One of the first things I noticed about iTunes 10 was the colorless icons. I guess it’s not a big deal, but I’m happy to know that there’s a hack to get the old icons back.
Download this zip file and follow the instructions below:
Right click and “Show Package Contents” on iTunes to show ‘Contents’ folder. Back up and replace your /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/Resources/iTunes.rsrc with the included file.
A private school in Scotland has replaced books, pencils, pens and paper with iPads. “We wanted to give each of the pupils an opportunity to use the best equipment available,” IT teacher Fraser Speirs told the Daily Record.
Check out the school’s IT blog at speirs.org.
Thanks James for the tip!
Skyfire is an iPhone browser which lets you play Flash video from sites like Comedy Central. It was submitted to the app store today and should get approved because it doesn’t actually run the Flash on the iPhone, it translates the Flash video on their server and streams it to the iPhone using an Apple-approved HTML 5 format.
Skyfire’s famed cloud-computing technology translates Flash video on the fly from millions of web sites into HTML5 formats, and supports iOS devices via Apple’s HTTP live streaming standard. Skyfire also avoids the concerns raised in Steve Jobs’ recent essay regarding Flash on mobile devices. By optimizing Flash for iPhones and network conditions in the Cloud, Skyfire improves performance and maximizes battery life while playing video.
Apple has released a commercial featuring the new iPod nano.
Apple has released a commercial for the new iPod touch titled “All kinds of fun.” The video shows off the iPod touch’s new FaceTime and HD video recording features, along with some impressive gaming.
The new iPod Shuffle adds clickable buttons for play/pause and fast forward as well as VoiceOver, which when pressed, will let users hear the name of the current song.
“We’re making the iPod shuffle even better by combining clickable buttons and VoiceOver technology, so users can find and enjoy their music without ever looking at their iPod shuffle,” said Steve Jobs.
Basically Jobs is admitting that the buttenless iPod Shuffle was a dumb idea and they are bringing back the last version which everyone loved.
The new 2GB iPod Shuffle is available to purchase on Apple’s Online Store for $49.
Steve Jobs announced the upcoming release of iOS 4.1 for iPhone and iPod touch. One of the major fixes will be the iPhone 4 proximity sensor issue. Some new features to iOS 4.1 include HD video upload over WiFi, High Dynamic Range photos, TV show rentals and Apple’s Game Center.
High Dynamic Range photos are created out of a combination of three photos with low, medium and high exposure settings. This makes the photo more clear and vibrant.
Game Center, originally revealed for iOS 4, is another key feature of iOS 4.1 which allows users to add friends, play against friends and do all sorts of social gaming stuff on their iPhone. iOS 4.1 will be available for download via iTunes next week.
iTunes 10 was released today with a social networking feature called Ping. With Ping, you can learn more about your favorite artists and find out what your friends are listening to.
Apple has redesigned the iTunes logo. Since iTunes music downloads now outsell CDs, they decided to remove the CD from the logo.
Download iTunes 10 today at www.apple.com/itunes/download.
Apple announced a completely redesigned iPod nano today with a multi-touch screen. It has a 1.5-inch display with 240-by-240 pixel resolution. There are 7 colors to choose from with a 8GB model for $149 and a 16GB model for $179.
The new iPod nano is available on Apple’s Online Store and ships in 1 week.
Apple announced a completely redesigned $99 Apple TV today. The new design is about a quarter the size of the original Apple TV and its connectivity has been stripped to just four ports on the back: HDMI, optical digital audio output, Ethernet and power. There’s also 802.11n Wi-Fi. Unlike the old model, there’s no onboard storage at all, with all content streaming either directly from the internet or other devices on your home network.
TV shows from Fox and ABC are available to rent in HD for 99¢ an episode. Another big addition to the new Apple TV is Netflix streaming.
The Apple TV can be purchased from Apple’s Online Store and is schedule to ship sometime in September.
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