Anonymous whistleblower reveals $43million fraud scheme at Apple assembly partner Foxconn’s biggest iPhone factory in China that ‘sold more than 300,000 bootleg phones made from defective parts’ Some workers at Foxconn were involved in a bootleg iPhone scheme They used defective components to assemble phones to sell on the black market Between three and five … Read more
TIME magazine has revealed its list of ten technologies that it deems ‘the decade’s most important and influential gadgets.’ Apple’s iPad, launched in 2010, took the number one spot, followed by Tesla Model S and Raspberry Pi – both released in 2012. Two of the Cupertino company’s other devices also took the seventh and eight … Read more
Apple tipped to release SEVEN new iPhones in 2020 – including three 5G models and the long-awaited iPhone SE 2 iPhone SE 2 is the successor to the iPhone SE, which was released in 2016 It will be released in March and feature a 5.1-inch LCD display Apple’s main iPhone 12 lineup will be released later … Read more
iPhone shipments to China fall by 35 percent in anticipation of new tariffs that could add as much as $70 to price Apple has made significant cuts to its iPhone shipments to China in November It cut iPhone shipments by 35 percent, the second straight month of declines Analysts suggest the cuts were made in … Read more
A fascinating look at how gifts have changed over the past five decades has shown how shoppers now spend up to eight times as much on Christmas presents. The new reasearch reveals the top 5 toys from each year starting in 1970, their total cost at the time, compared to how much they would cost now. … Read more
The worrying rise of ‘cyber-flashing’: Threat of receiving X-rated snaps over AirDrop leaves women ‘looking over their shoulder’, expert insists – as the number of cases is set to DOUBLE Number of cases of ‘cyber-flashing’ is set to double this year, figures suggest The trend sees people send unsolicited, X-rated images over AirDrop or Beam … Read more
Snooker ace Willie Thorne’s wife has revealed her heartbreak after finding he had been swapping messages with another woman. Jill Saxby was checking her husband was not gambling again when the exchanges came up on her iPad in January 2014. The former Miss Great Britain claimed Thorne expressed love and got a ‘ditto’ reply from the … Read more
Former Corrie actress pranks her mother by changing her phone autocorrect settings during a trip to Germany – resulting in the cat-sitter receiving some VERY rude messages Nicola Thorp, 30, from Blackpool, pranked mother Jan, 61, by with autocorrect Added number of ‘text replacements’ to change normal words into rude phrases Jan was shocked when … Read more
Is Apple tracking you? iPhone 11 can monitor your location at all times even if you opt out – and the company KNOWS it’s happening iPhone 11 Pro running on iOS 13.2.3 found to tracker users even if they block it Apple’s policy says it sends locations of nearby Wi-Fi hotspots and cell towers (where supported … Read more
Apple will launch the ‘thinnest ever’ iPad and Macbook Pro in 2020 with a ‘MiniLED’ display that has tiny pixels to make the screen smaller, analyst claims Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuto predicted release of six new super-slim products He claims they will adopt the light weight and power efficient mini-LED display Devices rumoured for next … Read more
Hidden code reveals Samsung is working on camera modes like ‘Director’s View’ and ‘Night Hyperlapse’ that could be rolled out in future phones Samsung is working on several new camera modes according to hidden code Modes include ‘Director’s View’ that lets users switch between lenses A ‘Night Hyperlapse’ brings time-lapse capabilities to low-light settings Its … Read more
WHAT BOOK would Eoin Colfer take to a desert island? Irish author Eoin Colfer is currently reading The Second Sleep, by Robert Harris He would take the Mortdecai trilogy by Kyril Bonfiglioli to a desert island Stig Of The Dump by Clive King first got him reading while he was in bed with flu By Daily Mail Reporter … Read more
Apple and Samsung smart phones may leak unsafe levels of radiation, investigation claims The Chicago Tribune tested 11 popular phone models The iPhone 7 and Samsung Galaxy S8 emitted double the radiation allowed under FCC regulations Devices also leaked more radiation than their manufacturers’ tests claimed Radiofrequency radiation from cell phones is a ‘possible carcinogen’ … Read more