[MyAppleMenu] Jan 21, 2013

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**** Limiting Your Kids' iOS Use ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2025807/limiting-your-kids-ios-use.html>
Christopher Breen, Macworld



**** Don’t Make Siri A “Character,” Apple ****
<http://www.technologyreview.com/view/510081/dont-make-siri-a-character-apple/>
John Pavlus, Technology Review



**** BBEdit 10.5 Review ****
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/macsoftware/reviews/?reviewid=3421477&olo=rss>
Vic Lennard, Macworld UK


> When BBEdit first appeared in 1993 it had very little competition. While that may not be the case now, Bare Bones Software has continuously developed its premier software and this latest version has plenty going for it. Casual text editors may find that the company’s free TextWrangler does the job. If not, BBEdit’s difficult to beat.



**** A New User Group For The New Mobile Platforms ****
<http://www.zdnet.com/a-new-user-group-for-the-new-mobile-platforms-7000010052/>
David Morgenstern, ZDNet



**** Magazines Cross The Digital Divide ****
<http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424127887323706704578227880541302630-lMyQjAxMTAzMDEwODExNDgyWj.html>
Keach Hagey, Wall Street Journal


> In the book and newspaper industries, digital versions are typically cheaper than print ones. But some in the magazine world are going the other way, charging more for their digital versions.

> "This represents an opportunity for the magazine business to become more leveraged toward consumer revenue and a little less dependent on advertising," said David Carey, the president of Cosmo publisher Hearst Magazines, in an interview at his office at the top of New York's Hearst Tower.



**** An Open Letter To Xcode ****
<http://blog.securemacprogramming.com/?p=703>
Secure Mac Programming



**** ✎ Flat UI Is Not The Only Way Forward ****
<http://blog.maxrudberg.com/post/41005209081/flat-ui-is-not-the-only-way-forward>
Max Rudberg


> Jony Ive talks about being true to the characteristics of a material, such as the ability to make a sturdy unibody out of a single piece of aluminum. I wonder what that approach is when it comes to user interfaces?



**** iPhone Low-cost Numbers ****
<http://www.mondaynote.com/2013/01/20/iphone-low-cost-numbers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+monday-note+%28Monday+Note%29>
Jean-Louis Gassée, Monday Note


> The prepaid market, without carrier subsidies, is already in a PC-like race to the bottom. For Apple to enter and prosper in this segment, it has to determine two things: What sort of premium can it get for a low cost iPhone, and what would the device mean for the rest of the product line?






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**** Waiting In The Midwest ****
<http://www.tnr.com/article/books-and-arts/magazine/111258/waiting-in-the-midwest>
Allison Lemnos, The New Republic



**** That Sunk-cost Feeling ****
<http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2013/01/21/130121ta_talk_surowiecki>
James Surowiecki, New Yorker


> So how do you counter this problem?



**** The Pun Conundrum ****
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21011778>
Sally Davies, BBC


> How did the pun acquire such a dubious reputation?