Showing posts with label overhaul. Show all posts
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Work a Financial Overhaul into Your Spring Cleaning [Personal Finance]

Spring cleaning usually entails clearing out old closets, cleaning up the junk drawer, and giving the house a good scrub down. In an interview with NPR, author Gail Blanke suggests you add your finances to your spring cleaning routine as well.


She suggests you start with something small and don't make a big deal of it. Just like your house, your finances get clogged up and need to get cleaned out once a year. She suggests:



I would say, ask yourself the question, what are the two or three things that I could do or start to do that reduce my financial stress? You know, maybe you make a plan to pay down your credit card debt. That'd be good. Maybe - and this is a really good one. Maybe you draw up a budget that realistically reflects your current financial situation.


If spring cleaning is all about getting rid of the clutter in your life then it makes sense to work your financial situation into your routine. Do you take a look at your finances during spring cleaning?

A Clean Sweep For Your Finances | NPR

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Thursday, March 1, 2012

iTunes Store could be slated for a major overhaul this year

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CNET News Apple iTunes Store could be slated for a major overhaul this year Lance Whitney by Lance Whitney February 21, 2012 6:17 AM PST Follow @lancewhit

A redesign of the iTunes Store and the App Store could be in the works for later this year, according to 9to5Mac.

Is the iTunes Store scheduled for a major redesign?Is the iTunes Store scheduled for a major redesign?

(Credit:Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET)

iTunes users who've been wishing for a kinder, gentler version of the online store may finally get their wish.

Apple is said to be prepping a redesign of the iTunes Store and the App Store for later this year, says 9to5Mac. The goal would be to make the store simpler and help users more easily and quickly find the content they need.

Apple has reportedly told its various music and entertainment partners that it wants to make the iTunes Store a "much more engaging experience," 9to5Mac added. Tthe redesign is considered a "top priority" for Apple in light of rival operations such as Amazon's online music store and Spotify's music streaming service.

The overhaul would affect the iTunes experience for music, movies, TV shows, and apps but could include the iBookstore as well. Changes to the iOS mobile versions of the iTunes Store and App Store are likely in the works as well.

Still unknown, however, is whether the revamp would extend to the actual iTunes desktop application, says 9to5Mac. It's possible Apple would redo its online store but only unveil a small update to iTunes 10.

Well, here's one iTunes user hoping Apple will revamp the iTunes application as well.

The iTunes desktop app began life as a relatively simple way to synchronize youriPod content with your computer. But over the years, the program has become more complicated, more bloated, and more confusing.

I teach aniPad class for adults in my spare hours. The students typically find the iPad fairly intuitive and enjoy learning its various features. But when I show them iTunes, their eyes start to glaze over as if they can't understand why they need to use this cumbersome piece of software.

Apple has continually focused on adding new features, such as Ping and iTunes Match, but in so doing has also turned iTunes into a beast of a program.

I run iTunes primarily on aWindows 7 PC. Of all the software I use, iTunes gives me the most amount of trouble. It freezes, it hangs, it crashes. To be fair, the last few versions have improved the stability somewhat. Version 10 doesn't freeze or crash as often as did the previous versions. But it still reeks of software that definitely needs an overhaul with an eye toward simplicity and reliability.

So a redesign of the iTunes Store and App Store would be a step in the right direction. But what we really need is a kinder and gentler iTunes app itself.

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