Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 133: In Happier News
After a bit of an absence, Jamie, Ricky and Joe are back with another podcast. Did you miss us? We decided to let the rest of the Serotek team have their say with our 2012 SPN holiday review special. In addition to our holiday review special, Ricky Enger, Mike Calvo and Joe Steinkamp sat down to discuss the current state of mobile accessibility in our latest SPN Mobile special: Scratching the Surface with Mike Calvo.
In SeroTalk Podcast 133, we discuss the top news of the week. Then, Jamie Pauls sits down with Dennis of Aftershokz to discuss the company’s latest generation of bone conduction headphones. And now, it’s time for the news!
Syria suffers Internet ‘blackout’; cut off from the outside world
Apple releases iTunes 11 with “dramatically simplified user interface”
Analyst: Apple’s iPad 4 is not selling well. Why? Blame the Mini
iPod Creator: Scott Forstall ‘Got What He Deserved’
Apple SVP Eddy Cue Fires Richard Williamson For Botching Apple Maps
Report: Apple bumps Android from top spot in U.S. smartphone market on strength of iPhone 5
Apple Sold 11 iPads Per Hour On Black Friday While Microsoft Sold Zero Surface Tablets
Windows 8 off to a slow start with consumers in month one, says NPD
Pricing for Microsoft’s Surface Pro Revealed; $899 for 64GB, $999 for 128GB
RIM’s Stock Up 55% in Past 30 Days on BlackBerry 10 Optimism
AT&T is the worst-rated wireless carrier for the third year in a row, according to Consumer Reports
Google+ chief: Facebook is the social network of the past
Like it or not, nonreplaceable CPUs may be the future of desktops
Every computer term you’ve ever wanted to know, explained in our tech dictionary:
Barnes And Noble’s Nook App Gets VoiceOver And Zoom Accessibility
Everything you ever wanted to know about iMessage – in a braille booklet
Navigating the Windows8 Start screen with the Keyboard
Mailbag
Blog comment from Jim
Hi guys,
I thought you’d be interested in something for your next podcast. You can have fun testing it out. For all you smart phone and tablet users, especially I-Devices, I thought you’d get a kick out of a cool update to the Google Search app. Some of you may be familiar with Apple’s Siri voice app. Google is going to give Siri a Siri-ous run for its money! I’ve had fun playing with this app and comparing the two.
Roundabout
Smart specs may replace guide dogs
the voice behind Siri (interview with Kerin Jacobson)
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
I found the following, hope it helps:
5 Tips to Make iTunes 11 Look Normal Again
Nov 29, 2012 – 69 Comments
So you got iTunes 11, launched it for the first time, and now you’re wondering
where everything is and why it looks so different? You’re not alone, any time an
apps user interface is redesigned it’s sure to leave some people confused as
things are switched around, hidden, and adjusted. If you’re a creature of habit
like me, you’ll want to make iTunes look “normal” again, that is, more familiar
to what we’ve long become accustomed to with the past versions, and here are
five simple tricks to do just that.
Show All Your Music Again by Sorting by “Songs” Instead of Albums
The new album view looks cool and all, but it can make it harder to browse music
because it shows less music on screen. This is a super easy one to change, just
click the “Songs” tab across the top and you’ll see a familiar list of music
again. Phew!
Show Sidebar to See Playlists, iPhones, iPads, and the iTunes Store
This is probably the most important thing to change immediately, because for
whatever reason Apple hid the sidebar by default and if you’re accustomed to
seeing it all the time, that’s really silly. Showing the iTunes sidebar again is
simple, and you’ll immediately be able to see all your playlists, iOS devices,
and other stuff again:
From iTunes, pull down the “View” menu and select “Show Sidebar”
Show Status Bar & How Many Songs in iTunes Library Again
The status bar in iTunes tells you how many songs are in a library, what the
playtime is, and how much space it takes up. This is useful knowledge
particularly if you’re trying to stuff an album or two onto a pretty full iPod
or iPhone. Showing the status bar again is easy:
Pull down the “View” menu and select “Show Status Bar”
Show Podcasts Again
If you subscribe to podcasts in iTunes and listen to them frequently, you
probably want quick and easy access to them from the sidebar. You’ll have to
check this option in the preferences:
Open iTunes Preferences and click on the “General” tab
Check the box next to “Podcasts” under Library
Lose the Color Scheming in Album View
iTunes 11 changes the background color of the display window depending on album
artwork. If you prefer your UI’s to be nice and simple, disabling that feature
is easy:
Open iTunes Preferences and choose on the “General” tab
Uncheck the box next to “Use custom colors for open albums, movies, etc”