Back in the 90s, Apple made digital cameras. The QuickTake 200 was the best — and last — of the three models the company sold. For sale less than a year in 1997, the $600 camera shot 640x480 images at f/2.0 to f/8.
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All the Little Ridges⇢
This week on the world’s greatest podcast:
Still reeling from the Apple/Beats news, the boys sit down to talk about music, apps and WWDC.
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Apple buys Beats for $3 billion⇢
Brian Chen at The New York Times:
Apple, the company that turned digital music into a mainstream phenomenon, said on Wednesday that it was buying Beats Electronics, the rising music brand, for $3 billion, in a move that will help it play catch-up with rivals that offer subscription-based music services.
Apple and Beats executives on Wednesday said that the companies would work together to give consumers worldwide more options to listen to music. The Beats brand will remain separate from Apple’s, and Apple will offer both Beats’s streaming music service and premium headphones.
WWDC 2014 Predictions
Apple’s lost future⇢
The Verge has put together the motherload of old, weird Apple prototype photos.
Satya Nadella at Code Conference⇢
Ina Fried:
In his first few months, Nadella has gone to great lengths to show he is a new type of leader in Redmond — from speaking frankly about the competition and challenges to sporting hoodies rather than the Oxford shirts and sweaters of his predecessors.
I like Nadella, and I think he’s going to be great for Microsoft.
The Willys-Overland Jeep⇢
Be still, my heart.
OS X Software Update broken due to expired SSL certificate⇢
If you try to run updates via the Mac App Store today, you will more than likely see this message:
The certificate for this server is invalid. You might be connecting to a server that is pretending to be “swscan.apple.com” which could put you confidential information at risk.
Arnold Kim explains:
Swscan.apple.com is one of several servers that Software Update uses to communicate with Apple. The apparent problem is that the security certificate for the server appears to have expired. The certificate was originally valid from May 22, 2012 to May 24, 2014.
Review: OmniFocus 2 for Mac
Background
I’ve used OmniFocus on and off over the years, but I’ve never used it to its full potential. I don’t use Contexts or Start Dates. I use one custom Perspective that has been replaced entirely by the app’s excellent Forecast mode.
All of that aside, I’ve been keenly interested in OmniFocus 2 for Mac’s development. When the initial beta phase ended, I was discouraged. OmniFocus 1 for Mac was aging, but once the betas fired back up, I jumped back in head-first.
Nights in the Other Room⇢
With an international shortage of Apple news, Myke, Federico and I take on a pile of listener questions.
This is my new favorite episode of our show.
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Notifyr⇢
A great app for sending iOS notifications to your Mac via Bluetooth. I’ve got it setup for GroupMe notifications and it works great, but this is something that iCloud should be able to do.
Breaking Up the iTunes Conglomerate
It’s no secret that over the years, iTunes has become bloated.
What was once an MP3 player has grown into a monstrosity. What started life as SoundJam MP can barely recognize itself in the mirror these days. iTunes can rip and burn CDs (that used to be a big deal, kids), be used to purchase music and other media, stream radio, listen to podcasts, watch movies and sync to not only iPods, but iPhones and iPads, too.