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No longer blurry

Tom Charman

Jun 15, 2012 — 1 min read

Hah. Well, it’s not blurry any more. Apparently the trouble with changing an iPad app to a Newsstand app is that people can’t find it. There’s already a few 1-star “OMG the Age disappeared” reviews on the app store.

So, now we have THE AGE in big letters, hopefully only until everyone finds the damn thing. I like dynamic covers. Just not blurry ones.

UPDATE: No, it looks like it was just blue because they hadn’t released a cover subsequent to the update yet. Our long national nightmare of un-retina-friendly covers for The Age continues. More as it develops, except possibly not as I’m feeling deeply boring.

Dot and Bubble

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73 Yards

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The Doctor and Ruby standing inside the TARDIS.

Boom

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The Devil's Chord

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Dot and Bubble

73 Yards

Boom

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