Sure seems like these Android Wear devices were rushed to market.
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Sort Squarespace’s Category or Tag list alphabetically⇢
I’ve been very happy with 512 Pixels running on Squarespace, but the platform’s lack of options when it comes to sorting a list of categories has always left me a little annoyed when I see my 404 page. Thanks to jQuery and this script from Ben Morrow, my categories are nice and alphabetical, as God intended.
Beats officially part of Apple⇢
Apple:
Today we are excited to officially welcome Beats Music and Beats Electronics to the Apple family. Music has always held a special place in our hearts, and we’re thrilled to join forces with a group of people who love it as much as we do. Beats cofounders Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre have created beautiful products that have helped millions of people deepen their connection to music. We’re delighted to be working with the team to elevate that experience even further.
Apple’s CDN goes live with ISP interconnect deals⇢
Dan Rayburn:
Since last year, Apple’s been hard at work building out their own CDN and now those efforts are paying off. Recently, Apple’s CDN has gone live in the U.S. and Europe and the company is now delivering some of their own content, directly to consumers. In addition, Apple has interconnect deals in place with multiple ISPs, including Comcast and others, and has paid to get direct access to their networks.
A Dad-built NASA simulator⇢
Two thoughts came to mind when I saw this link:
- My childhood sucked.
- Would my wife let me build one in our bedroom?
E.W. Scripps spinning off newspaper business⇢
Dan Monk:
The deal calls for Milwaukee, Wisc. –based Journal Communications Inc. to merge its 13 television stations and 35 radio stations into Cincinnati-based Scripps. Both companies will spin off their newspaper assets into a new publicly-traded company, Journal Media Group.
The deal is subject to the approval of shareholders and regulators. It is expected to close in 2015.
Big news in the journalism world, but no one else will notice the re-arranged deck chairs.
AgileBits announces 1Password extension for iOS 8 apps⇢
This is the sort of thing I envisioned when Apple announced Extensions in June. Color me excited.
Modbook Pro X hits Kickstarter⇢
The original Modbook hails from 2008, when the company took plastic MacBooks, cut them in half and turned them into tablets.
Currently, you can just get a non-Retina MacBook Pro from the company. However, the company has launched a Kickstarter campaign is for a new product, based on the 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro.
If the $150,000 goal is met, customers will be able to send in their own machines for conversion at $1999 or reserve complete systems directly from Modbook starting at $3999.
Apple revs MacBook Pro with Retina display⇢
8 GB of RAM is the new entry point. Finally.
The App Store Box Office⇢
Jared Sinclair, in an excellent article about the launch of his RSS application Unread:
If you want to make “real money” from a paid-up-front app, your launch week has to be be a box-office smash.
All of Jared’s piece is interesting, but that statement really hit me. I’ve heard it said before, but his data really backs it up.
It’s a shame Jared hasn’t made more on Unread. As he points out, the app was both featured on the App Store and garnered a fair bit of media attention. I can’t imagine how rough it is for developers of less popular paid apps. The whole thing really highlights how the free fall of App Store prices has affected developers.
The Macintosh II⇢
True story: I was going to write up the history of the Macintosh II, but then ran across this artcle by Benj Edwards.
If you want to understand why Apple went off the rails in the 90s, reading up on this machine isn’t a bad place to start.
Verizon to throttle some LTE users⇢
Oh, excuse me. The company is introducing “network optimizations:”
Starting in October 2014, Verizon Wireless will extend its network optimization policy to the data users who: fall within the top 5 percent of data users on our network, have fulfilled their minimum contractual commitment, and are on unlimited plans using a 4G LTE device. They may experience slower data speeds when using certain high bandwidth applications, such as streaming high-definition video or during real-time, online gaming, and only when connecting to a cell site when it is experiencing heavy demand. (Note: Does not currently apply to government or business accounts that have signed a major account agreement.)