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…the website shows a Weather app icon that says 73 degrees in thin letters. That’s far different from the icon unveiled earlier, which shows a sun covered by a cloud. That icon has been one of the most criticized parts of the operating system, with many saying it’s too cartoonish and poorly designed. Others complain that the cloud icon isn’t helpful and would prefer an icon that displays current information, like some other iOS 7 apps do. The new Clock app, for example, shows the current time in its icon, and many would like the weather app to show the current temperature.

Teardown of Apple’s new 11″ MacBook Air finds smaller SSD module, tweaked battery (Apple Insider)
The 11-inch version of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s new MacBook Air has gotten its requisite disassembly, with the process revealing some of the craft that went into getting it its longer battery life, including a tweaked design to accommodate a slightly larger battery. The new 11-inch Air, like the new 13-inch Air, features a smaller SSD module and a new heat sink clamp, iFixit found in the course of its teardown. The ultralight notebook also features an improved battery outputting at 7.6V with 5100mAh. The new battery weighs 8.08 oz and is rated at 38.75 watt-hours, an improvement over last year’s model, which weighed 7.9 oz and was rated at 35 watt-hours. Last year’s model was capable of up to five hours of battery life, while the new model can give up to 9 hours of operation.


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