The 2015 Hyundai Sonata has finally received its long-awaited CarPlay update — and we take the updated system for a spin.

The automobile industry moves slowly. Even though Apple’s CarPlay was announced a couple of year’s ago, it’s taken a while for the different car companies to push out updates. Hyundai recently made CarPlay available for more of its lineup, so I decided to download it and give it a go.

Updating for CarPlay was simple, and can be completed at home. From the time the initial download began until the time CarPlay was ready to be used was about 75 minutes. The process can vary in length depending on your internet speeds though, because the files you have to download from Hyundai are quite large.

To begin, you need to head over to Hyundai’s site to grab the download file. You will also need to pop the Maps SD card out of your car and plug it into the SD card slot or card reader in your computer. Each file has to be downloaded and transferred to the SD card. Tak…

What are the best lighting accessories for iPhone photography? Here are our favorites!

Nothing beats great lighting. If you want to take your iPhone photography to the next level, and you don’t have access to perfect sunlight 24/7, you’re going to want to look into lighting accessories. They can brighten up your Instagram scenes, make your Snapchat selfies shine, and otherwise give your iPhoneography a more professional glow. Here are our current favorites.

Lightwish LED smartphone light
Photojojo’s pocket spotlight
Taousa universal fill-in light
LuMee iPhone case
Neewer 50 LED Portable mini light

Lightwish LED smartphone light

Light up even your most detailed and hard-to-shoot photographs with the Lightwish LED smartphone light. Coupled with a built-in battery supply, you don’t have to worry about zapping your iPhone battery as you’re snapping your pictures with this high-quality, portable device.

The light’s simple design and stand make it easy to store and a cinch to put o…

Mophie has introduced a couple of new battery cases for Apple’s more recent iPhones that let you charge your device wirelessly. The new Juice Pack Wireless line for the iPhone 6 and 6s, along with their corresponding Plus models, allow you to just place your phone on a compatible charging spot without needing to plug it in first.

The new Juice Pack Wireless cases support most existing wireless charging accessories, including those powered by either the Qi and Powermat charging standards. They also include their own wireless charging base. Both the phone and the case will charge together, rather than one after the other.

To go along with these cases, Mophie has created new desk and vent mounts, allowing you to charge wirelessly at your desk or at your car. Your phone will stay in place thanks to the Juice Pack Wireless’ custom magnets, which let you quickly attach and orient your phone to your preferred viewing position.

You can grab the new Mophie Juice Pack wireless cases direc…

Traveling back to the year Apple announced iPhone 3G, MobileMe, Snow Leopard, and the App Store!

As we head towards WWDC 2016 we’re looking back at the last few years of Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference and the impact each has made. Today, we’re all about WWDC 2008. Kicking off June 9 at 10am PDT with a Steve Jobs keynote, Apple had held the first iPhone SDK event that past spring and a lot of what was introduced there was finalized here. That’s not to say there weren’t some new things as well…

App Store

The App Store was a unified place on every iPhone where every customers could go to get native apps and games created by third party developers. Apple would handle all the logistics and transactions, keep 70% of the money for paid apps, and handle free apps for free.

iPhone 3G

The iPhone 3G was the first iPhone announced at WWDC. Despite its rounder, most plastic case, iPhone 3G was so similar to the original iPhone that Apple only incremented its model number by a …

While Apple has previously offered substantial changes to the design of its flagship iPhone line every two years, the company is said to be moving to a three-year design cycle. The upcoming iPhone 7 will reportedly take after the design of the current model, which debuted in 2014 with the iPhone 6.

From Nikkei Asian Review:

The new version slated for this autumn will look almost identical to the current iPhone 6. Functions such as the camera, water resistance and battery capacity will likely be improved, and the headphone jack will be removed. Also, a high-end version of the model will give users better-quality photo capabilities via correction functions. 

Nikkei expects this move to have a major impact on Apple’s bulk suppliers across Asia. These companies rely on Apple and the iPhone for much of their business.

The move to a three-year design cycle for the iPhone lines up with previous reports about not only the iPhone 7, but also the iPhone set for 2017. The latter mode…

T-Mobile will launch its new Tourist Plan on June 12 for people who are visiting the United States. It will give them unlimited data and 1,000 minutes of calls inside the U.S for three weeks for $30.

The T-Mobile Tourist Plan also includes 2GB of high-speed data, along with unlimited texting to over 140 countries. The plan also gives tourists in the U.S. a free SIM card. However, the plan does not offer international talk minutes.

People who are visiting the U.S. and have an unlocked, GSM-compatible phone can go to any T-Mobile location and ask for the Tourist Plan. However, after three weeks the plan expires and does not automatically renew.
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Welcome to this week’s edition of The Pixel Project: a weekly comic from Diesel Sweeties’ Rich Stevens on Apple, technology, and everything in-between.

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