Remember the good ‘ol days? You know the ones… the ones before the good current days?
If you’re having trouble remembering or just want a fresh face of blast from the past, Facebook have got you! Simple type in www.facebook.com/onthisday.
A feature they’ve been rolling out since the end of March, it’ll show you exactly what you were posting/checking in to/being photographed doing on this day on every year previous since the beginning of time(/beginning of Facebook).
You can also choose to subscribe to notifications so you’ll be alerted when you have memories to look back on.
Look! It’s you 9 years ago when you thought Facebook was just a weird thing that only your friends knew about! Wait.. what are you doing? Uh… you might want to take that down, bro. Just Sayin. And look! It’s you 2 years ago when you were having that party and everyone came and hey maybe you should have another party! And this day last year when you were so happy and in love.. good thing you’re still with whatsername.
Pretty cool and an excellent way to reminisce, but users beware, the past holds some tricky trapdoors amongst the good ‘ol day memories. The feature is still rolling out, so unfortunately it isn’t available to everyone yet.
Did you have problems with the iTunes 12.2 update?
Apple may have just solvered your problem. iTunes 12.2.1 was released today, a minor update which includes a number of fixes for bugs that became apparent for many of those who updates to 12.2 two weeks ago.
Some people suffered the horrible fate of entire music libraries being deleted (eep!) as well as other annoyances such as:
– Buggy Beats 1
– iTunes Match where iTunes incorrectly changed some songs from Matched to Apple Music.
– A library problem affecting former iTunes Match subscribers.
If you wish to update, head to the Software Update mechanism in the Mac App Store.
In a couple of days it’ll be July 15th, which means not only is it the 196th day of the year (…pretty cool), and the day that Twitter launched in 2006, but this year it’s also Amazon Prime Day.
Keep it in your calendar, kids, because apparently if you sign up for Prime you’ll get exclusive access to more deals than Black Friday. If you sign up today, you’ll get your first (cancelable) month free. If you continue on with Prime, you’re looking at $99 buckaroos per year.
Sneaky pro tip- If you sign up for Amazon prime and then cancel it the same day – you’ll still get all the benefits for the whole month. SWEET!
Our cool tech of the week is Holus, a device that does one simple and yet masterfully wonderful and forward thinking thing: It will convert any media on your smartphone into a interactive 3D hologram. Say whaaaat?
Yuppers. The world’s first interactive, tabletop holographic display. Pretty cool. The device isn’t commercially ready yet unfortunately, with the company H+ just completing a super seriously good Kickstarter campaign, raising $297,790 CAD over 30 days from 496 backers. The original goal was $40,000 and they reached that in 20 minutes.
Holus will retail for $850, and early backers can expect their device in mid 2016, with commercial buyers expecting it a little bit later. Hello Holographic life! We’ve been waiting so long for you!! Welcome Home!
It’s almost Friday, and if you’re in Dallas, Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, or Orange County, California, you’ve got some Taco eating to be done with your hungover self this party weekend!
200 locations of Taco Bell are testing home delivery of their entire menu – with the aim of expanding to 6000 locations across the country.
From the Sauce:
“Knowing that delivery is the No. 1 request from our consumers, we see a tremendous opportunity to bring the Taco Bell experience to fans where and when they want it most,” Said Taco Bell CEO Brian Niccol.
How did this come about? The advent of the Internet of Delivery. Right now, especially in the Bay Area, there is a huge array of things you can get delivered to your door by hopping online. It’s a new age, people. Taco Bell in particular are using internet delivery service DoorDash to deliver their deliciousness to your door.
There’s no minimum per order, though there is a $3.99 fee for each delivery.
Do you have an iPad Air 2 or iPad Mini 3? Traveling overseas soon? You lucky son of a gun! As well as being ahead of your tech gadget game and a traveler, now you can make everything supafly by easily connecting your device to the net whilst on the road!
Apple has entered into a partnership with mobile connectivity company GigSky, so now you can have your Apple SIM cellular data plan in over 90 countries and territories around the world.
Simply purchase a short-term pay-as-you-go data plan from an Apple Retail Stores in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States.
From the Sauce:
“With Apple SIM in iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 with Wi-Fi + Cellular models, you get the convenience of choosing a cellular data plan from select carrier partners right on your iPad. And when you travel abroad, Apple SIM gives you the added flexibility to stay connected in more than 90 countries and territories around the world. So when you reach your destination and want to check your email, find directions, or send a message back home, you can purchase a cellular data plan for the duration of your trip — whether it’s a day, a week, or a month.”
Prices can be seen on GigSky’s site here, and prices are dependent on country, data amount and length of plan. You can see the list of country supported on Apple’s website here.
If you have an unlocked iPhone, you can also use GigSky’s services for that device. Check that out here.
Apple Music was released last week (which was awesome), but if you’re not into music… this one’s for you. The next big Apple release – The new iPhone. Here’s a roundup of what we can expect.
Size: We can most likely expect 2, possibly 3 models of iPhone released this year. We’re looking at an iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus, and the possibility of an iPhone 6C. These will be an update to the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, and iPhone 5C respectively. Think: 4.7 inch, 5.5 inch, and a more affordable plastic 4 inch phone.
Camera: Apparently we can expect the back camera pixels to go from 8 to 12 megapixels, which would be the first improvement of that kind since the 4S came out in 2011.
Color: A new Rose Gold tint for the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus.
Force-Touch: The new tech that was rolled out with the Apple Watch will spread across Apple devices because of it’s multi layered functionality. The feature recognizes the difference in press pressure. Expect it on the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus.
Home Button: As we’ve talked about previously, there is the likelihood that in an upcoming model update the new iPhones won’t have the Home button. Some techies are adamant that this will relate to this update, but we’re not so sure.
Hardware design: There are rumors circulating that Apple will use the same 7000 series aluminum seen on the Apple watch, which is about 60% stronger than standard.
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July 14, 2015 6:22 pm | 
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