Here’s an app that does one thing and does it very well. There arequite a fewapps out there today that extend the capabilities of iTunes — the most common being the apps that display the album art of the current song on your desktop. However, almost none of these apps work for the huge number of free iTunes Radio streams that are available in iTunes.CoverToasteris a simple app bySmartCodeHQthat displays the Album Art for the songs playing through any of the iTunes Radio streams....

COVID got the world addicted to (computer) tablets — we made some pie charts about it Everything is better with a graph Who did well? Five companies dominated the tablet market, with Apple coming out at the top spot with a rather tasty 32.3% market share and 12.4 million shipments.The 10.2-inch iPadappeared to be the business’ best selling model, while the Air and Pro models have also shown a strong performance....

COVID-19 antibodies may fade faster in men than women The puzzle of sex differences in immunity The question of how antibody levels are maintained in the blood has interested immunologists for years. Antibodies are produced by immune cells called plasma cells, which in turn develop from cells known asB lymphocytes. We know that for antibody responses to last, it’s crucial that plasma cells are able to stay alive for a long time too, in a special form known aslong-lived plasma cells, or LLPCs....

Last year, 38,680 people died on the US roads, according topreliminary estimatesof theNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Sadly, that’s the highest projected number since 2007. Although Americans drove less during the pandemic (13% less vehicle miles traveled), NHTSA found that crash fatalities in 2020 – includingmotor vehicle occupants, motorcyclists, pedestrians, and pedalcyclists –increased by7.2%, as compared to the 36,096 fatalities reported in 2019. The agency’s analysis identified three main behaviors that resulted in this increase: impaired driving, speeding, and failure to wear a seatbelt....

COVID-19 will probably become endemic – here’s what that means Waning immunity In diseases that give permanent immunity after infection, each new child born is susceptible after the immunity obtained from the mother wears off. This is why childhood infections such as measles are endemic in many parts of the world where the birth rate is high enough. In diseases that only give temporary immunity through natural infection, people lose that immune protection to become susceptible again....