PLATELL’S PEOPLE: Why online dating apps are such a turn off 

Tomorrow’s the day when loved-up couples exchange roses and chocolates and rejoice in their good fortune, while singletons lament their lot, hope for Valentine’s cards — and, perhaps, desperately swipe right on their iPhone dating apps. Right means you like the look of them, swipe left and it’s thanks but no thanks. Around half of … Read more

Jackie ‘O’ Henderson reveals nasty injury after suffering a dangerous fall while playing Candy Crush

Jackie ‘O’ Henderson reveals nasty injury after suffering a dangerous fall while playing popular video game Candy Crush on her iPhone By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 23:20 GMT, 8 February 2021 | Updated: 23:20 GMT, 8 February 2021 She recently recovered from a skateboarding accident where she injured her rib while playing … Read more

Apple’s upcoming iOS 14.5 will let mask-wearing users open iPhones with an Apple Watch 

Apple’s upcoming iOS 14.5 will let mask-wearing users open iPhones with an Apple Watch Apple is set to include a feature in the upcoming iOS 14.5 for mask-wearers The feature will allow them to open an iPhone without removing the mask It works with an Apple Watch that must be near the handset to work … Read more

Apple CEO Tim Cook says targeted Facebook ads are ‘manipulating’ people as he defends privacy update

Tim Cook has said targeted Facebook advertising is ‘manipulating’ people amid his ongoing battle with Mark Zuckerberg over profits and privacy in Silicon Valley. The Apple CEO was forced to defend an update to the iPhone which will make it more difficult for companies to run personalized commercials on people’s phones and iPads. When probed on the move … Read more

Angler films kingfisher diving into lake to scoop up a fish before perching on his rod to eat it 

Catching the moment: Astonished angler films kingfisher diving into lake to scoop up a fish before perching on his rod to eat it Steve Williams, 49, went on a chilly pike-fishing expedition on Sunday morning Spotted a Kingfisher along the bank and hid in the hope of recording its flight Caught moment the bird dives into … Read more

Apple’s iPhone 13 may feature Touch ID as face masks ‘ruin’ Face ID

While face masks were once rare sightings, they’re now compulsory in a range of settings across the UK. The face coverings play a key role in stopping the spread of Covid-19, yet many iPhone users have been frustrated that their masks have prevented them from unlocking their iPhones using Apple’s facial recognition technology, Face ID. … Read more

Parler exec sees Tim Cook as a possible ally after he offered to lift App Store ban

An executive at the beleaguered social media app Parler has said that Apple CEO Tim Cook is a possible ‘ally’ after he offered to allow the app back on iPhones if it purges certain content. Amy Peikoff, Parler’s chief policy officer, on Thursday highlighted Cook’s recent remarks saying that the app had been suspended, not … Read more

Apple Electronics: Inside the Beatles’ eccentric technology subsidiary

Say the word Apple today and we think of Steve Jobs’ multi-billion-dollar technology company that spawned the iPhone and the Mac computer. But a decade before the California-based firm was even founded, Apple Electronics, a subsidiary of the Beatles’ record label Apple, was working on several pioneering inventions – some of which were precursors of … Read more

Lily-Rose Depp masks up and wears black puffer coat for solo stroll in downtown NYC

Lily-Rose Depp masks up and wears black puffer coat for solo stroll in downtown NYC By Cassie Carpenter For Dailymail.com Published: 22:09 GMT, 6 January 2021 | Updated: 22:10 GMT, 6 January 2021 Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis’ daughter Lily-Rose bundled up in a black puffer coat for a solo stroll through downtown Manhattan on … Read more

Future MacBooks could wirelessly charge iPhones, iPads and Apple Watches

Future MacBooks could wirelessly charge iPhones, iPads and Apple Watches that are placed on the lid, palm rest or trackpad, patent reveals The patent would allow people to charge their iPhones on top of a MacBook They could also charge an Apple Watch, iPad or an AirPod charging case There would be multiple coils under … Read more