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Sunday, 15 June 2014

Happy 10th birthday British (and French and German) iTunes Store!





Today, June 15, marks the 10th birthday of the iTunes Store in the UK, France and Germany. Having already been launched in the U.S. the year before, Apple's first international expansion saw the trio of European countries become the first non-Americans to have access to its online media catalog. But perhaps more importantly it marked the beginning of a serious change in how media buyers got their content. And the rest, as they say, is history.


We take for granted today how easy it is to buy our favorite media content. Be it on our iPhone or iPad, Mac, Windows PC or Apple TV, buying music, TV shows, movies and books takes just a few clicks and we can get it pretty much everywhere on all our devices. Before iTunes came along it was a much different picture.


Indeed, the iPod had launched before the iTunes Store and the only way to listen to your music on it was to import your own CDs. Today we're literally spoiled for choice. We've got competing stores from the likes of Microsoft, Google and Amazon to name but a few, alongside a bunch of different streaming media services for music and video. This may end up becoming the next shift in the industry just as the iTunes Store was all those years ago.


So, while things will likely look different again in another 10 years, it's a great time to reflect on how the digital landscape has transformed in the past decade. Looking back, what was your first, and favorite purchase from the iTunes Store? Let us know in the comments below. Here's to the next 10!
























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This Nanotube Sponge Can Suck Up Water Straight From The Air

This Nanotube Sponge Can Suck Up Water Straight From The Air


A team of researchers has found inspiration in an unlikely critter: the humble Namib Desert beetle, a south African species that gathers water molecules straight from the air. The beetle does this by developing a pattern of water-attracting and repelling molecules on its wings and trapping water molecules in these peaks and troughs.


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IRL: A few rounds with Babolat's Play Pure Drive smart tennis racquet



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Jony Ive on Tim Cook's Apple: Nothing has changed

In a The New York Times profile, Apple's head of design says the values and tones Steve Jobs established are still in place.

















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Deal of the Day: Seidio LEDGER Flip Case for iPad Mini/Mini 2





For today only, purchase the Seidio LEDGER Flip Case for iPad Mini/Mini 2 and save 50% off the list price!


This iPad Mini flip case is a combination of an Italian polyurethane and a cloth-like texture to provide impact protection while giving your device a snazzy look. What's more is the case folds into a personal viewing stand for two optional angles for typing and viewing media.
























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How to switch Calendar views on your iPhone or iPad





The Calendar app for iPhone and iPad offers several different ways to view your events and appointments. If you have a busy day ahead of you, list or day view may be best. If you're trying to get a good idea of what your next several weeks are going to be like, month view on the iPad lets you view everything in a glance. However, there are slight differences in how Calendars for iPhone and Calendars for iPad function, so you'll want to know how to use both.


How to switch Calendar views on your iPhone


The built-in Calendar app for iPhone gives you quite a few choices when it comes to viewing your information. The most general time frame is year, followed by month, then day, and finally, individual event view. You can also toggle a convenient list view as well to see a stream of all your events, or view it underneath the default month view.



  1. Launch the Calendar app on your iPhone.

  2. By default, you'll normally see a month view.

  3. Tap on the list button in the top navigation to combine month view with a summary view underneath it. Any day you tap on will then show all the events for that day underneath it.

  4. Tap the month in the upper left to pan out to year view.

  5. Alternately, from month view, you can also tap any day on the calendar to view a day view. Keep in mind that in order for day view to work, you need to have the list option turned off in month view.

  6. Lastly, tap the list button in the top of day view in order to view a scrollable endless stream of all of your events.



How to switch Calendar views on your iPad



  1. Launch the Calendar app on your iPad.

  2. By default, your calendar is most likely on month view. Tap any of the view tabs along the top to toggle between day, week, month, and year views.

  3. Tap on any event title to view details on an event.

  4. Turn your iPad to change from portrait to landscape mode. In landscape mode, you can view more on one screen when in week view.



That's all there is to it. The Calendar app for iPad is a little easier to navigate than the iPhone version, most likely due to the larger screen size.


Do you use the built-in Calendar app on your iPhone or iPad, or something else? How do you like the view options? With the introduction of iOS 7, Apple changed quite a lot on the iPhone Calendar app. Do you like the changes or did you prefer the older layout? Let me know in the comments!
























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Amplified 99: Like Hodor with a Better Vocabulary





While Jim Dalrymple of The Loop was away vacationing, our own Peter Cohen got to play — by filling in for Jim on the Amplified podcast. Here's the official blurb and a link to the show, which turned out terrifically well.



Dan Benjamin is joined by Peter Cohen of iMore.com to talk about the future of Apple, working in Appe retail, predictions for hardware in 2014 (iWatch, Apple TV, Thunderbolt displays), and more.


Is the iWatch a certainty? Will we see Apple TV's with games? Listen to find out.


























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