Pioneer Bringing Spotify Integration To Dashboard Head Units

Spotify is one of the popular music streaming services available at the moment. The service is available on various platforms like iOS, Android, Chromecast and also as a web player for your computer.

Using its smartphone integration technology, Pioneer Electronics is now bringing Spotify to your car's dashboard via one of their 2016 DVD receivers. This is different from CarPlay and Android Auto, which also integrates Spotify.

Here are some extra details.

Apple Music Has 6.5 Million Paying Customers Says Tim Cook

Apple CEO Tim Cook has announced the number of subscribers to its premium music streaming service, Apple Music. Cook was speaking to an audience at the Wall Street Journal Digital Live conference.

The number? 6.5 million Apple Music paying customers.

[BREAKING] Pioneer Announces 9 New DVD Receivers For Your Car

Pioneer Electronics' 2016 lineup of DVD receivers are here!

The aftermarket manufacturer introduced 9 new receivers in a press release today. The new models are packed with features including the new Spotify integration and Pandora presets, which is a first for dashboard head units.

More details and additional pictures are below.

Deezer Music Disappears From Apple CarPlay

Following the latest Deezer Music update for iOS, the app has disappeared from Apple CarPlay. Deezer Music was one of the latest third-party music streaming apps to add CarPlay compatibility. The app was added to CarPlay sometime in August.

Undecided About Jailbreaking Your iPhone? This May Help You Decide... [Opinion]

With every jailbreak for iOS that gets released, there's the same million dollar question - should you jailbreak your iPhone? There are many ways to argue for and against jailbreaking. For some, jailbreaking their device has been the only way to go, while there are many others who may be scared to do so.

Whatever your reason for jailbreaking or not, here's a look at some of the good and bad things about 'breaking the shackles' off of your iPhone.

The Pangu jailbreak for iOS 9 was released a couple of days ago, and to be honest, although I am excited about it I still haven't jailbroken my device yet. The reason? Check out this easy-to-read list/FAQs I've come up with about jailbreaking. My reason for not jailbreaking my phone yet is the first one...

Give A Rapturous Apple CarPlay Welcome To Pandora Radio!

Apple CarPlay has gained another music streaming app. In what may be the biggest addition to its repertoire yet, Pandora Radio is now CarPlay compatible.

Here's a quick look at what Pandora looks and works like in CarPlay. I have included a few screenshots and also an Android Auto screenshot for comparison.

How To Detach The Faceplate On Your Pioneer AVH-4100NEX [How-To]

Pioneer's entry level Android Auto and Apple CarPlay head unit, AVH-4100NEX, is the best option available at the moment, in my opinion. The device is priced very well, better than the competition, and has robust features that will make the car you own a pleasure to drive, all over again.

The AVH-4100NEX is packed with features, including a couple of very nice anti-theft features that will help keep your device safe. One of those features is the ability to password-protect the head unit. The other feature is the removable faceplate, which you can keep in a safe place when not in use.

Detaching the faceplate on the AVH-4100NEX is easy.

Pangu Releases iOS 9 Untethered Jailbreak, Get Cracking! [Jailbreak]

When it comes to iOS jailbreaks these days, there are two major teams in the race to release a viable version - Pangu and TaiG. With iOS 9 being released just about two weeks ago, everyone's been waiting for a jailbreak since, including myself.

This time it's the Pangu team that has won the race to a successful untethered jailbreak for iOS 9. The last known untethered jailbreak was available for iOS 8.3 and was released by TaiG.

Here are the latest details about Pangu 9 for iOS 9 to iOS 9.0.2.

How To Flash Android 6.0 Marshmallow On Google Nexus 5, 6, 7 and 9 [Video]

Google released the latest iteration of its mobile operating system, Android 6.0 Marshmallow, last week. By 'released' I mean making stock images of Marshmallow available for manual download from the developer site. Over-the-air (OTA) updates directly to your devices have been promised but aren't available yet.

After waiting a week for the OTA update for my Nexus 5, I decided to install it manually. I followed this step-by-step instructional video from TechnoBuffalo to flash my device...

Marshmallow Installed, It's Time To Test Out Android Auto

After waiting for a week for the over-the-air Android 6.0 Marshmallow update for my Google Nexus 5, I decided to install the update manually. Flashing the factory image onto my phone took a little bit of time but I was able to do it successfully.