[MyAppleMenu] Dec 5, 2012

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**** Zite 2.0: A Smarter, Snappier Personalized Magazine For iOS ****
<http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57557149-93/zite-2.0-a-smarter-snappier-personalized-magazine-for-ios/>
Daniel Terdiman, CNET



**** Why Magazine Apps Suck ****
<http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/04/the-dakly-died-of-suckage/>
MG Siegler, TechCrunch


> Publications like <i>The Magazine</i> and <i>TRVL</i> are now the ones showing the way. Others will come and expand upon these ideas. And I suspect some of them will eventually gain millions of happily paying readers.



**** Fusion 5 Review ****
<http://www.maclife.com/article/reviews/fusion_5_review>
Christopher Brennan, Mac Life



**** Apple LTE Policy Likely To Hit Smaller Networks Hardest ****
<http://www.telecoms.com/54492/apple-lte-policy-likely-to-hit-smaller-networks-hardest/>
James Middleton, Telecoms.com



**** Apple Drones App Banned: Politicians And Campaigners Step Up Fight ****
<http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/12/04/apple-drones-app-banned-petition-steps-up-fight_n_2236434.html>
Jessica Elgot, The Huffington Post UK



**** Use Transmit To Create 'Quick Upload' Droplets ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2012/12/04/use-transmit-to-create-quick-upload-droplets/>
TJ Luoma, TUAW



**** When Apps Meet Cloud Storage: Tectonic Shift Ahead ****
<http://www.wired.com/insights/2012/12/when-apps-meet-cloud-storage-tectonic-shift-ahead/>
Anand Dass, Wired



**** Apple iTunes Puts Beatles For Sale In Russia: Why Steve Jobs Would Smile ****
<http://blogs.computerworld.com/ios/21429/apple-itunes-puts-beatles-sale-russia-why-steve-jobs-would-smile>
Jonny Evans, Computerworld



**** Updated iMac From Apple Is A Knockout ****
<http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/baig/2012/12/04/new-apple-imac-review/1745043/>
Edard C. Baig, USA Today


> A desktop computer may not be the most practical choice you can make. But the new iMac is hard to pass by.



**** Half Of All App Store Revenue Goes To Just 25 Developers ****
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/12/04/top_25_app_devs_earn_half_of_revenue/>
Neil McAllister, The Register



**** One Reason Gmail 2.0 On iOS Still Sucks ****
<http://iamnotaprogrammer.com/One-reason-gmail-ios-still-sucks.html>
Colin Nederkoorn's Blog


> Why release an update to Gmail for iOS and tout ”numerous new animations from swivels to transitions” when the way you display an email is <i>still</i> a terrible and awkward experience for the user?



**** Apple Removes two-iPhone 5 Order Limit ****
<http://www.imore.com/apple-removing-two-iphone-order-limit>
Joseph Keller, IMore



**** The Official YouTube App Finally Goes Universal ****
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2012/12/the-official-youtube-app-finally-goes-universal>
Casey Tschida, AppAdvice


> In addition to the slight UI modifications, Google has added the ability to edit playlists, plus the opportunity to actually tap on URLs in video descriptions to go to the linked pages.



**** Print Email From Your Iphone With Gmail App And Cloud Print ****
<http://52tiger.net/print-email-from-your-iphone-with-gmail-app-and-cloud-print/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+52Tiger+%2852+Tiger%29>
Dave Caolo, 52 Tiger



**** Tidy Up 3 Review ****
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/macsoftware/reviews/?reviewid=3414766&olo=rss>
Karl Hodge, Macworld UK



**** How To Apply Special Effects To Your Videos In Final Cut Pro X ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2017469/how-to-apply-special-effects-to-your-videos-in-final-cut-pro-x.html>
Mark Spencer, Macworld



**** Review: iTunes 11 Adds Cool Features, But Can Be Jarring To Longtime Users ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2018296/review-itunes-11-adds-cool-features-but-can-be-jarring-to-longtime-users.html>
Kirk McElhearn, Macworld


> Some parts of the program have been simplified, while others see new complexity. With the focus on playing instead of organizing, Apple is trying to turn iTunes into a more user-friendly tool for playing media.

> If you have a small iTunes library, you’ll probably like the new views and the ease of creating playlists. If you have a large library, however, you’ll likely be disappointed by the limited viewing options in iTunes 11, and you may want to think twice about upgrading (at least until Apple makes some improvements).



**** iWork Updated For iOS And OS X ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2012/12/04/iwork-updated-for-ios-and-os-x/>
Michael Grothaus, TUAW



**** Hands-on: Gmail 2.0 For iOS Is More Google-Plus-ified Than Ever ****
<http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/12/hands-on-gmail-2-0-for-ios-is-more-google-plus-ified-than-ever/>
Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica


> In addition to being Google-Plus-ified in the UI (which may or may not be a good thing, depending on how you feel about Google+), the app has gained a number of very practical features. These may tempt users of Mail—or even Sparrow—away from their apps of choice.



**** Loren Brichter: Designs On The Future Of iOS Apps ****
<http://gigaom.com/apple/loren-brichter-designs-on-the-future-of-ios-apps/?utm_source=loopinsight.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+loopinsight%2FKqJb+%28The+Loop%29>
Erica Ogg, GigaOM


> “My design goals with Letterpress were to do things that the graphics hardware was really good at. [Ive] is the kind of person who has the same aesthetic. It’s not superficial — he’d think about [the design of iOS and an iOS device] all the way through” not just make something that looked good, he said."



**** iTunes 11: ‘Edit Playlist’ To Work Around The Single-window Limitation ****
<http://www.betalogue.com/2012/12/04/itunes-11-edit-playlist-to-work-around-the-single-window-limitation/>
Pierre Igot, Betalogue


> Selecting this menu item does indeed create a split-screen (or, more accurately, a split-window) view with the current tracklist of the playlist on the right-hand side and your music library on the left.



**** iTunes 11 Review: Simple Is As Simple Does ****
<http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/12/itunes-11-review-simple-is-as-simple-does/>
Chris Foresman, Ars Technica



**** iTunes 11: Do You Miss The Album Art Pane? Here’s A Quick Way To Add Album Art To Your Tracks ****
<http://www.mcelhearn.com/2012/12/04/itunes-11-do-you-miss-the-album-art-pane-heres-a-quick-way-to-add-album-art-to-your-tracks/>
Kirk McElhearn, Kirkville


> If you drag a graphic to the iTunes LCD – that’s the display at the top of the window, showing which track is playing – iTunes will add the graphic to the currently playing track.



**** Is iTunes Plus Gone? iTunes 11 Offers DRM-free Audio Re-downloads ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2012/12/04/is-itunes-plus-gone-itunes-11-offers-drm-free-audio-re-download/>
Erica Sadun, TUAW


> I am not now, nor have I ever been an iTunes Match customer. But last night, I was able to download DRM-free copies of music I purchased from iTunes in the days before iTunes Plus via iTunes 11. I also determined that some of my iTunes content that I thought was securely tucked away on my hard drive had in fact made a retreat into the cloud.



**** iTunes 11: The Features Apple Removed, And Alternatives ****
<http://tidbits.com/article/13432?rss>
Adam C. Engst, TidBITS



**** BBEdit 10.5 Adds Retina Display Support, Navigation Improvements, And More ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2018459/bbedit-10-5-adds-retina-display-support-navigation-improvements-and-more.html>
Lex Friedman, Macworld


> BBEdit adds support for Retina display Macs, introduces features for more powerful navigation, adds options for maintaining websites, and includes a slew of other aesthetic, functional, and under-the-hood improvements.



**** Gmail For iOS Relaunches With Sleeker Interface, New Features ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2018507/gmail-for-ios-relaunches-with-sleeker-interface-new-features.html>
Joel Mathis, Macworld


> The first thing users will notice—after taking a gander at the stripped-down UI—is that they have more options: The Gmail app now lets users access up to five different Gmail accounts from within the app, a feature designed for power users who keep different types of communication in different accounts.






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**** The High Cost Of ‘Modernist’ Living ****
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/holiday-guide/the-high-cost-of-modernist-living/2012/12/03/ccacac8e-38cf-11e2-b01f-5f55b193f58f_story.html>
Tim Carman, Washington Post


> The cookbook is, by turns, brilliant, absorbing, challenging, frustrating and sometimes even contradictory in its aim for precision and its lack of clarity in directions.



**** The Making Of A Philosophy Professor ****
<http://chronicle.com/article/The-Making-of-a-Philosophy/135876/>
John Kaag, The Chronicle Of Higher Education


> But here's the thing about not being miserable.

> Life is still a pathetic ruse: either too painful or too short. You pick.



**** All Hail Salman Rushdie. All Hail Joseph Anton. ****
<http://www.bookslut.com/white_chick_with_a_hindi_phd/2012_11_019575.php>
Diasy Rockwell, Bookslut


> At times, when she was reading the memoir, she was reminded of that cherished moment in her youth, when she had first read prose in Latin class. That too was a memoir, as it happens, and one also written in the third person singular.



**** How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Drink Coffee Already ****
<http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/how-to-get-used-to-caffeine-if-dont-drink-coffee/Content?oid=8053217>
Kevin Warwick, Chicago Reader


> So I embarked on a controlled experiment (though I admittedly had no real idea what I was doing). I spent a little over two weeks cataloging my physical and psychological shifts as I eased myself into coffee, caffeine, and the surrounding culture. And then, once I was fully addicted, I kept drinking it, because, well, I had become addicted.