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Tom Hanks’ free iPad typewriter app hits no.1 on App Store

Remember that classic scene in the film Big — the film that really launched Tom Hanks' big-screen career — in which he plays Chopsticks by dancing on the giant piano keys? Well, now keys of another kind have also proved a big success for the Oscar-winning actor. His manual typewriter simulator app for the iPad — called…

19 August 20147 June 2019 Stuart Apple, Apps, iPad, iPad apps, iTunes

Perhaps this is why they make you switch your devices off when going on a plane?

Terrifying news from the New York Post, where it has emerged that a passenger plane dropped 5000 feet without anyone realising - because the pilot was distracted by her iPad. The Boeing 777 flight, which was flying from Mumbai to Brussels apparently dropped from the 34,000ft it had been assigned. Luckily air traffic control spotted…

18 August 2014 James O'Malley iPad

Rumours abound of next-gen iPad Air with anti-reflective coating

Some good news for those of you who are tired of all the iPhone 6 rumours - today we bring you rumours of the iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3. Reports abound that ahead of an expected special event in September, Apple suppliers are supposedly ramping up the manufacturing of both the 9.7-inch iPad…

12 August 201414 March 2021 Stuart Apple, iPad, Tablet

O2 to finally start selling 4G iPad Air & iPad Mini in the UK

Late to the party, but O2 has announced that from next Thursday it will be selling the iPad Air and iPad Mini with Retina display on contract. O2 joins the other major networks in offering a contract. Previously the only way to get an O2 iPad was to buy an iPad separately and add an…

17 July 201410 May 2019 James O'Malley Apple, iPad

Paul McCartney re-releases five albums as iPad apps

Sir Paul McCartney has somehow never managed to loses his cool – or his financial touch. This week, a "selfie" of Macca sitting on a bench with billionaire Warren Buffett that was taken by a 16-year-old in Omaha, Nebraska, went viral. Now the coolest surviving Beatle has announced that five of his classic albums – Band…

16 July 2014 Stuart Apps, iPad, music

BBC iPlayer users 'should pay licence fee'

BBC viewers who avoid paying the annual licence fee by only watching television via the iPlayer may not get away with it for much longer. Acting BBC Trust chairwoman Diane Coyle said the BBC will propose that those using just…

25 June 2014 Stuart BBC, Computers, HDTV, Internet, iPad, iPhone, IPTV, Smartphones, Tablet, TV

Is this the iPad Air 2?

In an intriguing tweet by a French tech journalist, we might have just had our first glimpse of the iPad Air 2. Steve Hemmerstoffer tweeted the following yesterday: Hello #iPad6… ^^ pic.twitter.com/hADlejOqu7— Steve Hemmerstoffer (@stagueve) June 23, 2014 Whilst we…

24 June 2014 James O'Malley iPad

Will Apple's iOS 8 remember where you parked?

It was a classic episode of Seinfeld, where Jerry and his pals spent the entire half hour wandering the carpark of a shopping mall looking for their car. Now, according to techradar, no longer being able to remember where you…

10 June 2014 Stuart Apple, Apps, iPad, iPhone

How Star Trek predicted the future

Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry was a visionary man. He foresaw a future in which humanity had learned to live together in peace and harmony. A future in which the people of Earth had joined forces with alien races to…

6 June 201417 August 2022 Stuart Augmented reality, Biotechnology, Computers, Crazy Future Stuff, Features, Gadgets, Home Appliances, iPad, iPhone, Mobile phones, PDAs, Phablets, Round ups, Science, Smartphones, Space, Tablet, Tablet PC, TVs, Wearables

Reddit picks up lesser-spotted iOS8 features

After Apple unveiled iOS8 on Monday evening the early beta was made available to developers – who wasted no time in pouring through the new operating system to spot all of the extra tweaks. Here's our pick of some of…

5 June 2014 James O'Malley Apple, iPad, iPhone

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