[MyAppleMenu] Aug 23, 2013

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*** iWork For iCloud Beta Now Available To The Public ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2047330/iwork-for-icloud-beta-now-available-to-the-public.html#tk.rss_all>
Lex Friedman, Macworld



*** Words Is A Very Interesting Newish “Read It Later” And RSS Reader Available For Mac. ***
<http://minimalmac.com/post/59106918014/words-is-a-very-interesting-newish-read-it-later>
Patrick Rhone, Minimal Mac



*** Microsoft Says CEO Steve Ballmer Will Retire In 12 Months; Stock Rises ***
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/microsoft-says-ceo-steve-ballmer-will-retire-in-12-months-stock-up/2013/08/23/c1dac4cc-0bf5-11e3-89fe-abb4a5067014_story.html>
Associated Press


> Microsoft Corp. did not name a successor. The company said it is forming a search committee and Ballmer will stay on until a replacement is found.




*** Who Owns The Networked Future Of Reading? ***
<http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/aug/23/reading-networked-future-readmill-app>
Damien Walter, The Guardian


> Readmill is an e-reading app that, on the surface at least, will be familiar to anyone who has read a Kindle book on their smartphone or tablet. But what makes this scrappy indie app a potential Amazon giant-killer is how Readmill helps readers – and writers – talk to each other.




*** Sort Artists By Last Name And Find Missing Digital Booklets ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2047170/sort-artists-by-last-name-and-find-missing-digital-booklets.html#tk.rss_all>
Kirk McElhearn, Macworld


> This week’s column is a grab bag, where I look at a number of interesting questions about Genius, sorting albums by an artist’s last name, finding digital booklets in your iTunes library, and more.




*** Collaborating On Group Photo Albums Is So Much Easier With The Newly Updated Cluster ***
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/08/collaborating-on-group-photo-albums-is-so-much-easier-with-the-newly-updated-cluster>
Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice


> Cluster offers an easy way for you to share and collect photos with others. Cluster automatically sorts photos based on location and timing and organizes them into special albums called “clusters.” It then lets you invite your family and friends to add to and comment on clusters.




*** Tracking Time For Fun And Profit On Your Mac ***
<http://teratalks.com/2013/08/tracking-time-for-fun-and-profit-on-your-mac/>
Tera Thomas O'Brien, Tera Talks


> Chronos tracks time by projects and tasks (think of a project as two or more tasks) by clicking on the Menubar icon to setup a task in the pop up window.




*** New Education Section Launched On Apple.com ***
<http://www.imore.com/new-education-section-launched-applecom>
Rene Ritchie, iMore



*** Insight: At Apple, Tim Cook Leads A Quiet Cultural Revolution ***
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/22/us-usa-apple-cook-insight-idUSBRE97L08B20130822>
Poornima Gupta and Peter Henderson, Reuters



*** Pandora Plans To Lift Its 40-Hour Free Mobile Listening Cap On Sept. 1 ***
<http://techcrunch.com/2013/08/22/pandora-lifting-free-cap/>
Anthony Ha, TechCrunch



*** ReadKit 2.3 ***
<http://www.macstories.net/linked/readkit-2-3/>
Federico Viticci, MacStories


> For me, the two most important additions are the improved sharing system and a global preference to group items by date or feed.




*** Mac Gems: Look Ma, No Mouse—thanks To Keymo ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2046200/mac-gems-look-ma-no-mouse-thanks-to-keymo.html#tk.rss_all>
Marco Tabini, Macworld


> The app allows you to control your mouse cursor with a set of customizable key combinations.




*** Apple Buys (Another) Map App, Embark ***
<http://jessicalessin.com/2013/08/22/exclusive-apple-buys-another-map-app-embark/>
Jessica Lessin


> Embark, founded in 2011, builds apps for mobile devices powered by Android and Apple’s iOS with information about transit systems in about half a dozen U.S. cities such as New York, San Francisco and Chicago. Its iOS apps are still available for download, but its Android apps aren’t, according to our checks.




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*** Philip Pullman: 'Loosening The Chains Of The Imagination' ***
<http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/aug/23/philip-pullman-dark-materials-children>
Jon Henley, The Guardian


> "If you want your children to be intelligent," Albert Einstein once remarked, "read them fairytales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairytales." It is a sentiment with which Philip Pullman heartily agrees. Which is as well, because his latest bestseller is a highly acclaimed and high-voltage retelling of 50 Grimm brothers fairytales.




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