[MyAppleMenu] Feb 25, 2013

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**** Mac Troubleshooting: What To Do When You Can't Connect To The Internet ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2028982/mac-troubleshooting-what-to-do-when-you-cant-connect-to-the-internet.html>
Joe Kissell, Macworld



**** SketchBook Pro For iPad Updated With Time-Lapse Recording Feature And More ****
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/02/sketchbook-pro-for-ipad-updated-with-time-lapse-recording-feature-and-more>
Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice



**** Microsoft Introduces New Mac Office Accreditation Program ****
<http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-introduces-new-mac-office-accreditation-program-7000011754/>
David Morgenstern, ZDNet



**** RegexMatch For iPad ****
<http://www.macstories.net/reviews/regexmatch-for-ipad/>
Federico Viticci, MacStories



**** Apple Airs New iPad Commercial During Oscars ****
<http://www.macstories.net/news/apple-airs-new-ipad-commercial-during-oscars/>
Federico Viticci, MacStories


> The ad, focused on apps for photographers and video editors and iTunes Store content, also included a brief demonstration of Apple’s Maps showing a 3D animation of the historical Hollywood sign.



**** Apple Signals Emerging-market Rethink With India Push ****
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/24/us-apple-india-idUSBRE91N0FK20130224>
Devidutta Tripathy and Harichandan Arakali, Reuters


> More than four years after it started selling iPhones in India, Apple Inc is now aggressively pushing the iconic device through installment payment plans that make it more affordable, a new distribution model and heavy marketing blitz.



**** The Magazine Adds Web Subscriptions, Full Article Sharing ****
<http://www.imore.com/magazine-adds-web-subscriptions-full-article-sharing>
Rene Ritchie, IMore



**** iPad And File Systems: Failure Of Empathy ****
<http://www.mondaynote.com/2013/02/24/ipad-and-file-systems-failure-of-empathy/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+monday-note+%28Monday+Note%29>
Jean-Louis Gassée, Monday Note


> But I have trouble forming a coherent picture of an evolution that would let Apple open the iPad to more demanding users — without sacrificing its great simplicity and falling into the fridge + toaster trap.






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**** Curse Of Cursive Handwriting ****
<http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/curse-of-cursive-handwriting-philip-bal/>
Philip Ball, Prospect


> There’s something deeply peculiar about the way we teach children to play the violin. It’s a very difficult skill for them to master—getting their fingers under control, holding the bow properly, learning how to move it over the strings without scratching and slipping. But just as they are finally getting there, are beginning to feel confident, to hit the right notes, to sound a bit like the musicians they hear, we break the news to them: we’ve taught them to play left-handed, but now it’s time to do it like grown-ups do, the other way around.

> Alright, I’m fibbing. Of course we don’t teach violin that way. We wouldn’t do anything so absurd for something as important as learning an instrument, would we? No—but that’s how we teach children to write.