[MyAppleMenu] Dec 19, 2012

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**** Four Power Tips For Safari 6 ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2021320/four-power-tips-for-safari-6.html>
Sharon Zardetto, Macworld



**** Review: Evernote 5.0 For Mac Improves An Already-indispensable Service ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2019709/review-evernote-5-0-for-mac-improves-an-already-indispensable-service.html>
Tom Negrino, Macworld


> One of the most useful things about Evernote is the huge ecosystem that’s sprung up around it, consisting of hardware, software, and services that all use Evernote as their hub.



**** Apple Online Store Offering Free Next Day Shipping On Nearly Everything ****
<http://www.macrumors.com/2012/12/18/apple-online-store-offering-free-next-day-shipping-on-nearly-everything/>
Juli Clover, MacRumors



**** How We Sandboxed Sandvox ****
<http://www.mikeabdullah.net/how-we-sandboxed-sandvox.html>
Mike Abdullah


> At first glance, Sandvox seems a pretty good fit for the sandbox. It's document-based and doesn't have too deep a hook into the OS's configuration. But as ever in programming, we did run into a few of those pesky edge cases.



**** Google Updates Blogger For iOS With iPhone 5 Support ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2012/12/18/google-updates-blogger-for-ios-with-iphone-5-support/>
Mike Wehner, TUAW



**** I’m Not The Product, But I Play One On The Internet ****
<http://powazek.com/posts/3229>
Derek Powazek


> We can and should support the companies we love with our money. Companies can and should have balanced streams of income so that they’re not solely dependent on just one. We all should consider the business models of the companies we trust with our data.

> But we should not assume that, just because we pay a company they’ll treat us better, or that if we’re not paying that the company is allowed to treat us like shit. Reality is just more complicated than that. What matters is how companies demonstrate their respect for their customers. We should hold their feet to the fire when they demonstrate a lack of respect.



**** Apple API Strengthens Facebook Ads By Letting You Install App Store Apps Without Leaving FB For iOS 6 ****
<http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/18/apple-hooks-up-facebook/>
Josh Constine, TechCrunch


> Facebook and Apple grew closer today as mobile app install ads in Facebook for iOS 6 now allow users to download apps from the App Store via pop-up instead of interrupting users and forcing them to leave Facebook. By implementing Apple’s App Store pop-up API, Facebook could get developers to buy more of its ads since the clicks they pay for are more likely to turn into actual downloads.

When will Apple sell iAd to Facebook?


**** Hands On With YouTube Capture For iOS ****
<http://www.techhive.com/article/2021076/hands-on-with-youtube-capture-for-ios.html>
Jackie Dove, TechHive



**** How To Set Time Limits For Computer Use In Mac OS X ****
<http://osxdaily.com/2012/12/18/set-time-limits-computer-use-mac-os-x/>
OS X Daily


> Mac OS X allows you to set time limits for computer usage by way of Parental Controls. With the feature, you can set different limits to computer use for weekdays, weekends, and even set bed times, whereby the Mac would be unusable between some specified hours.



**** Sesame’s Best Practices Guide For Children’s App Development ****
<http://www.sesameworkshop.org/our-blog/2012/12/17/sesames-best-practices-guide-for-childrens-app-development/>
The Sesame Workshop Blog


> Since jumping into the world of touch devices, we’ve learned many things to which we feel can benefit the industry and parents alike. That’s why, after conducting over 60 studies on the ways children interact with tablet devices, we have released our best practices, or “lessons learned.” This document is by no means “final.” Our practices are ever evolving as we learn from our research.



**** Apple Removes Popular AppShopper App From Sale As It Falls Afoul Of App Store’s New App Promotion Clause ****
<http://thenextweb.com/apple/2012/12/18/apple-removes-popular-appshopper-app-from-sale-as-it-falls-afoul-of-app-stores-new-app-promotion-clause/>
Matthew Panzarino, The Next Web


> The removal, publisher Arnold Kim confirmed to us, has to do with a new rule that Apple added back in September which governs the promotion of apps not your own inside your apps.



**** Wunderlist 2 Is A Rare Mix Of Simple List-making And Powerful Task Management ****
<http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/18/3778922/wunderlist-2-task-list-update>
David Pierce, The Verge



**** iTunes Store Experience: Not For The Music Lover ****
<http://www.betalogue.com/2012/12/18/itunes-store-etta-james/>
Pierre Igot, Betalogue


> This is downright ridiculous. How on earth does Apple get away with providing no options for sorting search results? 



**** Navigate iTunes 11 From The Keyboard ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2020570/navigate-itunes-11-from-the-keyboard.html>
Kirk McElhearn, Macworld



**** MacStories Interviews: Gus Mueller ****
<http://www.macstories.net/msinterviews/macstories-interviews-gus-mueller/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+macstoriesnet+%28MacStories%29>
Federico Viticci, MacStories


> You may know Gus because it makes two of the finest Mac apps — Acorn, an image editor, and VoodooPad, a note-taking and wiki app. 



**** Hear That Apple? Google Music Now Matches Our Songs For Absolutely Nothing ****
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2012/12/hear-that-apple-google-music-now-matches-our-songs-for-absolutely-nothing>
Bryan M. Wolfe, AppAdvice



**** Skitch For Mac Updated With More "Classic" Features ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2012/12/18/skitch-for-mac-updated-with-more-classic-features/>
Megan Lavey-Heaton, TUAW


> This includes the return of custom styles and colors, an option to auto copy the URL once an image has been uploaded, an overhauled sharing interface with a plethora of sharing options (yay FTP/sFTP!) and more.



**** Apple Addresses Another Wi-Fi Bug With iOS 6.0.2 Update ****
<http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/12/apple-addresses-another-wi-fi-bug-with-ios-6-0-2-update/>
Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica


> The 6.0.2 update began to appear in iTunes on Tuesday with no other description besides "Fixes a bug that could impact Wi-Fi," leading to speculation that the fix addresses an issue that caused some iPhones to drop their Wi-Fi connections and use cellular data more often.






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**** Do We All Secretly Want The World To End? ****
<http://www.salon.com/2012/12/18/do_we_all_secretly_want_the_world_to_end/>
Daisy Yuhas, Scientific American


> It’s not the first “end is nigh” proclamation—and it’s unlikely to be the last. That’s because, deep down for various reasons, there’s something appealing—at least to some of us—about the end of the world.



**** Utopian For Beginners ****
<http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/12/24/121224fa_fact_foer?currentPage=all>
Joshua Foer, New Yorker


> An amateur linguist loses control of the language he invented.