Christopher Lee

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Samsung SmartThings: Taking the first steps towards your smart home

Samsung SmartThings: Taking the first steps towards your smart home

Christopher Lee · Oct 18, 2018

Home automation is one of those areas where you can really let your imagination run wild! How about a house that detects when you’re walking down the drive, and then welcomes you home by turning on all the lights? Or, you might create an alarm that plays whenever the house detects that you’re heading to […]

Apple concedes ID theft and replaces unloved bagel emoji

Apple concedes ID theft and replaces unloved bagel emoji

Christopher Lee · Oct 18, 2018

Apple admitted yesterday that a “small number” of Chinese users’ Apple IDs were compromised. These users subsequently had fraudulent purchases made from their accounts. Reports earlier claimed that “several hundred” Chinese users had their IDs stolen. All of the accounts involved suffered security breaches because of phishing swindles, with fraudsters getting hold of people’s sensitive […]

Users can now find out everything Apple knows about them

Users can now find out everything Apple knows about them

Christopher Lee · Oct 18, 2018

Among other privacy upgrades, Apple also launched an online portal yesterday where users can look up what type of data the firm stores about them, and change or delete that data. The tool was tested in the EU earlier this year to coincide with the region’s introduction of the GDPR data protection laws. The information […]

Create more beautiful text: How to install and manage custom fonts

Create more beautiful text: How to install and manage custom fonts

Christopher Lee · Sep 28, 2018

Your Mac comes with a huge selection of pre-installed fonts, but if you firmly believe there’s no such thing as too much choice, then you can always install more! In this article I’m going to cover everything you need to know, to add countless custom fonts to your Mac. We’ll look at where to find […]

HomePod dominates premium market but fails to impress elsewhere

HomePod dominates premium market but fails to impress elsewhere

Christopher Lee · Sep 20, 2018

Strategy Analytics released its latest report on smart speaker sales for the second quarter of 2018 yesterday. Earlier, the company stated that HomePod had only managed to capture 6% in the smart speaker market, but according to yesterday’s report, this device has since managed to become the top seller in the small but lucrative $200+ […]

Tim Cook claims high prices of new iPhones are justified

Tim Cook claims high prices of new iPhones are justified

Christopher Lee · Sep 19, 2018

Yesterday, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook tried to defend the high prices of his firm’s latest iPhone range on TV. He even claimed: “We want to make an iPhone for everyone.” He also pointed out that many people financed their iPhones through a cellular carrier, which made it more affordable on a monthly basis. Apple released […]

Apple’s latest iPhones might disappoint in at least one respect

Apple’s latest iPhones might disappoint in at least one respect

Christopher Lee · Sep 6, 2018

As most readers probably know, Apple will launch its latest iPhone models next week. Many people have high expectations of this event, but for sworn Apple fans, there might be some disappointment in store: according to many reports that did the rounds recently, Apple was ready to introduce an on-screen fingerprint sensor with the new […]

Apple acknowledges serious manufacturing defect in some iPhone 8 devices

Apple acknowledges serious manufacturing defect in some iPhone 8 devices

Christopher Lee · Sep 4, 2018

For the past few months, Apple has been busy creating huge hype around its soon-to-be-announced new iPhone models, and some official images have even appeared in the press. It is clear that the firm has high expectations for these devices, particularly because prices will reportedly be relatively competitive. Right now, however, the company has to […]

Rare Apple 1 computer going on auction next month

Rare Apple 1 computer going on auction next month

Christopher Lee · Aug 28, 2018

One of the very first Apple 1 computing devices, which, by the way, is still in 100% working condition, is going on auction next month. According to media reports, it could sell for well over $300,000 – but if one takes into account the historical significance of this piece of computing history, then it might […]

Tim Cook will soon have 280,000 more Apple shares

Tim Cook will soon have 280,000 more Apple shares

Christopher Lee · Aug 24, 2018

Tim Cook will soon have 280,000 more Apple shares It is going to be a good week for Apple’s CEO Tim Cook. He is about to collect Apple shares worth around $120m (about £93,627,600) because of the strong performance of the smartphone manufacturer. Cook will receive 280,000 shares later today, related to his ongoing service […]

iPhone 6 burst into flames, and Apple stock downrated

iPhone 6 burst into flames, and Apple stock downrated

Christopher Lee · Aug 15, 2018

Not using the original manufacturer’s parts in a smartphone is something that all phone manufacturers warn against. A recent incident that occurred in the Chinese city of Shanghai underscored the importance of this. A woman from the city had a narrow escape when her iPhone 6 burst into flames while lying on the dashboard of […]

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