri out of Mac

Ray ShawOctober 31, 2019

HP’s new digital Escape Therapy campaign aims to help consumers see the light beyond Apple’s ‘walled garden’ that keeps users trapped in their ecosystem. ... (Read More)

5 min read

4.8

Review: Apple AirPods Pro with Active Noise Cancelling

Valens QuinnOctober 30, 2019

Apple’s AirPods have been a runaway success and it’s not uncommon nowadays to spot the familiar white ‘sticks’ hanging out of many a commuter's ears. According... (Read More)

16 min read

GPS Week Number Rollover – update iPhone 4/5 or iPad pre-2013 NOW

Ray ShawOctober 30, 2019

Apple has advised iPhone 4/5 and iPad pre-2013 users to update iOS before midnight UTC on 3 November 2019. That is 10 AM Australian Eastern Standard Daylight S... (Read More)

4 min read

ACCC is suing Google – misleading users on collection/use of location data

Ray ShawOctober 30, 2019

The ACCC is suing Google! The issue - alleged misleading Google Android 8 users that switching off 'location history' ensures location privacy. Forgive me as w... (Read More)

7 min read