Apple Quietly Discontinues the iPod
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on September 13th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
Apple Quietly Discontinues the iPod
When Steve Jobs unveiled the iPod in 2001, a month after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the timing was inauspicious and the product given little chance of success. Of course, the iPod did succeed — wildly so — paving the way for iTunes, lots of smaller iPods, the iPhone, the iPad, and Apple’s bulging (offshore) bank account. This week, the heir of the original iPod — a rectangular box with a click-wheel on the front, hard drive inside, and no touchscreen, now dubbed iPod Classic
Straight Men Marry for Trip to Rugby World Cup
Heterosexual best mates Travis McIntosh and Matt McCormick, who have known each other since the age of six, are getting married as winners of a competition run by The Edge radio station in New Zealand. After more than 200 entries, McIntosh, a 23-year-old engineering student at Otago University, and McCormick, a 24-year-old teacher at Musselburgh School in Dunedin, were chosen from three bromance couples to win an all-expenses paid trip to the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England. “It’s just seeing how far two good mates would go to win a trip to the Rugby World Cup,” McIntosh said. “We picked up our wedding certificate and the nerves are starting to really hit home.”