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Feedly is a service that's risen in popularity recently for the most part because the much-loved RSS service Google Reader is coming to close on July 1, but the company is definitely doing its best to make a space for itself as something more than just an alternative. Today, Feedly released the Feedly Cloud, which not only creates a standalone web-based RSS reader app, but also hooks all of your feeds into the cloud, which developers can then hook their own APIs into for various purposes. Just like Google Reader's API, the idea is to allow Feedly's work to power other readers, and in fact the service is connecting into IFTTT right away at launch, and opening up other options for future apps and tools. This also means that Feedly is available right inside your web browser (previously, the app required a plugin or extension in your browser to work correctly), and can be pulled up from anywhere. Personally, Feedly has become my reader of choice, partly because it works so similarly to Google's service, and partly because it's so easy to migrate from one service to the other. If you use Google Reader and haven't yet chosen a new service, you're running out of time, as Google is finally shutting everything down on July 1. Feedly is the best alternative I've seen so far, and this move to the cloud shows that the company is very interested in not only grabbing Google's refugees, but keeping their patronage for as long as possible.Feedly RSS reader launches cloud service originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Source | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Would you consider yourself a tea connoisseur? Perhaps you spend more money on tea leaves than you would care to admit and your brewing process is comparable to that of a thousand-year-old Chinese farmer. Whether you’re an addict or a one who just enjoys an occasional cup, you should check out Tea for iPhone. The app got a 2.0 update today with a new design and plenty of features. Developed by an iOS engineer for the Nest thermostat, Tea is a beautiful-looking app. The point is for Tea to be your one-stop shop for everything you need to know about brewing and different types of tea. In version 2.0, there’s a Tea Encyclopedia with “carefully researched preparation tips, origin maps, signs of quality, processing methods, tasting tags, and harvest seasons for all major teas.” There’s Reminders integration so you can create a list of teas to try. You can create blends of different teas and save them to your collection in the app, and your specific teapot can be entered to automatically set water volume presets. It’s geeky stuff for geeky tea lovers. Here’s the full change log: Completely refreshed design. Tea Encyclopedia: Carefully researched preparation tips, origin maps, signs of quality, processing methods, tasting tags, and harvest seasons for all major teas. Tea can even look up teas by nicknames, recognizing over 500 queries. (Coming soon for our British users.) Teas to Try: Encyclopedia integrates with Reminders and can create a list of Teas to Try based on the teas you find interesting. Next Time: Specify how you want to prepare your tea next time you brew it, and Tea will remember for you. No more tediously looking up your past notes when you want to improve your brew. Blends: Create blends of your teas. Teapot Picker: Register your teapot collection with Tea and use them as water volume presets. Photos: Take pictures of your brews and save them in your notes. Share these photos on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Weibo. Tea costs $2 in the App Store. Source: App Store The post Tea 2.0: The iPhone App Every Tea Lover Needs appeared first on Cult of Mac.Related StoriesEvery WWDC 2013 Session Video Can Now Be Downloaded From Apple’s Developer SiteWhen Will The Next iOS 7 Beta Arrive? When Will iOS 7 Be Released? [iOS 7 Timeline]Lytro’s New iOS App Will Let You Import And Refocus Photos Directly Off The CameraRdio iOS App Updated With iTunes Radio-Like ‘Song Stations’OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5 Beta Released To Developers

Summer's almost here (Friday!), which means that many TUAW readers are either on vacation or starting to think about getting away while the weather's nice. Today, Shawn "Doc Rock" Boyd and I will talk about how we use technology in our travels to keep us connected, make traveling easier, and help us capture memories of those trips. To join in to watch the live feed and participate in the chat, just click here. You'll join us on the AOL On Network. If you can't watch the entire show today, come back to this page within 24 hours to see the video or visit http://tuaw.com/tuawtvlive to see the latest show. Past shows are also available on the TUAW YouTube channel.TUAW TV Live: Travel talk with Steve and Doc originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Source | Permalink | Email this | Comments

The iTunes video store is a strange market to track. Most of Apple's attention and press these days is going to the App Store, and obviously iTunes wouldn't exist without the music store. But the video store, where you can buy and rent movies and TV shows, is sort of the quiet third pillar of Apple's digital retail service. And Horace Dediu of Asymco has posted that it's doing big numbers indeed. After Apple announced new numbers for both TV show and movie downloads (1 billion and 380 million), Dediu crunched the numbers, and determined that the rate of spending on iTunes video is about $1.75 billion per year. That's sizable for sure, though as you can see in Dediu's chart above, video still only makes up a small piece of the amount of money traveling through the various iTunes stores. Dediu also says the picture of what users are spending on iTunes is becoming more clear. He estimates that users spend the most every year on apps, about $16 a year. $12 a year is spent on music, per user, and $9 a year is spent on software (on the Mac App Store or elsewhere). Then, about $2 a year is spent on books, and $4 a year is spent on video. So iTunes video definitely isn't the biggest store that Apple is running, but it does make up a fairly sizable piece of the entire pie.Asymco's Horace Dediu measures the iTunes video store originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Source | Permalink | Email this | Comments

A Texas company, Bluebonnet Telecommunications, is suing Apple for patent infringement in relation to call forwarding technology. Specifically Bluebonnet says that the iPhone 4S and 5 violate US Patent No. 5,485,511, a patent that previously belonged to Siemens Rolm Communications but was picked up by Bluebonnet in June 1996. The patent describes a phone communicating with a central switch to generate a list of options, which are then displayed for the phone's user....

Less than one month after debuting OS X 10.8.4, Apple on Wednesday seeded the first OS X 10.8.5 Mountain Lion beta build to developers, with the latest maintenance update possibly looking to stabilize the operating system ahead of an OS X 10.9 Mavericks launch this fall.

Despite slightly late adoption of the 802.11g standard, which had more to do with the hardware refresh product cycle than anything else, Apple has been on the forefront of wireless home networking. From the first failure-prone Airport base station with an Orinoco Gold PCMCIA card to the newest equipment with custom chipsets built for Apple, Cupertino has seen the value of Internet access not tethered by a cord. The latest effort is the Airport Extreme and Time Capsule 802.11ac model, which brings some advances to the line. Join us with this first look at the new networking peripheral from Appl...

Apple has given developers access to the first beta of OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5. Given the planned release of OS X Mavericks this fall, 10.8.5 could very well end up being the last major version of Mountain Lion before Mavericks ships to the public. A developer beta of Mavericks was made available to developers the week of WWDC. OS X 10.8.4 was officially released on June 4th and it brought a bunch of bug fixes. 10.8.5 will likely focus on bugs fixes and compatibility issues as well. Source: Apple The post OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5 Beta Released To Developers appeared first on Cult of Mac.Related StoriesEvery WWDC 2013 Session Video Can Now Be Downloaded From Apple’s Developer SiteWhen Will The Next iOS 7 Beta Arrive? When Will iOS 7 Be Released? [iOS 7 Timeline]Lytro’s New iOS App Will Let You Import And Refocus Photos Directly Off The CameraRdio iOS App Updated With iTunes Radio-Like ‘Song Stations’Tea 2.0: The iPhone App Every Tea Lover Needs

Rdio has released an update to its iOS app that brings a feature called “Song Stations.” Like Apple’s recently announced iTunes Radio, you can now create a streaming radio station based on an individual song in the Rdio app. You get unlimited skips, but no ability to vote or down-vote a track to refine the station. Song Stations are created by tapping and holding on any song in Rdio. Another nice addition is a feature called “AutoPlay.” When a playlist, album, or station has ended, Rdio can start automatically playing similar music based on what you were listening to already. Rdio costs $10 per month for unlimited streaming on mobile and the web. You can grab today’s update in the App Store. Source: App Store Image: MacStories The post Rdio iOS App Updated With iTunes Radio-Like ‘Song Stations’ appeared first on Cult of Mac.Related StoriesEvery WWDC 2013 Session Video Can Now Be Downloaded From Apple’s Developer SiteWhen Will The Next iOS 7 Beta Arrive? When Will iOS 7 Be Released? [iOS 7 Timeline]Lytro’s New iOS App Will Let You Import And Refocus Photos Directly Off The CameraTea 2.0: The iPhone App Every Tea Lover NeedsOS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5 Beta Released To Developers

While alternate RSS services have started popping up left and right in the wake of Google Reader’s death sentence, the strongest contender so far is certainly Feedly. In a few months, the service already has 12 million users and a pretty sophisticated platform. Today Feedly officially turned on its own cloud sync, effectively cutting ties from Google Reader for good. The web app has also been redesigned to adapt to multiple browsers on different screen sizes without the need for a plugin. Feedly had previously been using Google Reader’s backend to sync RSS feeds while allowing existing Reader users to import their feeds. Now that Google Reader’s days are coming to a close, Feedly has fully transitioned to its own proprietary sync technology on mobile and desktop. Google Reader users can still quickly import their feeds when signing up for a Feedly account. Developers can now use the Feedly API to build the service into their RSS clients. Apps that have announced partnerships with Feedly include Sprout Social, gReader for Android, Press for Android, and Newsify. Popular iOS and Mac app Reeder recently announced that Feedly integration is coming in a future update. The web interface for Feedly has been redesigned to operate on its own without the need for a browser plugin. You can login into Feedly from any web browser and view your feeds in a clean, app-like interface. The cross-platform nature of the service makes it a compelling option. Google Reader will shut down on July 1st. We’ll have a roundup of some good alternatives next week. In the meantime, check out Feedly. Source: Feedly The post Feedly RSS Service Updated With Cloud Sync, Making It Top Google Reader Alternative appeared first on Cult of Mac.Related StoriesDigg’s Google Reader Replacement Will Be Ready To Launch On iOS June 26thiOS Users Are 30% More Likely To Buy Stuff Via Device Than Android UsersSprint Launches LTE Connectivity In 22 New LocationsApple, Samsung & HTC To Release Liquid-Cooled Smartphones This Year [Rumor]Modern Combat 4?s New Meltdown Update Available On iOS Now