[MyAppleMenu] Apr 12, 2013

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**** Which Apple Devices To Pack For Your Trip ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2033632/which-apple-devices-to-pack-for-your-trip.html#tk.rss_all>
Lex Friedman, Macworld



**** Lightning Fast Xcode Documentation Searches ****
<http://iosdevelopertips.com/xcode/lightning-fast-xcode-documentation-searches.html>
John Muchow, iOS Developer Tips



**** Apple Agrees To Pay $53M To Settle iPhone Warranty Lawsuit ****
<http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/04/iphone-warranty-flap/?utm_source=loopinsight.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Feed>
David Kravets, Wired


> Apple is agreeing to pay $53 million to settle a class action accusing the company of failing to honor warranties on iPhones and iPod Touches, according to an agreement obtained today by Wired.



**** OFT To Look Into Smartphone Games With Costly In-app Add-ons ****
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/apr/12/smartphone-games>
Hilary Osborne, The Guardian


> Free iPad and smartphone games which can result in children running up hefty bills for their parents through expensive in-game features are to come under scrutiny from the Office of Fair Trading.



**** What Journalists Need To Know About The Difference Between Web Apps And Native Apps ****
<http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/digital-strategies/209768/what-journalists-need-to-know-about-the-difference-between-web-apps-and-native-apps/>
Casey Frechette, Poynter


> In the end, publishers need to be clear about what they want to accomplish with their app before deciding on Web tools or going native. If an app’s features don’t demand the extra capabilities or speed of a native app, a Web app may be the best bet. It will work on almost every mobile device, use development skills that may already exist in the newsroom, and offer a wider range of distribution options.



**** Apple Mac Mini (Early 2013) Review ****
<http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/desktop-pc/3441585/apple-mac-mini-early-2013-review/>
Paul Monckton, PC Advisor



**** Address Missing Plug-in Notices In OS X Mail ****
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57579133-263/address-missing-plug-in-notices-in-os-x-mail/>
Topher Kessler, CNET



**** Tips For Managing Windows In OS X ****
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57578683-263/tips-for-managing-windows-in-os-x/>
Topher Kessler, CNET


> Apple has a number of hidden features that can be used to help manage window clutter in OS X.



**** Find Practically Any File In OS X ****
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57579195-263/find-practically-any-file-in-os-x/>
Topher Kessler, CNET


> Spotlight's default search is limited to user files, but if needed you can expand it to include most system files.



**** Apple-AppGratis Flap Triggers Threat From French Minister ****
<http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57579187-37/apple-appgratis-flap-triggers-threat-from-french-minister/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=title>
Charles Cooper, CNET


> Fleur Pellerin, France's digital industry minister, is taking Apple to the public woodshed for pulling the AppGratis service from the App Store, saying the tech giant's "brutal" treatment had put the French startup in danger. She now plans to ask European regulators to more closely regulate digital platforms including search engines and social media.



**** Paragon CampTune X Instantly Resizes Boot Camp Windows Partitions ****
<http://www.macwindows.com/Paragon-Camptune-X-instantly-resizes-Boot-Camp-Windows-partitions-.html>
MacWindows



**** Five Uses For Panic's Status Board ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/11/five-new-uses-for-panics-status-board/>
John-Michael Bond, TUAW


> Status Board comes ready to use, but its highly customizable nature is proving to be one of the app's greatest strengths.

Also:
• <a href="http://www.macstories.net/linked/status-board-links/">Status Board Links</a> (MacStories)





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**** Howard Goldblatt's Life In Translation  ****
<http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/howard-goldblatts-life-in-translation/Content?oid=9260454>
Aimee Levitt, Chicago Reader


> If Howard Goldblatt is doing his job well, no one realizes that he's doing it at all. This is because his job is translation, which, if done correctly, is invisible—with all the characters, plot points, descriptions, and, most challengingly, the jokes reading as seamlessly as though they'd been originally created in English.

> Yet readers who pick up an English translation of a book by Mo Yan, Wang Shuo, Su Tong, or any other contemporary Chinese novelist are, more likely than not, reading Goldblatt. "It's all my words," he says. "If they're reading a translated novel, they're reading the translation and hope that the translator got the story, style, and characters right."