Apple has announced that, after existing 7th generation iPod Touch supplies are sold, the 21-year-old portable music player line will be laid to rest. In lieu of flowers, you should probably subscribe to Apple Music or something.
For you youngsters, here’s the gee-whiz 2001 iPod promo video:
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CNN has identified the original voice of Siri, Apple’s voice-activated virtual “assistant” introduced with the iPhone 4S in 2011. It belongs to singer and voice actress Susan Bennett of Sandy Springs Georgia, co-owner of Audiocam Music recording studio. Her reign as Siri ended this year with the introduction of Apple’s iOS 7 operating system, which has new Siri voices.
More:
“‘I’m the original voice of Siri,'” Jessica Ravitz, CNN
The voice actress behind Siri had no idea she would become Siri,” Chris Gayomali, The Week
“Siri Toured as a Backup Singer for Roy Orbison, and Everything Else You Ever Wanted to Know About the Voice of Apple,” Julie Miller, Vanity Fair
“Siri Is a Middle-Aged White Woman From Atlanta, Just as We All Suspected,” Will Oremus, Slate
“You’ve met ‘the original Siri.’ Here are the others.” Caitlin Dewey, Washington Post blog
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“As everyone knows, the world-religion of the educated and prosperous in the twenty-first century is Apple, with its Vatican in Cupertino and its cathedrals in the light-filled Apple Stores that draw pilgrims gripping iPhones and iPads like rosaries. Apple’s flock is secured against heresy by censors who rule the online App Store; only applications with Apple’s imprimatur are allowed on an iPhone. Programmers risk excommunication—with all their works condemned to being listed in an Index of Prohibited Software—if they violate canon law by bypassing Apple’s banking system or ignoring its infallible doctrine.”
“For Apple fans still recovering from Steve Jobs’ untimely death last year, there is some hope yet. According to Phra Thepyanmahamuni, the abbot of the Wat Phra Dhammakaya in Thailand, Jobs was reincarnated into a divinity “of middle rank – half a Witthayathorn, half yak.”
“Jobs has long been compared to a religious leader himself, and Apple has been variously described as magical and religious. In 2011 the BBC went so far as to claim that Apple products evoked religious experiences in their fans.”
“Steve Jobs Reincarnated as Divine Half-Yak,” Andrew Aghapour, Religion Dispatches
Apple has introduced the new iPad 3, featuring an outrageous display, so your iPad 2 is now totally obsolete. The tech-savvy folks at Wired have devised some ways to re-purpose that old iPad 2. One of our favorites: cutting board .
“20 Ways to ‘Recycle’ Your Obsolete iPad 2,” Christina Bonnington, Wired
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