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Kif Leswing at Business Insder:

On an Apple listserv on Tuesday, Java developer Hugi Thordarson emailed a blast saying that Apple had confirmed to him that WebObjects was officially declared dead.

He wrote (emphasis added):

In the past years I’ve regularly sent letters to [Apple CEO] Tim Cook, asking about the state of WO (being the naggy guy I am) and recently, I was contacted by Apple executive relations regarding my questions. The guy I spoke to called a couple of times, at first, he had absolutely no idea what WO was but the second time he called, he had obtained information and had a clear statement: “WebObjects is a discontinued product and will never be upgraded.”

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I know there are a lot of nerdy shirts for sale right now, but this one is simply amazing.

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Andy Hertzfeld has a nice little article on Folklore.org about the differences in the display technology used on the Lisa and the Mac

The square dots used on the 512x342 screen the Mac shipped with were a big break from the Lisa’s pixels, which were wider than they were tall. This made creating applications for the Mac’s GUI easier, as developers didn’t have to deal with accommodating the resolution disparity found on the Lisa.

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With rumors of an Apple Music refresh making the rounds, there’s been a fresh crop of iTunes Ping jokes.

So, let’s talk about Ping.

Introduction & History

Announced as part of iTunes 10 in September 2010, Ping was a music-oriented social network.¹

Steve Jobs highlighted the features during the keynote:

Follow your favorite artists and friends to discover the music they’re talking about, listening to and downloading.

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This week on Liftoff:

After catching up Kepler news and the Mercury transit, Jason and Stephen talk about the lifecycle of our sun. Spoiler alert: things won’t end well for Earth.

My thanks to our sponsor this week:

• CuriosityStream: The world’s first, ad- free non fiction streaming service. Use promo code RELAYFM to get two months free.

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This week on Connected: I have collected all the iMacs, there’s a new shirt and things are happening with Apple Music. Pretty normal week.

My thanks to our sponsor:

• Memories: Relive your Photos from the Past

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NASA:

Analysis was performed on the Kepler space telescope’s July 2015 planet candidate catalog, which identified 4,302 potential planets. For 1,284 of the candidates, the probability of being a planet is greater than 99 percent – the minimum required to earn the status of “planet.” An additional 1,327 candidates are more likely than not to be actual planets, but they do not meet the 99 percent threshold and will require additional study. The remaining 707 are more likely to be some other astrophysical phenomena. This analysis also validated 984 candidates previously verified by other techniques.

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This month, in my Apple History column over on iMore:

While the iPhone SE may be a great small phone, it’s not the first Apple product to wear the “SE” badge.

This is a fun — and admittedly — weird topic.

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Let me just address the elephant in the room here. It’s a little unusual that I’m doing a mini-review of the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. It’s been many years since I sold my original Motorola Droid¹ and returned to the iPhone.

That’s not to say I’m unfamiliar with Android. Every couple of years, I buy a current Nexus phone to check in with what going’s on on the other side of the mobile OS fence.

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Today, the inner-most planet of our Solar System is making a transit across the sun. http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/satellites-to-see-mercury-enter-spotlight-on-may-9 The small planet cross the front of the sun (from our viewpoint) a dozen or some times a century, and it really is a thing of beauty.

The seven and a half hour event is being covered extensively on NASA’s website, and can be watched on YouTube.

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In & Out lets you use your iPad to sign visitors in and out. Its simple interface will modernize the way you keep track of visitors.

Customize the look of In & Out with your company logo or background image. Capture your visitor’s name, email address, and phone number, or use custom fields to capture any other information. In & Out automatically keeps track of the date and time of each visit and calculates the total duration for you. You can view visitor reports within In & Out, or export them as a CSV file via email.

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