Interesting Links

It's Friday.  It's time to take a look back at the week of interesting links I discovered around the web.

• It's Apple rumor season.  iMore covers the iPad Mini 4 which is said to feature a thinner frame and include iPad Air 2 internals.  
• Sticking on the topic of Apple rumors.  Buzzfeed reports Apple will debut a new Apple TV in September which will include its own App Store and a slimmer chassis.  
• In support of Ten Bands One Cause, Run the Jewels, among others will be issuing limited edition pink vinyl versions of their albums on September 29th.  Rolling Stone has the story with the list of artists involved.  
• Ice Cube confirmed this week that a "Straight Outta Compton" inspired album from Dr. Dre is on the way soon. It's not Detox but it should provide some quality new Dre tracks. Okayplayer has the details.
• Fantastical, my favorite third party iOS calendar app, got a pretty sweet update this week adding support for event drafts. Download here and as always Macstories has a pretty great writeup about the update.
• IFTTT added a Spotify channel this week which gives you new triggers and actions including saving tracks and adding playlists.  Connect your accounts on the channel here.  
• Apple debuted some new Apple Watch videos/commercials highlighting third-party apps in the fitness, music and travel categories.  Check them all out on the Apple YouTube channel.

Interesting Links

It's Friday.  It's time to take a look back at the week that was and share the interesting links I found around the web.  Enjoy.

• Your Old Droog dropped a new EP this week. Nah Right has the stream. You can also add it to your music collection via Apple Music here.

• Apple Music is under some scrutiny this week over antitrust issues. Of course Al Franken had to throw his hat into the ring as well. 9to5Mac has the coverage.

• In what may be my favorite find of the week comes this Tumblr account, Straight Outta Cooperstown which does a mashup of Hall of Famers from baseball and hip hop.

• Apple announced their Back to School program. Free Beats Solo2 headphones with a purchase of a Mac. Don't complain about free crappy headphones. Sell them on eBay.

• Eminem visited Sway in the Morning and dropped a 8 minute freestyle. Rap Genius has the lyrics up with partial annotations.

• iMore has put together The Ultimate Guide to troubleshooting Apple Music. Turns out this will be available in iBook format soon.

• Apple's quarterly earnings came out this week with mixed results. Macworld has some great coverage on the topic with graphs and transcripts.

• I'm a TV fan. Which American isn't? I like tracking my shows and keeping up to date on the latest episodes. iShows has always been my goto app for tracking. I've been testing the beta of iShows 2 for months now. It was released today and Macstories, as always, has an in-depth review.

Interesting Links

I was trying to figure out what type of recurring weekly post I should provide to the blog. Considering I spend an ample amount of time collecting and reading links around the web, I figured I would share what I found interesting this week.  Basically it's a Pinboard dump.  

Here are some great reads and links from around the web...

• 9to5Mac shows us how to record live Beats 1 radio shows on your Mac for free. This reminds me when I had internet colleagues who would record Radio 1 shows for me via Digital Audio Broadcasts.

• MacRumors has images of leaked "iPhone 6s Plus" showing the rear casing and stronger body.

• iMore goes back in time covering the evolution of the iTunes Store through its ups, downs and revolutionary moves.

• Zane Lowe premiered a new Skrillex and Vic Mensa song titled "No Chill' this afternoon on Beats 1. Pitchfork has the stream.

• What should already be a weekly listen for you, Run the Jewels' Friday night Beats 1 show, #WRTJ, will be debuting some Meow the Jewels tracks tonight (July 17th).

• In what may be the most exciting news of the week for me, The Gorillaz are getting back in the studio in September to work on their next LP which in due for a 2016 release.

Thank you for stopping by my website this week.  I decided to get back into blogging because I love sharing information.  I don't expect many visitors but do appreciate those who stop by to check out what I'm doing.