Category: News
Sneak Peek: The Latest Apple iPhone Release
It’s official! The iPhone 12 is here, and it has some incredible features for both Apple lovers and Apple newbies alike. Launched on October 23, the iPhone 12 has a family of four models: the iPhone 12, the iPhone 12 Mini, the iPhone 12 Pro, and the iPhone 12 Pro Max. In this blog, we’ll…
How Do I Know if My LCD Screen is Broken on My iPhone?
Did you know that hundreds of people across the world are probably dropping their iPhones as you read this? If you’ve set your iPhone on a slippery surface or if it has fallen out of your hand and taken a fall, join the club. Almost everyone has dropped their phone at some point in time.…
Samsung’s Galaxy S9 Drops Soon, How Does It Compare to the iPhone X?
The iPhone’s biggest rival is the Samsung Galaxy, and with Apple’s latest flagship phone reportedly set to cut production amid falling sales, there is an opportunity for Samsung to step into a bigger portion of the market. The Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus are releasing in mid-March, and pre-orders are available now. The Appearance …
Windows 10 Update Issues
Several of our stores have had customers call in with a recurring problem – their mouse and/or keyboard have stopped working. It’s usually right after a Windows 10 update, indicating that something might be going wrong with it, and sure enough, after a little bit of research I found that Microsoft has already acknowledged the…
Google Can Predict Heart Disease by Looking at Your Eyes
The eyes are the window to the soul, at least that’s the saying. But apparently, it’s also the window to see your cardiovascular health. Somehow that just doesn’t roll off the tongue as well. Google, everyone’s favorite tech giant, has been using artificial intelligence to view images of people’s retinas, and teaching the AI to…
Snapchat Under Fire
Snapchat – one of the most popular forms of social media nowadays (especially with millennial users) – has come under a lot of criticism recently over their redesign. According to PC Mag, over 30 different Change.org petitions began right after the update dropped in the US. The Update Personally, I use Snapchat regularly and…
Net Neutrality Was “Rolled Back” But the People Aren’t Having It
We’ve written about Net Neutrality before. You probably remember when it was all over Facebook, Reddit, Snapchat… wherever you looked people were trying to get others to write to their legislators to push back against the FCC’s Net Neutrality repeal. Then in December the FCC (headed by everyone’s favorite ex-Verizon employee Ajit Pai) ignored the…
Apple to Decrease iPhone X Production Amid Low Sales
Apple is reportedly going to cut their production of iPhone X’s in half over the next quarter due to lower-than-expected demand. The initial demand for the iPhone X when it was released was too much to deliver on-time, as it is a very difficult phone to make. However, their inventories have been building up since…
iPhones, Apple, and the “Right to Repair”
Apple makes some pretty great phones. I should know, I’ve actually switched to an iPhone 8 after several Androids, and I’m really happy with my phone thus far. Keep that all in mind because it’s probably going to sound like I’m really sour toward Apple. I’m not angry at Apple necessarily, I’m frustrated at how…
iOS 11 Will Allow iPhone Users to Disable “Performance Throttling”
You may have heard that Apple is throttling speeds on “older” batteries for iPhones, resulting in poor performance for the phone and for the users. Their reasoning was okay – it passed the sniff test but is still a little weak. Now that it’s been discovered though, Apple has been working really hard to improve…
We All Have a Processing Problem
You may have heard recently that many of Intel’s Central Processing Units (CPUs) have a design flaw that could allow malicious attackers to steal private information. Passwords, emails, etc. could be stolen because of “kernel memory areas” in the CPUs. However, even though the focus is on Intel’s screw-up, it’s believed that CPUs sold by…
Apple DOES Intentionally Slow Older iPhones
For years, people have claimed that Apple has “planned obsolescence” and made jokes about how when their old iPhone is acting up right around the time that the new one is releasing. Apparently, these jokes aren’t so funny any more because Apple legitimately does slow down older phones. The Verge goes into the specifics about…
