The moment many a Mac power user has been waiting for has finally arrived: Apple today announced its newARM-powered14 and 16-inch MacBook Pros, including an all-new design and superpowered versions of Apple’s M1 chip, dubbed M1 Pro and M1 Max. There were a few other announcements too; here’s what you need to know. Apple Music Voice Plan Apple today announced the Apple Music Voice plan, which is basically a $5 discount to try to get people to actually use Siri....

Apple’s ‘Spring Loaded’ 2021 event was full of interesting announcements, including some long-awaited ones (AirTags!) and some welcome surprises (rainbow iMacs!). Let’s dive into the best of the new. Colorful iMacs Although we knew iPads were expected at the event, the biggest announcement was arguably theunveiling of a new suite of iMacswith a sleeker, thin-bezel design and, most importantly, a whole array of colors. I mean, just look at these things!...

It’s that time of year again: Apple announced the iPhone 13… and a bunch of other stuff. It wasn’t the most shocking or exciting Apple event ever — it waslargely in line with leaks and rumors— but there was still plenty of interesting news to note. We’ve gone ahead and made a summary of the most important announcements below. New entry-level iPad Apple today announced its latest iPad, this time around using Apple’s A13 processor....

Everything Everywhere, the mobile company created as part of a merger between mobile operators T-Mobile and Orange, will begin a five-store pilot, initially to gauge customer reaction, before launching a large chain of stores on the high street. The merger was completed in the Summer of last year and immediately saw the group rebranded, instead of utilising the strong and estabalished brands of the original companies. Andrew Coull, Vice President of Retail at Everything Everywhere, believes the new name will gain the company traction – he should considering he was driving force behind the decision to create a retail chain of 720 stores....

Everything Everywhere, parent company of mobile operators T-Mobile and Orange, has announced that it is to partner with Barclaycard to bring Near Field Communications (NFC) payments to customer handsets, reducing the need for credit cards and cash. Pocket-lint reportsthat the partnership signals the UK’s first commercial contactless mobile payments service and is due to be rolled out to customers by the Summer, possibly before July. It is thought that over 40,000 stores are already able to facilitate wireless payments, Barclaycard has already offered its own wireless payment system with embedded chips inside its credit cards, we assume this could help retailers accept payments without additional cost....