From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Mon Jul  1 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 1 Jul 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 1, 2013
Message-ID: <20130701225900.78297.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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*** Some New MacBook Air Owners Invited To Test Wifi Update ***
<http://9to5mac.com/2013/07/01/some-new-macbook-air-owners-invited-to-test-wifi-update/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+9To5Mac-MacAllDay+%289+to+5+Mac+-+Apple+Intelligence%29>
Ben Lovejoy, 9 To 5 Mac



*** Using OmniPlan For Teaching ***
<http://speirs.org/blog/2013/7/1/using-omniplan-for-teaching.html>
Fraser Speirs



*** ???????????????????????????iWatch????????????????????? ***
<http://bylines.news.yahoo.co.jp/ohmototakashi/20130701-00026100/>
?????? ??????, Yahoo! Japan

> ?????????????????????iWatch???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????iWatch?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????6???3??????

Also:
??? <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/07/01/apple-files-for-iwatch-trademark-in-japan/">Apple files for 'iWatch' trademark in Japan</a> (Michael Grothaus, TUAW)



*** The Agony And The Ecstasy Of The New MacBook Air???s Battery ***
<http://davidchartier.com/macbook-air-battery-agony-ecstasy/>
David Chartier

> For the first time, a MacBook has trounced the iPad???s battery life, but there are still some important differences in where that newfound portability can take you.



*** Review: 13-Inch MacBook Air (Mid-2013) ***
<http://9to5mac.com/2013/06/30/review-13-inch-macbook-air-mid-2013/>
Chance Miller, 9 To 5 Mac



*** How To Fix iTunes When It???s Not Syncing With iPhone, iPad, Or iPod Touch ***
<http://osxdaily.com/2013/06/30/itunes-not-syncing-iphone-ipad-ipod-fix/>
OS X Daily



*** Third-Party RSS Readers-- Which Ones Are Ready For The Google Reader Shutdown? ***
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/06/30/third-party-rss-readers-which-ones-are-ready-for-the-google-re/>
Kelly Hodgkins, TUAW

> Here is a list of popular third-party RSS reading software and their current syncing status.

Also:
??? <a href="http://marketingland.com/the-big-comparison-of-google-reader-rss-feed-alternatives-49723">The Big Comparison Of Google Reader RSS Feed Alternatives</a> (Barry Schwartz, Marketing Land)



*** Mac App Review: SliceReader ***
<http://brettterpstra.com/2013/06/30/mac-app-review-slicereader/>
Brett Terpstra

> It???s a simple app which ???slices??? an article, pasted text or text file into pages and display them, one paragraph per page. It???s designed to make reading long form articles easier for those of us who don???t do as well with reading long pages.



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*** Revising Your Writing Again? Blame The Modernists ***
<http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2013/06/29/revising-your-writing-again-blame-modernists/WhoH6Ih2kat2RE9DZV3DjP/story.html>
Craig Fehrman, The Boston Globe

> It???s easy to assume that history???s greatest authors have been history???s greatest revisers. But that wasn???t always how it worked. Until about a century ago, according to various biographers and critics, literature proceeded through handwritten manuscripts that underwent mostly small-scale revisions.



*** A Family Blinded By Bling And Fancy Designer Names ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/01/books/kevin-kwans-crazy-rich-asians-depicts-a-cult-of-opulence.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0>
Janet Maslin, New York Times

> ???Crazy Rich Asians??? offers refreshing nouveau voyeurism to readers who long ago burned out on American and English aspirational fantasies. Mr. Kwan either knows, or does a good job of pretending to know, how the very rich of Singapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai show off their lucre. Since he is not spoilsport enough to bring moralizing into such a story, readers never need worry how the king of Thailand gave two live human beings, trained as lady???s maids, to the richest old Singaporean granny in the book.



*** Actors Today Don???t Just Read For The Part. Reading <i>Is</i> The Part. ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/30/business/media/actors-today-dont-just-read-for-the-part-reading-is-the-part.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Leslie Kaufman, New York Times

> Gabra Zackman is a new kind of acting star: she is heard, but unheard-of.
> Ms. Zackman had classical training through the Shakespeare Theater of Washington, has worked in regional theaters for the last two decades and has had a sprinkling of appearances on television shows like ???Law and Order.??? Those performances, however, have brought neither fame nor fortune.
> Instead, like a growing number of actors, she has found steady employment as a reader in the booming world of audiobooks.



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From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Tue Jul  2 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 2 Jul 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 2, 2013
Message-ID: <20130702225900.44025.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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*** Spotify For iOS Updated With Discover Tab And A New Icon ***
<http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/2/4485924/spotify-ios-app-update-discover-playlist-edit-icon>
Aaron Souppouris, The Verge



*** Reeder For iPhone Update Now Live, Feedly Support Arrives In The Nick Of Time ***
<http://www.imore.com/reeder-iphone-update-now-live-feedly-and-feed-wrangler-support-just-nick-time>
Richard Devine, iMore



*** Gesture-Based Get-Things-Done Email App Boxer Finally Gets Full IMAP Support ***
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/07/gesture-based-get-things-done-email-app-boxer-finally-gets-full-imap-support>
Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice



*** Apple Rolls Out Back To School Promotion, Adds iPhone To The Mix ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2043499/apple-rolls-out-back-to-school-promotion-adds-iphone-to-the-mix.html#tk.rss_all>
Macworld

> When customers purchase a Mac for college, they???ll receive a $100 App Store Gift Card, alongside the usual educational pricing discounts???up to $200???that the company offers.



*** Everything You Need To Know About The Great E-book Price War ***
<http://www.salon.com/2013/07/01/everything_you_need_to_know_about_the_great_e_book_price_war/>
Laura Miller, Salon

> For Apple, the stakes remain high. If it is found to have violated antitrust law with the iBookstore, it will not be asked to pay damages. Instead, the DOJ will likely demand that Apple clean up its act and insist on overseeing its operations, perhaps as it did in settling the antitrust case against Microsoft in 2001. E-books make up a small sliver of iTunes sales, but the rest of the content offered there ??? music, apps, video ??? is obtained on very similar terms. Having the DOJ hovering over and meddling in future agreements would decidedly cramp Apple???s style. There are also pending and potential civil suits filed by states??? attorneys general and consumer groups seeking damages that would get a boost from a decision against Apple.
> But for the Big Six publishers, this ???defeat??? has a surprising upside. They appear to have achieved much of what they wanted in the first place, which was not money but a more competitive e-book market and more control over the prices (and perceived value) of their books.



*** Apple Reportedly Paid No Corporate Taxes In The UK Last Year ***
<http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/1/4483362/apple-zero-corporate-tax-uk-legal-loophole>
Nathan Olivarez-Giles, The Verge



*** Transmit 4.4 ***
<http://tidbits.com/article/13885?rss>
Agen G.N. Schmitz, TidBITS



*** The Liberating 2013 MacBook Air ***
<http://techpinions.com/the-liberating-macbook-air-2013/19533>
Ben Bajarin, TechPinions

> After a week and a half with the new MacBook Air I can testify that this notebook more than delivers on its battery life claims.



*** OneNote For iOS Gets An Overhaul ***
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/07/01/onenote-for-ios-gets-an-overhaul/>
John-Michael Bond, TUAW



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*** The Old Ways: A Journey On Foot By Robert Macfarlane ??? Review ***
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/jul/02/old-ways-robert-macfarlane-review?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Nicholas Lezard, The Guardian

> In the final book in his trilogy about landscape and the human heart, Macfarlane turns his attention to sacred encounters and wild walks.



*** A Quantum Of Solace: Timeless Questions About The Universe ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/02/science/space/timeless-questions-about-the-universe.html?ref=science>
Dennis Overbye, New York Times

> This spring the theoretical physicist Lee Smolin published a new book, ???Time Reborn,??? reopening a debate supposedly settled by Einstein and his acolytes a century ago: whether time is real or an illusion.



*** Decline And Fall Of The History Men ***
<http://www.standpointmag.co.uk/node/5080/full>
Daniel Johnson, Standpoint

> Are we living through the end of history? Not in the Hegelian sense that Francis Fukuyama used the phrase in the immediate aftermath of the Cold War, meaning that with the triumph of liberal democracy, world history had reached its ultimate goal. As subsequent events have shown, this was a case of wishful thinking by a political scientist, not a historian. 



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From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Wed Jul  3 18:59:01 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 3 Jul 2013 22:59:01 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 3, 2013
Message-ID: <20130703225901.15393.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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*** Mega Jump Goes Mega With New Universal And Retina Graphics Update ***
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/07/mega-jump-goes-mega-with-new-universal-and-retina-graphics-update>
Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice



*** Popular Monochromatic Puzzle Platformer Limbo Finally Arrives On iOS ***
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/07/popular-monochromatic-puzzle-platformer-limbo-finally-arrives-on-ios>
Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

> Limbo, the popular monochromatic puzzle platformer created by the Danish indie game developer Playdead, has finally gone out of iOS development limbo and has finally appeared in the App Store.



*** How Does The Algorithm To Color The Song List In iTunes 11 Work? ***
<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13637892/how-does-the-algorithm-to-color-the-song-list-in-itunes-11-work>
Stack Overflow



*** Popular Translation App iTranslate Voice Adds New Languages, Updated UI, And More ***
<http://9to5mac.com/2013/07/03/popular-translation-app-itranslate-voice-adds-new-languages-updated-ui-and-more/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+9To5Mac-MacAllDay+%289+to+5+Mac+-+Apple+Intelligence%29>
Michael Steeber, 9 To 5 Mac



*** Security Update 2013-003 For Snow Leopard, Lion, And Mountain Lion ***
<http://tidbits.com/article/13889?rss>
Agen G. N. Schmitz, TidBITS



*** Mac Gems: iFlicks Tags And Converts Video Files For iTunes With Finesse ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2042832/mac-gems-iflicks-tags-and-converts-video-files-for-itunes-with-finesse.html#tk.rss_all>
Jonathan Seff, Macworld

> iFlicks does its job with a clean, responsive, and very Mac-like interface that makes working with the software intuitive and fun.



*** How To Rip A DVD With HandBrake ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/1157590/how_to_rip_dvd_handbrake.html#tk.rss_all>
Jonathan Seff, Macworld

> Looking to liberate the movies in your DVD collection from the confines of their plastic-and-metal prison so you can enjoy them on your iPhone, iPod, iPad, and Apple TV? Well look no further???all you need to do is get some free software and follow a few steps.



*** Our Top Five Dropbox Tricks ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2043163/our-top-five-dropbox-tricks.html#tk.rss_all>
Macworld



*** Actions For iPad Creates A Great Touchscreen Control Panel For Your Computer ***
<http://appscout.pcmag.com/apple-ios-iphone-ipad-ipod/313319-actions-for-ipad-creates-a-great-touchscreen-control-panel-for-your-computer>
Ryan Whitwam, PC Magazine

> An app called Actions for iPad lets you build a custom palette of buttons that control just about anything on your Windows or OS X computer.



*** Quickly Fix Dropbox Permissions Errors In OS X ***
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57591872-263/quickly-fix-dropbox-permissions-errors-in-os-x/>
Topher Kessler, CNET



*** Why You Think Your Phone Is Vibrating When It Is Not ***
<http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130701-why-you-feel-phantom-phone-calls/all>
Tom Stafford, BBC

> Sensing phantom phone vibrations is a strangely common experience. Around 80% of us have imagined a phone vibrating in our pockets when it???s actually completely still. Almost 30% of us have also heard non-existent ringing. Are these hallucinations ominous signs of impending madness caused by digital culture?
> Not at all. In fact, phantom vibrations and ringing illustrate a fundamental principle in psychology.



*** Apple Hires Former Yves Saint Laurent CEO For 'Special Projects' ***
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/02/us-apple-hire-idUSBRE9611BP20130702>
Poornima Gupta, Reuters

> Deneve, who joined Yves Saint Laurent in 2011 after holding senior positions at fashion brands Courreges, Nina Ricci and Lanvin, held several sales and marketing jobs at Apple in Europe between 1990 and 1997.



*** TeeVee 2 For iPhone, TV Show Tracking With A Modern Look ***
<http://9to5mac.com/2013/07/02/teevee-2-for-iphone-tv-show-tracking-with-a-modern-look-review/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+9To5Mac-MacAllDay+%289+to+5+Mac+-+Apple+Intelligence%29>
Zac Hall, 9 To 5 Mac



*** Daily iPhone App: League Of Evil 3 Stays On The High-quality Path ***
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/07/02/daily-iphone-app-league-of-evil-3-stays-on-the-high-quality-pat/>
Mike Schramm, TUAW

> The graphics have been updated to look better than ever, and if nothing else, this sequel offers over 80 new levels to play through. There are also new ways to watch replays, including ghosts and an Everyplay tie-in. 



*** ReadKit For Mac Keeps Your Reading Together In One Fast, Stylish Place ***
<http://www.imore.com/readkit-mac-keeps-all-your-reading-one-fast-stylish-place>
Richard Devine, iMore



*** How To Write A Novel On Your Mac ***
<http://mac.tutsplus.com/tutorials/productivity/how-to-write-a-novel-on-your-mac/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-write-a-novel-on-your-mac>
James Cull, Mactuts+



*** A Vintage-style Camera App For The iPad: FieldCam, From Michael Hardaker ***
<http://www.extensions.in.th/amitiae/2013/07_2013/field.html>
Graham K. Rogers, AMITIAE



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*** Don???t Say Goodbye ***
<http://www.slate.com/articles/life/a_fine_whine/2013/07/ghosting_the_irish_goodbye_the_french_leave_stop_saying_goodbye_at_parties.html>
Seth Stevenson, Slate

> We all agree it???s fun to say hello. A hello has the bright promise of a beginning. It???s the perfect occasion to express your genuine pleasure at a friend???s arrival. But who among us enjoys saying goodbye? None among us! Not those leaving, and not those left behind.
> Let???s free ourselves from this meaningless, uncomfortable, good time???dampening kabuki. People are thrilled that you showed up, but no one really cares that you???re leaving.



*** The Ocean At The End Of The Lane By Neil Gaiman ??? Review ***
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/jul/03/ocean-end-lane-gaiman-review?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
AS Byatt, The Guardian

> The child I was would have seen him as wispy, grey, diminished. He stands in Wordsworth's "light of common day", and sometimes revisits and remembers the ocean. I can see the world from his point of view now. But it isn't more "real" than the bright terror and danger of his childhood.



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From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Thu Jul  4 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 4 Jul 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 4, 2013
Message-ID: <20130704225900.70991.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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*** Limbo Game For iPad And iPhone Review: A Puzzle Platform Masterpiece ***
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/ipad-iphone/reviews/?reviewid=3456093&olo=rss>
David Price, Macworld UK

> Austere, melancholy, yet often hilarious, LIMBO Game is a work of art. Puzzle gaming experts may consume its evocative delights so quickly that they're left demanding more, while the less able may find the steep learning curve towards the end somewhat taxing, but both groups will find something here to love.



*** Latest iTranslate Voice Update Ensures You Won't Get Lost In Translation ***
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/07/latest-itranslate-voice-update-ensures-you-wont-get-lost-in-translation>
Joe White, AppAdvice



*** Apple Adopts New App Pricing Tiers, Chinese Users To Pay More ***
<http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90778/8310395.html>
Yu Wei and Gao Yuan, China Daily

> Apple users in China may no longer be buying apps that cost 99 cents in the US for 6 yuan because the company is adopting new pricing tiers in several of its international App Stores. 



*** Software As A Monthly Rental ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/technology/personaltech/photoshop-cc-turns-software-into-a-monthly-rental.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0>
David Pogue, New York Times



*** Mavericks' New Wave ***
<http://eggfreckles.net/notes/mavericks-new-wave/>
Thomas Brand, Egg Freckles

> The public unveiling of each new version of Mac OS X has brought a new default desktop picture, and a new hunt to find a full-res copy of that wallpaper before the official release.



*** Our Favorite "Lunch Hour" Apps ***
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/07/03/our-favorite-lunch-hour-apps/>
Dave Caolo, TUAW

> A lunch hour app is one you can pick up and play at anytime. There's no story arc, save points or asset management. A game can be as brief or as involved as you like. There are many games that fit the bill here, and we've selected our favorites.



*** Adobe Edge CC Review ***
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/macsoftware/reviews/?reviewid=3456031&olo=rss>
Paul Lloyd, Macworld UK



*** Angry Birds Adds 15 New Levels, Gives Red Bird Some New Moves ***
<http://www.imore.com/angry-birds-adds-15-new-levels-gives-red-bird-some-new-moves>
Joseph Keller, iMore

> The objective of these new levels is to protect the eggs in the nest from advancing pigs using an upgraded Red Bird, which can now be directed towards their target after launch.



*** Douglas C. Engelbart, Inventor Of The Computer Mouse, Dies At 88 ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/technology/douglas-c-engelbart-inventor-of-the-computer-mouse-dies-at-88.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0>
John Markoff, New York Times



*** Vine For iPhone Adds Improved Sharing, Channels, Camera Tools, & Private Account Options ***
<http://9to5mac.com/2013/07/03/vine-for-iphone-adds-improved-sharing-channels-camera-tools-private-account-options/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+9To5Mac-MacAllDay+%289+to+5+Mac+-+Apple+Intelligence%29>
Jordan Kahn, 9 To 5 Mac



*** Understanding Apple???s Organizational Structure ***
<http://www.asymco.com/2013/07/03/understanding-apples-organizational-structure/>
Horace Dediu, Asymco

> In years gone by I would have said that Brand management was Steve Jobs??? direct responsibility. Today I would say that it???s something that needs a direct manager. This is something for which Paul Deneve might be well suited.



*** Two Years On The iPad ??? The ???Book Mystique ***
<http://www.macprices.net/2013/07/03/two-years-on-the-ipad-the-book-mystique/>
Charles Moore, MacPrices.net



*** Apple 13-Inch MacBook Air Review ***
<http://www.zdnet.com/apple-13-inch-macbook-air-review-7000017626/>
Charles McLellan, ZDNet

> It may lack an ultra-high-resolution display and touch functionality, but there's little else to fault it.



*** Lab Tested: CTO 11-Inch MacBook Air An Impressive Performer ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2043546/lab-tested-cto-11-inch-macbook-air-an-impressive-performer.html#tk.rss_all>
James Galbraith, Macworld



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*** My RV On The Upper West Side ***
<http://www.salon.com/2013/07/03/my_rv_on_the_upper_west_side/>
Josh Max, Salon

> There wasn???t any good way to keep passersby from looking in the windows of my 2013 Winnebago Via ??? my home on the streets of Manhattan from December to February of this year. It was as though I???d left an 11,000-pound new couch on the curb.



*** Revolution Blues ***
<http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2013/07/new_revolutionary_war_books_by_nathaniel_philbrick_and_joseph_ellis_ignore.html>
Eric Herschthal, Slate

> Why do popular histories of the War of Independence ignore modern scholarship?



*** Love's Labors, Published: David Rakoff's Last Deadline ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/07/books/david-rakoffs-last-deadline.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0>
Joel Lovell, New York Times

> A week later, the book was done. ???He rang me up and said, ???The good news is, I have actually finished before my deadline??? ??? which is an unusual call to get from an author,??? Mr. Thomas said. ???And then he said, ???The bad news is, you???ll be publishing it posthumously.???"



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From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Fri Jul  5 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
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*** Bugs & Fixes: Fixing AirPort Utility 6.3 Problems ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2043691/bugs-and-fixes-fixing-airport-utility-6-3-problems.html#tk.rss_all>
Ted Landau, Macworld



*** Bookmark Your Favorite And Must-Try Places With Matchbook 2.0 ***
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/07/bookmark-your-favorite-and-must-try-places-with-matchbook-2-0>
Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

> Matchbook, the app that lets you bookmark your favorite restaurants, bars, pubs and shops, has just been updated to version 2.0.



*** Keep iTunes Metadata When You Re-rip, And Deauthorize Missing Macs ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2043044/keep-itunes-metadata-when-you-re-rip-and-deauthorize-missing-macs.html#tk.rss_all>
Kirk McElhearn, Macworld

> In a grab-bag installment of The iTunes Guy, I look at how to ensure that tags and metadata get retained when you re-rip CDs, how to deauthorize computers for iTunes Store accounts, and how to change the name of your iTunes library for Home Sharing.



*** 'Dots: A Game About Connecting' Review - Links Puzzles And Presentation ***
<http://toucharcade.com/2013/07/04/dots-a-game-about-connecting-review/>
Jake Vander, Touch Arcade

> The appeal of Dots is in the execution. 



*** Six Digital Publishing Startups To Watch ***
<http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/07/04/digital-publishing-startups/2482879/>
Laura Hazard Owen, PaidContent

> You know you can blog with Tumblr or WordPress, or self-publish a book on Kindle or iBooks. But what's next for the publisher who wants to sell a mobile-native magazine, or the blogger who's sick of messing with plugins?



*** For The First Time, You Can Actually Own The Digital Comics You Buy ***
<http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/07/drm-free-comics-download-image/>
Laura Hudson, Wired

> And while Image comic books will still be offered for sale on ComiXology, iBooks, and every other platform where they were previously available, Image???s Director of Business Development Ron Richards says that offering the direct-to-consumer downloads is important. ???There???s something to be said for the ownership factor. If readers purchase a book on ComiXology, that may be their library [on the service] but from what I understand that could be revoked. And God forbid, if ComiXology goes under or their data center has an earthquake all their hard drives go away ??? then you???ve got nothing.???



*** MacBook Air (2013) Review ***
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac/reviews/?reviewid=3452482&olo=rss>
Smon Jary, Macworld UK



*** Essential Anatomy 2 Adds More Systems, iPhone Support, Just In Time For Back To School ***
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/07/04/essential-anatomy-2-hits-the-app-store-just-in-time-for-back-to/>
Michael Grothaus, TUAW



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*** Searching For The ???70S And Finding America ***
<http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2013/07/04/searching_for_the_70s_the_documerica_project_at_the_national_archives_photos.html>
David Rosenberg, Slate

> How do you take a problem as broad as ???the environment??? and then subdivide that by issues specific to every state in America???and then further subdivide it by issues related to culture, politics, and race? You might try to divide and conquer. In a way, that was the idea behind the Documerica Project, created by the Environmental Protection Agency in 1971.



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From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Sat Jul  6 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 6 Jul 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 6, 2013
Message-ID: <20130706225900.62207.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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*** Sophy Adventures iPad Game Review: Hidden Object With A Twist ***
<http://www.tapscape.com/sophy-adventures-ipad-game-review/>
Tucker Cummings, Tapscape

> If you play a lot of ???find the hidden object??? games, you???ve probably noticed that many of these games are quite similar to each other. What makes Sophy Adventures so interesting to me is the way that it attempts to break the traditional hidden object mold with some interesting features.



*** Office For iOS Review ***
<http://www.itpro.co.uk/mobile/20141/office-ios-review>
Khidr Suleman, IT Pro

> Office for Mobile is useful for those who want to view documents and carry out minor edits on the move. It's not built as a comprehensive standalone app hence why it comes free for those with an Office 365 subscription. We would prefer an iPad version and the ability to sync with non-Microsoft cloud repositories as well.



*** Photoful For iPhone Is An Ambitious Photo App ***
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/07/05/photoful-for-iphone-is-an-ambitious-photo-app/>
Dave Caolo, TUAW



*** Despicable Me: Minion Rush Tips, Tricks, And Cheats ***
<http://www.imore.com/despicable-me-minion-rush-tips-tricks-and-cheats>
Allyson Kazmucha, iMore

> Despicable Me: Minion Rush is highly addicting and if you're anything like me, you've probably spent several runs trying to collect bananas, Gru tokens, and more in order to advance.



*** Get Ready For 15 Second Selfies! Instagram Adds Front-facing Camera Support For Cinema, Landscape Support For Everything ***
<http://www.imore.com/get-ready-15-second-selfies-instagram-adds-front-facing-camera-landscape-support>
Rene Ritchie, iMore



*** Change The Font Size Of Messages On The iPhone To Be More Readable ***
<http://osxdaily.com/2013/07/05/change-font-size-messages-iphone/>
OS X Daily

> The default font size for messages and texts on the iPhone is fairly small, and while it may look fine to many users, it???s simply too tiny to be easily readable for others. iOS makes it easy to change the text size though, offering a wide range of options that are suitable for just about everyones visual preferences.



*** Scrivener 2 (For Mac) Review ***
<http://www.itproportal.com/reviews/software/scrivener-2-for-mac-review/?>
William Fenton, ITProPortal.com

> Whether you are writing a novel or a review of a word processor, Scrivener is a reliable companion for your journey. If my experience proves the least bit representative, using Scrivener will take some acclimatisation. Most writers are accustomed to contorting their writing around their word processors. Using Scrivener will demand trust ??? trust that you can step away from Word, and trust that those fragments will coalesce into a manuscript. Rest assured, you can, and they will. (And where they have not, I cannot fault the software).



*** Wunderlist: This Free App Is The Better Way To Manage Todo Lists ***
<http://teratalks.com/2013/07/wunderlist-this-free-app-is-the-better-way-to-manage-todo-lists/>
Tera Thomas O'Brien, Tera Talks



*** Finest Hour Is A New, Impressive Turn-Based Strategy Game For iPhone ***
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/07/finest-hour-is-a-new-impressive-turn-based-strategy-game-for-iphone>
Joe White, AppAdvice

> Finest Hour is a brand new turn-based strategy game for the iPhone and iPod touch, in which players must control an army of tanks and fight across the battlefields of Europe in a fun, exciting multiplayer mode of gameplay.



*** Mac Gems: Instacast For Mac Makes Listening To Podcasts A Pleasure ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2043361/mac-gems-instacast-for-mac-makes-listening-to-podcasts-a-pleasure.html#tk.rss_all>
Marco Tabini, Macworld

> If you listen to podcasts, Instacast belongs on your Mac, particularly if you find yourself switching between devices when you're on the go.



*** FunBITS: Star Walk For iPhone And iPad ***
<http://tidbits.com/article/13899?rss>
Josh Centers, TidBITS

> Star Walk might not be the newest app on the block, but it???s mature, packed with features, and a lot of fun. It???s a great excuse to get outdoors on a warm summer night and a wonderful way to introduce children to astronomy.



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*** Every Breath You Take ***
<http://www.city-journal.org/2013/bc0702mm.html>
Mark P. Mills, City Journal

> The fascinating thing about the scale of massive data sets is that, as Asimov predicted, they can reveal trends, even behaviors, that tell us what will happen without the need to know the ???why.???



*** Google-Eye View: Eric Schmidt And Jared Cohen???s ???The New Digital Age??? ***
<http://lareviewofbooks.org/article.php?id=1827>
Jathan Sadowski, Los Angeles Review Of Books

> Most Americans look upon technology companies favorably, for the most part. They provide us with useful services, and their visionary executives routinely declare that their primary intention is to change the world for the better. Everyone from Al Gore to Senator John McCain have publicly professed their love for Apple products. But this surfeit of goodwill has allowed tech companies to acquire an astonishing monopoly over a surprising amount of 21st-century life.



*** Pecking Order: John Gray's 'Silence Of Animals' ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/07/books/review/john-grays-silence-of-animals.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0>
Thomas Nagel, New York Times

> John Gray???s ???Silence of Animals??? is an attack on humanism. He condemns this widely accepted secular faith as a form of delusional self-flattery.



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From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Sun Jul  7 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 7 Jul 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 7, 2013
Message-ID: <20130707225900.95705.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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*** Sugar Coma ***
<http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2013/07/candy_crush_saga_the_most_addictive_game_since_angry_birds.html>
June Thomas, Slate

> <i>Candy Crush</i> teaches me nothing and steals my time and money. I can???t stop playing it.



*** Top 10 Projects, Features, And Tips Every Mac User Should Try ***
<http://www.lifehacker.co.in/technology/Top-10-Projects-Features-and-Tips-Every-Mac-User-Should-Try/articleshow/20946478.cms>
Adam Dachis, Lifehacker



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*** The Age Of Revolution: 1989-2013, And Counting ***
<http://www.salon.com/2013/07/06/the_age_of_revolution_1989_2013_and_counting/>
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon

> From the Berlin Wall to Cairo, we live in an era of anti-authoritarian revolution that may transform the world.



*** Hikikomori: Why Are So Many Japanese Men Refusing To Leave Their Rooms? ***
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23182523>
William Krmer and Claudia Hammond, BBC

> As many as a million young people in Japan are thought to remain holed up in their homes - sometimes for decades at a time. Why?



*** Book Review: ???The Pink Hotel,??? By Anna Stothard ***
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/book-review-the-pink-hotel-by-anna-stothard/2013/07/02/ee839912-cc77-11e2-9f1a-1a7cdee20287_story.html>
Heller McAlpin, Washington Post

> ???Even when I feel unhappy, tiny things still seem shatteringly beautiful, like the exact range of colours in a brick wall,??? the narrator comments. It???s fitting, then, that her observations capture the derelict beauty of ???that 6:00 a.m. city moment where the workaholics and alcoholics, early birds and insomniacs fleetingly collide??? and the relief of touching a beloved???s hand, likened to ???sipping water when you???re thirsty, or a first cigarette of the day.??? These images, which shimmer in Stothard???s accomplished, lyrical prose, carry us willingly along on her narrator???s painful journey to self-realization.



*** Bleaker Pastures: 'Idiopathy,' By Sam Byers ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/07/books/review/idiopathy-by-sam-byers.html?ref=books&_r=0>
Joshua Cohen, New York Times

> The problem of how to treat this novel, with its traumas so rigged and rictus so fixed, finally approximates another British dilemma: ???Hobson???s choice,??? named after Thomas Hobson, a carrier and stable owner who came of age during the reign of Elizabeth I. Whenever Hobson wasn???t using his horses to deliver goods, he rented them out, and in order to ensure their fair rotation adopted the policy that each customer had to accept the next horse available, or none at all. ???Take it or leave it??? ??? the only catch phrase for dark literature, and dark life.



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From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Mon Jul  8 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 8 Jul 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 8, 2013
Message-ID: <20130708225900.59762.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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<http://www.myapplemenu.com/>
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*** Missing Spaces? TotalSpaces Could Be The Cure ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2043721/missing-spaces-totalspaces-could-be-the-cure.html>
Christopher Breen, Macworld

> Like Spaces, Total Spaces will display a menu bar icon that indicates the desktop you???re currently viewing. From this icon you can select the desktop you???d like to view or choose an overview, which shows you large thumbnails of each desktop.



*** Free On App Store: Infinity Blade II, Superbrothers: Sword And Sworcery EP, Where???s My Water?, Badland, Tiny Wings, Traktor DJ, Day One, Over, Barefoot World Atlas, More ***
<http://9to5mac.com/2013/07/08/free-on-app-store-infinity-blade-ii-superbrothers-sword-and-sworcery-ep-wheres-my-water-badland-tiny-wings-traktor-dj-day-one-over-barefoot-world-atlas-more/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+9To5Mac-MacAllDay+%289+to+5+Mac+-+Apple+Intelligence%29>
9 To 5 Mac



*** Have You Heard? Time-Shifting Audio Recording App Heard Is Back In The App Store ***
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/07/have-you-heard-time-shifting-audio-recording-app-heard-is-back-in-the-app-store>
Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

> Basically, the app is an audio recorder that, especially when it???s allowed to run in the background, lets you capture moments from a few seconds or even from a few minutes back. These moments, which you would otherwise miss out on, can range from instructions to meeting proceedings, from your friend???s jokes to your baby???s first words.



*** The Mac Office: Embracing The Nearly Paperless Future ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2043300/the-mac-office-embracing-the-nearly-paperless-future.html#tk.rss_all>
Joe Kisell, Macworld

> You may not be able to achieve a completely paperless life, but that doesn???t mean the paperless office is a myth or failure, any more than the fact that you can still drive a car makes airplanes a failure. Going paperless doesn???t have to be all or nothing to be effective.



*** How To Print Photos From Aperture The Easy Way ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2043266/how-to-print-photos-from-aperture-the-easy-way.html#tk.rss_all>
Derrick Story, Macworld



*** Keyboard Maestro 6.1 ***
<http://tidbits.com/article/13900?rss>
Agen G. N. Schmitz, TidBITS

> The new release adds actions for popping open the Keyboard Maestro status menu as well as for setting Safari and Google Chrome checkbox and radio button behaviors, conceals probable passwords in the Clipboard history, improves accessibility detection and behavior under OS X 10.9 Mavericks, and enables you to read the plain text version of the Clipboard when desired.



*** Are The Stars Aligning Towards The Retirement Of The Faithful iPod Classic? ***
<http://www.imore.com/are-stars-aligning-towards-retirement-venerable-ipod-classic>
Richard Devine, iMore

> Along with the iPhone 4 and 4S, the iPod classic is the last of the 30-pin devices.

Also:
??? <a href="http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/07/07/ipod.classic.finally.set.for.retirement.six.years.after.its.introduction/">The iPod classic: the long goodbye?</a> (Sanjiv Sathiah, Electronista</a>



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*** Hypocrisy, Thy Name Is (Duh!) Washington ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/08/books/this-town-by-mark-leibovich-skewers-washingtons-insiders.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0>
David M. Shribman, New York Times

> Of all the irritating things about Washington ??? the phoniness, the showy cars, the utter inability of a metropolitan area of 6.9 million people to produce a single decent slice of pizza or a passable submarine sandwich with oil and not mayonnaise ??? none is more infuriating than the local insider habit of referring to the place as ???this town,??? as in ???He???s the most important power broker in this town??? or, more likely (and worse), ???The way to get ahead in this town is to seem not to be trying to get ahead.???



*** Love And Loss In A Small Texas Town ***
<http://www.dmagazine.com/Home/D_Magazine/2013/July/West_Texas_Love_and_Loss_in_a_Small_Town.aspx?src=longreads>
Zac Crain, D Magazine

> The first call had come from Ted Uptmore Jr. There are many people with that surname in West; some spell it with an ???e,??? and some don???t. Uptmore???s father is the general manager at West Fertilizer Co., where he has worked for five decades. Now Ted???s wife, Sherry, was on the phone: ???Brian, fertilizer plant???s on fire! Ted wants you up here.???



SushiReader
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/sushireader/>
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From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Tue Jul  9 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 9 Jul 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 9, 2013
Message-ID: <20130709225900.27543.qmail@voot.pair.com>

MyAppleMenu
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/>
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*** NoteSuite 1.0 Review - Note-taking App Using iCloud ***
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/macsoftware/reviews/?reviewid=3456644&olo=rss>
Cliff Joseph, Macworld UK

> NoteSuite isn???t the most polished note-taking app we???ve ever seen, but it does have one big advantage over rivals such as Evernote in that it uses Apple???s iCloud service to sync your notes and to-do lists across multiple devices.



*** QuikIO 3.0 Brings Support For Video Subtitles, Playlist Creation, Search And More ***
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/07/quikio-3-0-brings-support-for-video-subtitles-playlist-creation-search-and-more>
Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

> QuikIO, the quick and easy utility app that lets you stream, download, or share any files from your computers to your iDevices, has just been updated to version 3.0. QuikIO 3.0 brings support for video subtitles, playlist creation and importing, more audio codecs, passcode, search, and photo zoom.



*** Max Payne 3 Review - Fans Of Tarantino, The Sopranos Should Enjoy This Violent Film Noir Action Game ***
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/macsoftware/reviews/?reviewid=3456641&olo=rss>
Cliff Joseph, Macworld UK

> Max Payne 3 is a very violent and bloody game, and one that should definitely be kept away from the kids. It is, however, very stylish and well told, and will certainly appeal to fans of Quentin Tarantino.



*** Auto-pause And Improved Buffering Comes To Pandora For iOS ***
<http://www.imore.com/auto-pause-and-improved-buffering-comes-pandora-ios>
Richard Devine, iMore

> Version 4.4 adds an auto-pause function that kicks in and pauses your music the instant you mute your device, a handy touch to have, and slightly easier than turning on the screen first to manually pause, for sure. Also, in an effort to improve playback quality, Pandora claims to have improved buffering so if you find yourself on a "flaky connection" you shouldn't experience as much stuttering.



*** Cooliris Now Integrates With Tumblr, Evernote And Other Additional Photo Sources ***
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/07/cooliris-now-integrates-with-tumblr-evernote-and-other-additional-photo-sources>
Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice



*** Sugar Rush For iPhone And iPad Review: Candy Crush Meets Bejeweled Blitz ***
<http://www.imore.com/sugar-rush-iphone-and-ipad-review-candy-crush-meets-bejeweled-blitz>
Allyson Kazmucha, iMore

> Sugar Rush for iPhone and iPad is sure to grab your attention if you fancy playing either Candy Crush or Bejeweled Blitz. The general game play is easier but the concept and the reliance on your friends to give you lives is very much like Candy Crush.



*** Fitbit???s Official App Is Updated With A Number Of Improvements ***
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/07/fitbits-official-app-is-updated-with-a-number-of-improvements>
Brent Dirks, AppAdvice



*** Twitter For iOS Adds DM Sync, Twitter For Mac Updated With Connect Timeline ***
<http://www.macstories.net/linked/twitter-for-ios-adds-dm-sync/>
Federico Viticci, MacStories

> Reading a DM in Twitter for iOS will now automatically mark it as read in Twitter for Mac, the Twitter website (both desktop and mobile versions), TweetDeck, and Twitter for Android.



*** Using Skitch To Snap Perfect Screenshots ***
<http://mac.tutsplus.com/tutorials/app-training/using-skitch-to-snap-perfect-screenshots/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+mactuts+%28Mactuts%2B%29>
Andrew Childress, Mactuts+

> Skitch maintains a lightweight and easy to use feel that has made it a must-use, for me, on the Mac. In this tutorial, I???ll show you how to use Skitch to take, crop, resize and annotate screenshots taken on your Mac ??? and much more besides.



*** What To Do When Disk Utility Shows Inconsistent Errors With Drives ***
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57592431-263/what-to-do-when-disk-utility-shows-inconsistent-errors-with-drives/>
Topher Kessler, CNET

> Sometimes OS X's Disk Utility may show errors with a drive when it's run from one location, but will describe the drive as perfectly healthy when run from another.



*** ReadKit For Mac Is Almost The Perfect Reading App ***
<http://tidbits.com/article/13894?rss>
Josh Centers, TidBITS

> Originally an app designed as a viewer for read-later services, such as Instapaper, Pocket, and Readability, ReadKit now supports bookmarking services Pinboard and Delicious, plus RSS syncing services Fever, NewsBlur, Feed Wrangler, Feedbin, and it even has its own internal RSS support. The effort has paid off.



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*** The Mystery Of The Missing Hotel Toothpaste ***
<http://www.slate.com/articles/life/culturebox/2013/07/toothpaste_in_hotels_why_do_they_provide_shampoo_soap_and_high_end_toiletries.html>
Daniel Engber, Slate

> Hotels distract us from this essential, unmet need with a thin illusion of excess. Even the most egregious fleabags will provide a few skinny bars of soap and a flagon of shampoo. Luxury hotels sprinkle extras on the bathroom counter like confetti: a nail file, a facial towelette, a shower puff, a mending kit, a shoe mitten. And what about the toothpaste???that most indispensible tool of anyone???s <i>toilette</i>, a product used by virtually every hotel guest in America at least twice per day? Why should it be easier to sew a button to your cardigan or polish your loafers than it is to brush your teeth? Why have hotels forsaken oral hygiene? 



SushiReader
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/sushireader/>
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From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Wed Jul 10 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 10 Jul 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 10, 2013
Message-ID: <20130710225900.97802.qmail@voot.pair.com>

MyAppleMenu
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/>
==============================

*** Day One For Mac Gains PDF Export And Printing Plus Other Journaling Enhancements ***
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/07/day-one-for-mac-gains-pdf-export-and-printing-plus-other-journaling-enhancements>
Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice



*** Judge Says Apple Conspired To Raise Prices On E-books ***
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/10/us-apple-ebooks-idUSBRE9690GE20130710>
Jonathan Stempel, Reuters

> A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that Apple Inc conspired to raise the retail prices of e-books, and said a trial for damages will follow.
> The decision by U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan is a victory for the U.S. government and various states, which the judge said are entitled to injunctive relief.



*** Mac Gems: Moment Puts Facebook In Your Menubar ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2043622/mac-gems-moment-puts-facebook-in-your-menubar.html#tk.rss_all>
Lex Friedman, Macworld

> Moment is tidy, elegant, and makes quick work of updating your Facebook status and keeping tabs on your notifications. If those features appeal to you, the app???s sure to please.



*** Secrets Of The Paperless Office: Optimizing OCR ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2043857/secrets-of-the-paperless-office-optimizing-ocr.html#tk.rss_all>
Joe Kissell, Macworld



*** Dropbox Takes On iCloud With Cloud Syncing For Any App ***
<http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/9/4507838/dropbox-moves-beyond-files-looks-to-offer-seamless-cloud-syncing-for>
Dante D'Orazio, The Verge

> At its first ever developer conference today, the company revealed a new service that takes Dropbox away from just files and folders. With a new API called Datastores, the company is hoping to power the way third-party apps sync data like contacts, to-dos, game saves, and more across multiple platforms in near realtime.



*** Path 3.1 Released: Stickers In Comments, New iPad Interface, More ***
<http://9to5mac.com/2013/07/09/path-3-1-released-stickers-in-comments-new-ipad-interface-more/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+9To5Mac-MacAllDay+%289+to+5+Mac+-+Apple+Intelligence%29>
Scott Buscemi, 9 To 5 Mac



*** Yelp Update For iOS Adds Ability To Order Food From Within App ***
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/07/09/yelp-update-for-ios-adds-ability-to-order-food-from-within-app/>
Yoni Heisler, TUAW

> The feature, however, isn't yet live in every city and will be starting out in San Francisco exclusively before rolling out to additional locations in the coming weeks.



*** Yahoo Updates Mail App For iOS ***
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/07/09/yahoo-updates-mail-app-for-ios/>
Yoni Heisler, TUAW



*** Plants Vs. Zombies 2 Sprouts Up In The App Store In Australia And New Zealand ***
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/07/plants-vs-zombies-2-sprouts-up-in-the-app-store-in-australia-and-new-zealand>
Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice



*** Heroes Of Order & Chaos Review ***
<http://www.148apps.com/reviews/heroes-order-chaos-review/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+148apps+%28148Apps+Main%29>
Andrew Stevens, 148Apps



*** Apple, Amazon End 'App Store' Lawsuit ***
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/09/us-apple-amazon-appstore-lawsuit-idUSBRE9680TT20130709>
Jonathan Stempel, Reuters

> This came after Apple issued to Amazon a covenant not to sue over the online retailer's use of the term, eliminating the need for Amazon to pursue a counterclaim seeking permission.
> "We no longer see a need to pursue our case," Apple spokeswoman Kristin Huguet said. "With more than 900,000 apps and 50 billion downloads, customers know where they can purchase their favorite apps."



*** Review: Microsoft's Office Mobile For iPhone App Will Disappoint Most Users ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2043852/review-microsofts-office-mobile-for-iphone-app-will-disappoint-most-users.html#tk.rss_all>
Jeffery Battersby, Macworld

> While Office for iPhone may provide a modicum of value for some users, the reality is that most Microsoft Office users will see no benefit from this app. The app???s Office 365 requirement, poor user interface, and odd editing tools combine to make Office for iPhone something you should only use if you have to.



MyAppleMenu Reader
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==============================

*** Desert Bus: The Very Worst Video Game Ever Created ***
<http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/07/the-worst-video-game-ever-created.html?src=longreads>
Simon Parkin, New Yorker

> ???The route between Las Vegas and Phoenix is long,??? said Teller. ???It???s a boring job that just goes on and on repetitiously, and your task is simply to remain conscious. That was one of the big keys???we would make no cheats about time, so people like the Attorney General could get a good idea of how valuable and worthwhile a game that just reflects reality would be.???



SushiReader
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/sushireader/>
==============================



From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Thu Jul 11 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 11 Jul 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 11, 2013
Message-ID: <20130711225900.80141.qmail@voot.pair.com>

MyAppleMenu
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/>
==============================

*** IFTTT For iPhone: A Different Kind Of iOS Automation ***
<http://www.macstories.net/reviews/ifttt-for-iphone-a-different-kind-of-ios-automation/>
Federico Viticci, MacStories



*** How To Capture Your Mac's Audio For Free ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2043722/how-to-capture-your-macs-audio-for-free.html#tk.rss_all>
Christopher Breen, Macworld

> You???ve likely found yourself in this position more than once: Your Mac is playing audio that you???d love a permanent copy of, but the application you???re using doesn???t provide a way to do that. While you could turn to one of the few commercial Mac applications that perform this task, there???s a way to go about it that won???t cost you a nickel.



*** My Little RSS News Reader, SushiReader, Updated To 2.0.2 ***
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2013/07/11/article01/>
Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu

This is just a short note to tell you that <a href="http://www.sushireader.com/">SushiReader</a>, the little RSS news reader app for Mac OS X that I've build for myself, has been updated to version 2.0.2. This version includes bug-fixes, as well as an activity window to show currently-refreshing subscriptions, as well as a better (in my humble opinion) full-screen view.



*** Deus Ex: The Fall Review ***
<http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-07-08-deus-ex-the-fall-review>
Christian Donlan, Eurogramer.net



*** Review: Injustice: Gods Among Us ***
<http://www.powerpage.org/2013/07/09/review-injustice-gods-among-us/>
Chris Barylick, O'Grady's PowerPage



*** Review: Smart Card Readers For The iPhone And iPad ***
<http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobile-technology/review-smart-card-readers-the-iphone-and-ipad-222346>
Joseph Roth, InfoWorld



*** Knights Of Pen And Paper +1 Edition For OS X Review ***
<http://www.technologytell.com/apple/119958/119958/>
Bill Stiteler, TechnologyTell

> Grab your two-liter bottle of Mountain Dew and off-brand cheesy snacks; <i>Knights of Pen and Paper +1 Edition</i> is a love-letter to old school tabletop dungeon crawls, told with a lot of humor and 16 bit graphics. A delightful combination of sitting around a table rolling dice and playing a Gameboy RPG, it overcomes repetitious gameplay with humor.



*** Quickly Navigate OS X Menu Extras With Arrow Keys ***
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57593100-263/quickly-navigate-os-x-menu-extras-with-arrow-keys/>
Topher Kessler, CNET

> In addition to system menus, menu extras in OS X can be quickly accessed with a keystroke.



*** Apple???s Latest Setback Won???t Bring E-book Prices Down ***
<http://www.salon.com/2013/07/10/apples_latest_setback_wont_bring_e_book_prices_down/>
Laura Miller, Salon

> After settling with the DOJ, publishers were allowed to continue selling their e-books via retailers using a commission-based system called the agency model. However, the agency model typically allows publishers to set the retail prices of their titles. Under the terms of the settlement, retailers are now allowed to discount these e-books, but only until 2014. ???After the DoJ sanctions end in 2014,??? Albanese wrote, ???publishers will largely have control over final consumer prices, and thus, in 2014, you will likely see e-book prices rise, depending on other market factors, of course.???



*** How Apple Led An E-book Price Conspiracy???in The Judge???s Words ***
<http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/07/how-apple-led-an-e-book-price-conspiracy-in-the-judges-words/>
Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica

> In its opening statement, Apple identified five "essential links" the plaintiffs had to establish to prove Apple led the conspiracy. These links, Cote wrote, were that the publishers signed Apple???s agency agreements with an MFN and price caps, that the MFN sharpened the publishers' incentives to demand agency agreements from Amazon, that the agency demands convinced Amazon of the futility of resistance, that Amazon agreed to agency deals in circumstances in which it would not have if not for the Apple MFN, and that publishers raised prices to the price caps as per the agreements with Apple.
> "All of the 'links' that Apple identified in its opening statement were established at trial, and Apple did not argue otherwise in its summation," Cote wrote. "Apple similarly abandoned by summation its theory that Apple was unaware that the Publisher Defendants would use their new pricing authority to raise e-book prices; over the course of the trial, Apple???s witnesses admitted that they expected the Publisher Defendants to raise their e-book prices to Apple???s price caps."



*** In Apple Case, ???The Line Between The Legal And The Illegal Seems So Thin??? ***
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/07/10/in-apple-case-the-line-between-the-legal-and-the-illegal-seems-so-thin/>
Timothy B. Lee, Washington Post

> [Judge Cote] goes through a list of all the individual clauses [in Apple's contracts with publishers], and says none of those are problematic individually. [But Judge Cote ruled against Apple because of] her sense that the launching pad for this particular negotiation was the lure of higher prices.
> But Apple can make a defense of each of these clauses. I run into these cases with some frequency. You teach a case and you say what???s the practical advice? The line between the legal and the illegal seems so thin. Apple???s trying to make a decision in a very narrow window [the negotiations with publishers lasted from November 2009 to January 2010], and we???re going to scrutinize it at leisure after the fact.



*** Explaining The Apple Ebook Price Fixing Suit ***
<http://tidbits.com/article/13912?rss>
Adam C. Engst, TidBITS

> Cote???s 160-page opinion is remarkably well-written and is a fascinating read, at least if you???re interested in the chronology and minutia of this case. I???ve read the entire thing, and have found it far more compelling than the soap opera media coverage of the trial, which took place from 3 June 2103 through 20 June 2013. It also clarifies numerous points and questions that came up during and since the trial. Rather than attempt to summarize the entire opinion, I???m going to focus on answering questions surrounding it, based on what Judge Cote wrote.



*** Bartholomew And The Oobleck, Another Dr. Seuss Classic, Now Available For iPhone And iPad ***
<http://www.imore.com/another-dr-seuss-classic-now-available-iphone-and-ipad-bartholomew-and-oobleck>
Allyson Kazmucha, iMore

> If you're a fan of Dr. Seuss, Oceanhouse Media has just released yet another one of the popular stories in iPhone and iPad format. Aside from reading Bartholomew and the Oobleck, there are many interactive bonus features available as well.



*** Means, Motive, And Opportunity: Why Antitrust Lawyers Smacked Down Apple's iBookstore ***
<http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/10/4512058/means-motive-and-opportunity-apple-ebook-price-fixing-loss>
Adi Robertson, The Verge

> Any individual agreement between Apple and the publishers, including contracts that set prices, could have been legal. But the Sherman Antitrust Act prohibits firms from collaborating "with the effect of raising, depressing, fixing, pegging, or stabilizing the price of a commodity," and bans "horizontal conspiracies," where a group of companies who should be competitors band together to raise their bottom line.
> But while Apple clearly wasn???t directly competing with any publishing house, it could still be liable if it had been part of the scheme and helped to make it possible. To win its case, the Justice Department needed to first convince Cote that a price-fixing conspiracy between publishers existed, and then that Apple had been a "knowing participant" who facilitated the agreement.
> Unfortunately for Apple, Cote decided that the Justice Department had proved its case on both counts.



*** Apple Will Appeal Ruling In E-Book Price-Fixing Case ***
<http://techland.time.com/2013/07/10/apple-will-appeal-ruling-in-e-book-price-fixing-case/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+timeblogs%2Fnerd_world+%28TIME%3A+Techland%29>
Larry Neumeister, Associated Press

> Apple spokesman Tom Neumayr says Apple didn???t conspire to fix e-book pricing and would continue to fight the ???false accusations.???

Also:
??? <a href="http://allthingsd.com/20130710/apples-chances-on-an-e-book-ruling-appeal-are-lousy-say-legal-scholars/">Apple???s Chances on an E-Book Ruling Appeal Are Lousy, Say Legal Scholars</a> (John Paczkowski, AllThingsD): Samuelson???s point: Apple argued that the facts show no conspiracy in restraint of trade. But Cote found that the company???s actions were a per se violation of antitrust law. In other words, they were inherently illegal, so there was no need to prove that they had any anticompetitive effect on the e-books market. And Cote???s opinion relies so heavily on facts that it leaves very little room for an appellate court reversal.



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*** Novelists, Rewrite Your Cyberthrillers ***
<http://www.salon.com/2013/07/11/novelists_rewrite_your_cyberthrillers/>
Charlie Huston, Salon

> Edward Snowden makes the giant cybertakedown look pass??. I wish I'd put him in my novel.



*** Hospital Surgery Recovery: How Food Deliveries From Family And Friends Got Me Through ***
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/hospital-surgery-recovery-how-food-deliveries-from-friends-and-family-got-me-through/2013/07/08/5ceb7482-e36c-11e2-aef3-339619eab080_story.html>
David Hagedorn, Washington Post

> You know those people who undergo major surgery but keep it under the radar because they don???t want to be a bother to anyone? Well, I???m not one of them.
> Before my hip replacement in mid-May, I let everyone know I was open to receiving lavish attention, especially the edible sort. Enduring bone-on-bone arthritis for several years and having a hip replaced at 54 surely earned me some pampering.



*** A Minimalist Approach To Cooking On Vacation ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/10/dining/a-minimalist-approach-to-cooking-on-vacation.html?ref=dining>
Melissa Clark, New York Times

> Despite the lack of kitchen luxuries (or maybe because of it), some of the best and most memorable meals I???ve ever made have been with nothing more than a battered skillet, a spoon and a dull knife.



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*** More Free Online Storage In A Box For Macs ***
<http://bohemianboomer.com/2013/07/more-free-online-storage-in-a-box-for-macs/>
Jeffrey Mincey, Bohemian Boomer



*** Review: Roaming Fortress Is A Tower Defense Game With A Twist ***
<http://www.techhive.com/article/2044051/review-roaming-fortress-is-a-tower-defense-game-with-a-twist.html#tk.rss_all>
Sarah Jacobsson Purewal, TechHive

> Instead of defending a static tower or central point while enemies move through your map, Roaming Fortress asks you to defend a moving tower.



*** Steve Jobs Was Not A School Teacher! ***
<http://www.salon.com/2013/07/12/steve_jobs_was_not_a_school_teacher/>
David Sirota, Salon

> Why are cash-starved school districts sending public funds to Apple -- while laying off teachers? Follow the money.



*** Best Buy Launching Two-day iPad Trade-in Promotion Starting Today, $200 Gift Card For Your Old iPad! ***
<http://www.imore.com/best-buy-launching-two-day-ipad-trade-promotion-starting-today-200-gift-card-your-old-ipad>
Richard Devine, iMore

> Starting today, for just two days only, Best Buy is offering a $200 gift card when you trade in your old but working iPad 2 or iPad 3. The gift card is valid to use towards any in-store or online purchase, so if you wanted to pick up a new iPad, or iPad mini, you're looking at a hefty saving when you trade-in your old one.



*** Adobe Audition CC: Solid Upgrade Hampered By Subscription Pricing ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2043340/adobe-audition-cc-solid-upgrade-hampered-by-subscription-pricing.html#tk.rss_all>
Christopher Breen, Macworld

> The only thing that will prevent me from using it on into the future is the requirement that I rent rather than own it. Audition is a wonderful tool, but its talents and audience make it an inappropriate choice for subscription-only access.



*** Of Cross-fades And Combined Tracks ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2044017/of-cross-fades-and-combined-tracks.html#tk.rss_all>
Kirk McElhearn, Macworld

> In this week???s column, I look at a few very different topics. One common question I get is about the iTunes Store and sending gifts to other countries; another concerns joining two music files to make one; and I also explain how you can cross-fade songs on an iOS device.



*** Tackle OS X Applications Opening Outside The Bounds Of Your Display ***
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57593369-263/tackle-os-x-applications-opening-outside-the-bounds-of-your-display/>
Topher Kessler, CNET

> If a program cannot be accessed because it's outside of the limits of your display, here are a couple of options you can try to restore it.



*** Apple App Store Marks 5 Years Of App-ortunity ***
<http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/talkingtech/2013/07/09/5-years-of-apple-apps/2499299/>
Jefferson Graham, USA Today



*** AirPort Utility 6.3.1 For Mac ***
<http://tidbits.com/article/13918?rss>
Agen G. N. Schmitz, TidBITS



*** UpTo Social Networking App Morphs Into A Modern Calendar With A Social Twist ***
<http://gigaom.com/2013/07/11/upto-social-networking-app-morphs-into-a-modern-calendar-with-a-social-twist/>
Erica Ogg, GigaOM

> UpTo is merging the need for a better calendar with its original premise, which was to create social connections around activities and events. In addition to syncing with Outlook, iOS Calendar, Google Calendar and Yahoo Calendar, users can follow streams of activities and RSVP or talk about the event with friends right in the app.



*** Rovio Launches Latest Game For iOS, Tiny Thief ***
<http://www.macgasm.net/2013/07/11/rovio-launches-latest-game-for-ios-tiny-thief/>
Kaylie Moise, Macgasm

> Tiny Thief is a point-and-click puzzle game that requires you to find hidden objects along your adventure.



*** Get Super Quick SSH Shortcuts From The Mac OS X Menu Bar With Shuttle ***
<http://osxdaily.com/2013/07/11/use-super-quick-ssh-shortcuts-from-the-mac-os-x-menu-bar-with-shuttle/>
OS X Daily



*** Recent Menu Lets You Find Recently-used Files Quickly ***
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/07/11/recent-menu-lets-you-find-recently-used-files-quickly/>
Ilene Hoffman, TUAW

> If you open and close many files throughout the course of a day, at some point you may forget what you named a file or even which program you used to create or open a file. Recent Menu from developer Tim Schroeder addresses this annoyance with a menu item app.



*** Apple Investigates Claims That It's Using Dangerous, Illegally Mined Tin In Your iPhone ***
<http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/11/4515444/apple-illegal-tin-mining-bangka-island-indonesia>
Matt Brian, The Verge

> Apple has said it has "lead a fact-finding visit" to Bangka Island, Indonesia to identify if its suppliers are sourcing tin from unregulated and illegal mines. In an update to its Supplier Responsibility page on its website, Apple confirmed it has funded a new environmental task group to investigate mining operations in the area to "better understand the situation." The move addresses a sustained Friends of the Earth campaign calling for Apple to publicly come clean about where the tin in its smartphones comes from.



*** DEVONthink And DEVONnote 2.6 ***
<http://tidbits.com/article/13914?rss>
Agen G. N. Schmitz, TidBITS

> DEVONnote and all three versions of DEVONthink provide support for importing Evernote notes (including names, tags, and dates), as well as importing references from the Bookends reference management app.



*** Shazam For iPhone, iPad Review - Discovery App Brings A World Of Music Closer ***
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/ipad-iphone/reviews/?reviewid=3457053&olo=rss>
Nick Spence, Macworld UK

> Music discovery app Shazam automatically identifies music around you with great success.



*** Vine 1.3 (For iPhone) ***
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2414732,00.asp?>
Michael Muchmore, PC Magazine



*** Hands On: IFTTT For iOS Automates Your Online Life ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2044123/hands-on-ifttt-for-ios-automates-your-online-life.html#tk.rss_all>
Dan Moren, Macworld

> With all the advances and conveniences that iOS offers, there???s one place that OS X continues to trump Apple???s mobile platform: automation. But with the appearance of IFTTT for iPhone, that gap is perhaps narrower than it once was.



*** Hands On: Any.do's Cal Is A Clever, Sleek Little Calendar App ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2044130/hands-on-any-dos-cal-is-a-clever-sleek-little-calendar-app.html#tk.rss_all>
Serenity Caldwell, Macworld

> Cal, Any.do???s new calendaring app, attempts to show you your schedule in a way that lets you maximize your free time during a day.



*** Sony Adds High Quality Streaming And Offline Listening To Music Unlimited On iOS ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2044122/sony-adds-high-quality-streaming-and-offline-listening-to-music-unlimited-on-ios.html#tk.rss_all>
Jonathan Seff, Macworld



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*** The Rise Of The Machines ***
<http://www.neh.gov/humanities/2013/julyaugust/feature/the-rise-the-machines>
Meredith Hindley, Humanities

> During the previous fifteen years, computers had been making inroads into the humanities, emerging as more than a passing curiosity by the mid 1960s. The digital humanities???or ???humanities computing,??? as it was then known???used machines the size of small cars, punch cards, and data recorded on magnetic tape. To many scholars, its methods, which depended on breaking down texts into data elements, seemed alien, as did the antiseptic atmosphere of the computer lab. But for those who didn???t mind working away from the comforting smell of musty old books, a new field was opening up, a hybrid discipline that would receive significant assistance from the National Endowment for the Humanities, which made its debut in 1965.



*** Last Song For Migrating Birds ***
<http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/07/songbird-migration/franzen-text?src=longreads>
Jonathan Franzen, Photography by David Guttenfelder, National Geographic Magazine

> From glue-covered sticks in Egypt hang two lives, and a question: How can we stop the slaughter of songbirds migrating across the Mediterranean?



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From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Sat Jul 13 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 13 Jul 2013 22:59:00 -0000
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*** How To Add Logic To Search Results In OS X ***
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57593549-263/how-to-add-logic-to-search-results-in-os-x/>
Topher Kessler, CNET

> You can greatly narrow search results in the Finder by adding logical operators to include and exclude specific files.



*** New MacBook Air Woe: Unstable Volume Settings ***
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/07/12/new-macbook-air-woe-unstable-volume-settings/>
Steven Sande, TUAW



*** Max Payne 3 Mac Review ***
<http://www.macgamerhq.com/reviews/max-payne-3-mac-review/>
Mac Gamer HQ



*** OneNote For iOS: How Does It Stack Up To Evernote? ***
<http://gigaom.com/2013/07/12/onenote-for-ios-how-does-it-stack-up-to-evernote/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OmMalik+%28GigaOM%3A+Tech%29>
Mark Crump, GigaOM

> It???s still missing one pretty big piece, but it???s also a really useful service for those who use both Mac and Windows.



*** What Developers Think Of Dropbox As An iCloud Alternative ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2044178/developers-on-dropbox-datastore-as-an-icloud-alternative.html#tk.rss_all>
Lex Friedman, Macworld

> Because of the way Dropbox works, it offers one other significant potential advantage over iCloud: Developers who are working with Datastore can actually peek directly at the syncing data on Dropbox???s servers as they test and build their apps, a level of visibility that iCloud simply hasn???t offered to date.
> <i>Macworld</i> spoke with several developers to get their thoughts on Datastore as compared to iCloud. Expectations are mixed.



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*** The King Of Queens ***
<http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2013/07/11/the-king-of-queens/>
Tara Clancy, The Paris Review

> Squatting behind a bookshelf with a stolen cup of coffee, I tilted my head like a dog at a shadow. Ear to shoulder, eyebrow raised, I mouthed the title of a book I???d never seen before.
> K-I-N-G L-E-A-R.
> Huh. Must be some Knights of the Round Table type-a-thing, I figured.



*** Censoring The News Before It Happens ***
<http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2013/jul/10/censoring-news-before-happens-china/>
Perry Link, The New York Review Of Books

> Every day in China, hundreds of messages are sent from government offices to website editors around the country that say things like, ???Report on the new provincial budget tomorrow, but do not feature it on the front page, make no comparisons to earlier budgets, list no links, and say nothing that might raise questions???; ???Downplay stories on Kim Jung-un???s facelift???; and ???Allow stories on Deputy Mayor Zhang???s embezzlement but omit the comment boxes.??? Why, one might ask, do censors not play it safe and immediately block anything that comes anywhere near offending Beijing? Why the modulation and the fine-tuning?



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From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Sun Jul 14 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
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*** Analysis: After Five Years Of The App Store - Apple Is The Biggest Winner ***
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jul/14/app-store-apple>
Stuart Dredge, The Observer



*** How To Digitise Your Vinyl ***
<http://www.techradar.com/news/audio/hi-fi-radio/how-to-digitise-your-vinyl-1164365>
Hollin Jones, MacFormat

> Recording sound from a record into your Mac is much the same as recording any sound source with a microphone, except the cabling is slightly different. Hook up the turntable either to a specialised USB audio interface with phono inputs, available from as little as ??80, or connect the record player to your Mac's audio line in port using one of the aforementioned cables.



*** Instapaper Creator Marco Arment Releases Skitch-Like Bug Reporting App Bugshot ***
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/07/instapaper-creator-marco-arment-releases-skitch-like-bug-reporting-app-bugshot>
Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

> Bugshot is an app that lets you annotate screenshots for reporting visual bugs in iOS apps.



*** How To: Safely Delete An iCloud Account From Your Mac Or iOS Device ***
<http://9to5mac.com/2013/07/13/how-to-safely-delete-an-icloud-account-from-your-mac-or-ios-device/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+9To5Mac-MacAllDay+%289+to+5+Mac+-+Apple+Intelligence%29>
Sarah Guarino, 9 To 5 Mac



*** Turn Your Photos Into Unique Works Of Geometric Art With Tangent ***
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/07/turn-your-photos-into-unique-works-of-geometric-art-with-tangent>
Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

> Ben Guerrette sure loves adding geometric effects to photos. As an independent developer, he has released not one, but two iOS apps that enhance photos with geometric effects of various shapes and sizes.



*** ReadKit For Mac Gets Even Better With Added Feedly Support ***
<http://www.imore.com/readkit-mac-gets-even-better-added-feedly-support>
Richard Devine, iMore



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*** ???Dune??? Endures ***
<http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2013/07/dune-endures.html>
Jon Michaud, New Yorker

> With daily reminders of the intensifying effects of global warming, the spectre of a worldwide water shortage, and continued political upheaval in the oil-rich Middle East, it is possible that ???Dune??? is even more relevant now than when it was first published. If you haven???t read it lately, it???s worth a return visit. If you???ve never read it, you should find time to.



*** The End Of Night By Paul Bogard ??? Review ***
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/jul/14/end-night-paul-bogard-review?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Salley Vickers, The Observer

> <i>The End of Night</i> takes as its theme the rapid disappearance of darkness in our world or, more accurately, the growing encroachment of light. Night-time as our ancestors knew it, even as recently as the mid-20th century, is under fire. If the lights of the world stage now never quite go out, the question is how does this affect us, its audience, and the other forms of life that share our environment?



*** Will New York???s Casino Plan Really Work? ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/14/magazine/will-new-yorks-casino-plan-really-work.html?ref=magazine&_r=0>
Adam Davidson, New York Times

> Economically speaking, these anticasino regulations are the single greatest profit generator for casino operators. By limiting the number and location, and therefore artificially keeping the market underserved, governments essentially guarantee outsize profits for those in business.



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From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Mon Jul 15 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 15 Jul 2013 22:59:00 -0000
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*** Apple To Investigate Reported iPhone 5 Shock Death ***
<http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1282777/apple-investigate-reported-iphone-5-shock-death>
Joanna Chiu and Ng Kang-chung, South China Morning Post

> Apple has promised to "fully investigate" reports that a woman was killed by an electric shock from her iPhone 5 while charging it at home.
> A spokeswoman for the technology company said: "We are deeply saddened to learn of this tragic incident and offer our condolences to the ... family. We will fully investigate and co-operate with authorities in this matter."



*** Serato Launches New Remote iPad App For Music Fans And DJs ***
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/07/serato-launches-new-remote-ipad-app-for-music-fans-and-djs>
Joe White, AppAdvice



*** Review: Speedy Networking Makes Apple's New AirPort Time Capsule A Good Buy ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2044247/review-speedy-networking-makes-apples-new-airport-time-capsule-a-good-buy.html#tk.rss_all>
Michael Brown, Macworld

> If you???ve purchased a new MacBook Air, you???ll get significantly better performance with the 802.11ac Time Capsule than you will with Apple's 802.11n Time Capsule. If you???re using an older Mac client with an 802.11n Wi-Fi adapter, my benchmarks indicate the new Time Capsule will also deliver much higher performance???provided Apple fixes the file-sharing issue, that is.



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*** Roger Ebert???s Pilgrimage ***
<http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2013/07/roger_ebert_s_lost_book_the_perfect_london_walk_reviewed.html>
Katie Engelhart, Slate

> For all this, <i>The Perfect London Walk</i> is a terribly unusual book, one without any aspiration to timelessness. Or, perhaps, its authors trusted that London would remain timeless enough to render their book indefinitely useful.



*** Who Ruined The Humanities? ***
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323823004578595803296798048.html>
Lee Siegel, Wall Street Journal

> Of course it's important to read the great poets and novelists. But not in a university classroom, where literature has been turned into a bland, soulless competition for grades and status.



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From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Tue Jul 16 18:59:00 2013
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Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 16, 2013
Message-ID: <20130716225900.81602.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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*** Apple Puts Its Price Tag Where Its Policy Is, Charges Full Price For Logic Pro X Upgrade On Mac App Store ***
<http://www.imore.com/apple-puts-its-price-tag-where-its-policy-charges-full-price-logic-pro-x-mac-app-store>
Rene Ritchie, iMore

> Today, with the launch of Logic Pro X one of the longest running questions in App Store history has, perhaps, finally been answered: What will Apple do when one of their major apps gets updated? And that answer appears to be, charge $199 for the new version, same way they charged $199 for the old version just yesterday.



*** Logic Pro X Loses None Of Its Power, Gains Great New Features ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2044283/logic-pro-x-loses-none-of-its-power-gains-great-new-features.html#tk.rss_all>
Christopher Breen, Macworld

> Thanks to its easier-to-use interface, it becomes a viable next step for GarageBand users. Those seeking drum tracks that sound like the real thing rather than loops will be impressed by Logic???s Drummer tracks. Bass players not entirely committed to their hardware rigs (or who can???t lug them around everywhere they hope to record) will appreciate having modeled amps and speakers. Keyboard players seeking traditional timbres should be thrilled with the Retro Synth and B3 instruments. Producers and engineers are already well aware of Logic???s depth and attractions. They simply get more expansive with this release. And everyone with an iPad should be happy with the convenience wrought by Logic Remote.



*** Apple Releases Logic Pro X & MainStage 3 In Mac App Store, Logic Remote For iPad ***
<http://9to5mac.com/2013/07/16/apple-releases-major-logic-pro-x-mainstage-3-updates-in-mac-app-store/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+9To5Mac-MacAllDay+%289+to+5+Mac+-+Apple+Intelligence%29>
Jordan Kahn, 9 To 5 Mac



*** Review: Logic Pro X ***
<http://www.loopinsight.com/2013/07/16/review-logic-pro-x/?utm_source=loopinsight.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Feed>
Jim Dalrymple, The Loop

> Logic Pro X is the best music software release I???ve seen from Apple in a while. They added a lot of pro features, but at the same time managed to make the app more approachable???that???s a difficult thing to do.



*** Top Grossing Freemium Match-Three Game Candy Crush Saga Gains New Levels ***
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/07/httpappadvice-comappnn201307freemium-app-candy-crush-saga-earns-a-record-breaking-633000-each-day>
Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice



*** Evernote Keeps Track Of Those Little Bits ***
<http://www.chron.com/business/drmac/article/Evernote-keeps-track-of-those-little-bits-4666788.php>
Bob LeVitus, Houston Chronicle



*** New OS X Malware Holds Macs For Ransom, Demands $300 Fine To The FBI For ???Viewing Or Distributing??? Porn ***
<http://thenextweb.com/apple/2013/07/16/new-os-x-malware-holds-macs-for-ransom-demands-300-fine-to-the-fbi-for-viewing-or-distributing-porn/>
Emil Protalinski, The Next Web

> The security firm Malwarebytes first spotted this latest threat, noting that criminals have ported the ransomware scheme to OS X and are even exploiting a Safari-specific feature.



*** How To Overcome Problems With OS X Dictation ***
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57593848-263/how-to-overcome-problems-with-os-x-dictation/?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=MacFixIt>
Topher Kessler, CNET

> There may be several reasons why Apple's Dictation service will not convert spoken word to text in OS X.



*** 11-Inch MacBook Air Review: Living With Apple's Smallest Laptop ***
<http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/15/4523668/11-inch-macbook-air-review>
David Pierce, The Verge

> There's exactly one reason you should buy the 11-inch MacBook Air: you want the absolute smallest computer you can buy, and you don't want a Windows PC. There are plenty of reasons to buy an Air, from the fantastic battery life to the world-beating keyboard and trackpad, but only buy the $999 11-inch model if small is your endgame.



*** IMDB For iOS Adds Movie Ticket Purchasing, iPhone Improvements ***
<http://www.imore.com/imdb-ios-adds-movie-ticket-purchasing-iphone-improvements>
Peter Cohen, iMore

> The free app provides you with access to the free web site's compendium of movie knowledge, using an interface that's thoroughly optimized for mobile devices. And the new 3.3 release adds, for the first time, the ability to buy movie tickets from directly within the app. That function is available only to U.S. citizens, for now.



*** OmniFocus For iPhone Gets Background Location Sync ***
<http://www.macstories.net/linked/omnifocus-for-iphone-gets-background-location-sync/>
Federico Viticci, MacStories

> Users can now leverage iOS??? geofencing to tell OmniFocus to sync its online database in the background and automatically whenever they enter or leave a specific location.



*** ReadKit 2.2 ***
<http://tidbits.com/article/13928?rss>
Agen G. N. Schmitz, TidBITS

> Webin has added Feedly support to version 2.2 of its ReadKit RSS reader and bookmarking app.



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*** A History Of The Fig Leaf ***
<http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/history/2013/07/the_fig_leaf_in_painting_and_sculpture_excerpt_from_anatomies_by_hugh_aldersey.html>
Hugh Aldersey-Williams, Slate

> The best sight gag in the entire history of art must be the fig leaf. How large it is! And how very suggestive in its shape! How it engrosses what it purports to hide. How many other plant leaves might have done the job with less blatancy. And yet the fig leaf it assuredly is that artists have elected to use when asked to preserve the public decency.



*** Ground Zero Sum ***
<http://www.thenation.com/article/175073/ground-zero-sum#axzz2ZDYAd08g>
Michael Sorkin, The Nation

> The architecture of the new World Trade Center buildings emphasizes that their business is none of ours.



*** ???Lexicon,??? A Thriller By Max Barry ***
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/lexicon-a-thriller-by-max-barry/2013/07/15/409b5988-e8a7-11e2-a301-ea5a8116d211_story.html?wprss=rss_books>
Graham Sleight, Washington Post

> Years ago, there was a ???Monty Python??? sketch about the world???s funniest joke devised by the British in World War II. The joke was so hilarious that it caused everyone who heard it to die laughing; when translated into German and read to opposing troops, it proved a devastating weapon. In a sense, ???Lexicon??? is a book-length version of that sketch, done in earnest as a thriller.



*** JK Rowling's Book Ruse Is A Cautionary Tale For Unknown Writers ***
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jul/15/jk-rowling-publishing-industry-unknown-writers?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Joan Smith, The Guardian

> The Cuckoo's Calling became an instant bestseller once the Rowling brand emerged ??? a sad indictment of publishing.



*** Prude At Penthouse ***
<http://www.salon.com/2013/07/15/prude_at_penthouse/>
Margaret Meehan, Salon

> I was so bashful I could hardly say the word "sex." But my job at the porn mag was an education in being unashamed.



*** Jack Handey Is The Envy Of Every Comedy Writer In America ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/21/magazine/jack-handey-is-the-envy-of-every-comedy-writer-in-america.html?utm_source=loopinsight.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Feed&_r=0>
Dan Kois, New York Times

> This idea ??? the notion of real jokes and the existence of pure comedy ??? came up again and again when I asked other writers about Handey. It seemed as if to them Handey is not just writing jokes but trying to achieve some kind of Platonic ideal of the joke form.



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From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Wed Jul 17 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 17 Jul 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 17, 2013
Message-ID: <20130717225900.57016.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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*** Google Maps For iPad Now Available ***
<http://www.macstories.net/news/google-maps-for-ipad-now-available/>
Federico Viticci, MacStories



*** Whatsapp Moves To Yearly Subscription Payment, App Now Free To Download ***
<http://www.imore.com/whatsapp-moves-yearly-subscription-payment-app-now-free-download>
Richard Devine, iMore



*** Updated iCab Mobile Web Browser Lets You Open Apps Using Predefined Gestures ***
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/07/updated-icab-mobile-web-browser-lets-you-open-apps-using-predefined-gestures>
Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

> Version 7.0 of iCab Mobile introduced a drawing gestures feature that lets you specify gestures not only for opening websites but also for triggering actions.



*** Infinity Blade 2 Adds 5.7 Million New Players Through Apple Free App Promotion ***
<http://www.imore.com/infinity-blade-2-adds-57-million-new-players-through-apple-free-app-promotion>
Richard Devine, iMore



*** Is Apple Killing Paid Upgrades? ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2044478/is-apple-killing-paid-upgrades-.html#tk.rss_all>
Marco Tabini, Macworld

> The fact that the world???s largest tech company may have foregone the traditional approach towards upgrades can only signal to customers that a fairly-priced app is a good idea even if you have to fork over the full price every time a major update comes out.



*** Tumblr Tells iOS Users To Download Security Update, Change Their Passwords ***
<http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/16/4530570/tumblr-advises-ios-app-security-update-change-passwords>
Jeff Blagdon, The Verge



*** Review: ZaggKeys Keyboard Cases For Easier Typing, Less Insanity ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2043953/review-zaggkeys-keyboard-cases-for-easier-typing-less-insanity.html>
Lex Friedman, Macworld

> The ZaggKeys Cover and ZaggKeys Folio are the first two iPad mini keyboards that I can type on without questioning my sanity. Though I prefer the Cover, either is a great option for iPad mini enthusiasts who yearn for an easier typing experience but don???t want to lug around a separate, full-size Bluetooth keyboard.



*** Vesper Goes 003, Adds Support, Text Expander Support ***
<http://www.imore.com/vesper-goes-003-yes-already-adds-support-text-expander-support>
Rene Ritchie, iMore

> While iOS includes its own auto-correction feature that can do some of the same things, any Mac user worth their geek cred already lives in Text Expander, and this way all existing snippets will "just work" in Vesper, the same way they do everywhere else. Typing ubiquity.



*** Ohai For App.net ***
<http://www.macstories.net/linked/ohai-for-app-net/>
Federico Viticci, MacStories

> A clever idea by Steve Streza: Ohai is a journal app that uses your App.net account to safely store photos and places you???ve checked in.



*** Microsoft Releases OWA For iPhone And iPad ***
<http://www.imore.com/microsoft-releases-owa-iphone-and-ipad>
Joseph Keller, iMore

> Microsoft has released OWA for iPhone and iPad, letting users access their Outlook email, calendars, and contacts. These apps are enhanced versions of the Outlook Web App, with added functionality for iOS devices, including voice actions and the ability to receive push notifications.



*** WhatsApp Messenger For iPhone Gets iCloud Chat Backups, Support For Sending Multiple Photos, & URL Schemes ***
<http://9to5mac.com/2013/07/16/whatsapp-messenger-for-iphone-gets-icloud-chat-backups-support-for-sending-multiple-photos-url-schemes/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+9To5Mac-MacAllDay+%289+to+5+Mac+-+Apple+Intelligence%29>
Jordan Kahn, 9 To 5 Mac



*** Apple MacBook Air 11-Inch (Mid 2013) ***
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2421844,00.asp?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ziffdavis%2Fpcmag+%28PCMag.com%3A+New+Product+Reviews%29>
Joel Santo Domingo, PC Magazine

> We still recommend the 11-inch model for those who need portability more than any other factor, but the fact of the matter is that the 13-inch model is ultimately a better buy and continues as our Editors' Choice for mainstream ultraportable laptops.



*** Review: Bluenote A Secure Alternative To OS X's Notes ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2044133/review-bluenote-a-secure-alternative-to-os-xs-notes.html#tk.rss_all>
Roman Loyola, Macworld

> If you're looking for a simple place to store notes, passwords, and to-do lists???something that's slightly above OS X's Notes app???Bluenote could work for you.



*** New Digitally Signed Mac Malware Confuses Users With Right-to-left File Name Tricks ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2044473/new-digitally-signed-mac-malware-confuses-users-with-right-to-left-file-name-tricks.html#tk.rss_all>
Lucian Constantin, IDG News Service

> Apple displays double extensions for security reasons in the Mac OS X file manager, said Sean Sullivan, a security advisor at F-Secure, Tuesday via email. ???Here, the RLO trick is being used to counter that and to make the .app appear to be a .pdf.???



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*** David Rakoff???s ???Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish??? ***
<http://www.salon.com/2013/07/16/david_rakoffs_love_dishonor_marry_die_cherish_perish/>
David Rakoff, Salon

> An excerpt from a novel in verse.



*** Chopped Salad Has Become The Lunch Of Choice In The Northeast ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/17/dining/chopped-salad-has-become-the-lunch-of-choice-in-the-northeast.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0>
William Grimes, New York Times

> Ordering a chopped salad is like buying a car. You start with a base price that includes a limited number of toppings, usually four or five. After that, each addition costs extra. How much depends on the ingredient. At Chop???t, tomatoes, black beans and chickpeas each cost 59 cents, feta cheese costs 99 cents, smoked bacon costs $1.49, and steak tops the list at $3.49.



*** A Ghost Story That Lacks An Ending ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/17/books/robert-kolkers-lost-girls-delves-into-killings.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Dwight garner, New York Times

> Robert Kolker???s ???Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery??? is, physically, a well-made book. Its cover image is crisp and haunting. Someone has paid close attention to this volume???s many maps. They are stylish and, a rarity, actually helpful.
> This sense of mastery carries over into Mr. Kolker???s lean but ductile prose. Reading this true-crime book, you???re reminded of the observation that easy reading is hard writing.



*** Summer Voyages: Three Men In A Boat By Jerome K Jerome ***
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2013/jul/16/three-men-boat-jerome-k-jerome?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Robert McCrum, The Guardian

> An ancient river. The journey upstream of an impressionable young man into a mysterious interior. An inevitable reckoning at the source. Finally, the terrible return to reality. Here, surely, is pre-Edwardian English fiction at its classic finest.



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From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Thu Jul 18 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 18 Jul 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 18, 2013
Message-ID: <20130718225900.31040.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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*** Kickstarter-Funded Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded Finally Reaches The App Store ***
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/07/kickstarter-funded-leisure-suit-larry-reloaded-finally-reaches-the-app-store>
Joe White, AppAdvice



*** Review: NoteSuite A Powerful Note-taking App For Mac And iPad ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2044248/review-notesuite-a-powerful-note-taking-app-for-mac-and-ipad.html#tk.rss_all>
Brian Beam, Macworld



*** Daily iPad App: Peterest Is Pinterest For Your Pets ***
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/07/17/daily-ipad-app-peterest-is-pinterest-for-your-pets/>
Mike Wehner, TUAW



*** Apple Joins Alliance Of Tech Heavyweights To Demand Increased NSA Transparency ***
<http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/07/17/apple-joins-alliance-of-tech-heavyweights-to-demand-increased-nsa-transparency>
AppleInsider



*** Candy Crush Saga (For iPhone) ***
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2421804,00.asp>
Max Eddy, PC Magazine

> Candy Crush Saga (free) is a quintessential time-waster casual game for iOS and Android that is as easy to get addicted to as it is to play.If you want mindless color-matching, and can withstand the temptation of in-app purchases, then look no further.



*** Apple Pulls Poker Apps After Prod From Australia ***
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/17/apple_pulls_poker_apps_after_prod_from_australia/>
Simon Sharwood, The Register

> Apple was targeted because its App Store offered apps from two outfits, PokerStars and 888 Poker, both of which offered the chance to gamble with real money.



*** Faith And Works At Apple ***
<http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2013/jul/17/faith-and-works-apple/>
Edward Mendelson, The New York Review Of Books

> AppleScript, a simple-to-use programming language (purists call it a ???scripting language???) is unlike anything else in the digital universe, even in the lawless Wild West of Linux and Android. AppleScript gives any individual worshipper much of the autonomy and freedom in using a computer that is otherwise possible only for the priesthood of programmers???and in iOS is limited even for programmers, in part through the design of iOS itself, in part because of Apple???s watchful, restrictive eye.



*** Dollarbird Helps You Track Expenses With An Easy-To-Use Calendar-Like Design ***
<http://www.macgasm.net/2013/07/17/dollarbird-helps-you-track-expenses-with-an-easy-to-use-calendar-like-design/>
Kaylie Moise, Macgasm

> It???s essentially a finance-tracking app that uses a simple calendar-like design to help you keep track of earnings, bills, and expenses. Like the app description says, it???s as easy ???as adding events to a calendar!???



*** Google Maps 2.0 For iOS Review: Now With Explore, Traffic, And iPad Support ***
<http://www.imore.com/explore-traffic-ipad-taking-look-google-maps-ios-20>
Richard Devine, iMore

> The new stuff is great, and some of it ??? traffic in navigation in particular ??? maybe long overdue, but still a welcome addition. Maps on iPad is great to have, and some of the design elements are excellent, just as we've come to expect from Google. But, it's janky to use at times which isn't good, and we've come to expect so much better from Google's iOS apps.



*** Screenshot FX Will Easily Capture Any Image On Your Mac ***
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/07/17/screenshot-fx-will-easily-capture-any-image-on-your-mac/>
Mel Martin, TUAW

> Lets you capture irregular objects by clicking on points and then dragging those points to create a curve.



*** Chrome For iOS Adds Google Apps Integration, Experimental Data Compression ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2044577/chrome-for-ios-adds-google-apps-integration-experimental-data-compression.html#tk.rss_all>
Dan Moren, Macworld



*** Apple MacBook Air 11-Inch 2013: Netbook With Next-gen Tech ***
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/17/review_apple_macbook_air_11_inch_2013/>
Stephen Dean, The Register

> It???s a shame that the 2013 update wasn???t a little more ambitious, but the 11-inch MacBook Air is still one of the most attractive ultraportable, netbook-size laptops currently available.



*** Bugshot Brings iOS 7-Style Image Annotation To The iPhone And iPad ***
<http://tidbits.com/article/13934?rss>
Josh Centers, TidBITS



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*** Stop Chopping My Salad ***
<http://www.slate.com/articles/life/food/2013/07/against_chopped_salad_traditional_salad_is_great_and_the_chop_t_trend_is.html>
Forrest Wickman, Slate

> If this willy-nilly chopping is allowed to continue, we could all soon be spooning salads out of shakers???an approach even McDonalds had the good sense to abandon???or sipping them out of straws. Do we really want the next big lunch chain to be <i>Puree???d</i>?



*** Whither Cultural Critics? ***
<http://www.psmag.com/culture/the-value-of-cultural-critics-books-movies-television-art-62131>
Adam Waytz, Pacific Standard

> With access to books, movies, and television more open than ever, and research showing that crowdsourcing leads to biases, cultural criticism needs to change.



*** A Village Invents A Language All Its Own ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/16/science/linguist-finds-a-language-in-its-infancy.html?ref=science&_r=0>
Nicholas Bakalar, New York Times

> There are many dying languages in the world. But at least one has recently been born, created by children living in a remote village in northern Australia.



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From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Fri Jul 19 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 19 Jul 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 19, 2013
Message-ID: <20130719225900.96788.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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*** 'Minecraft Meets Tower Defense' Game Block Fortress Adds Co-op Multiplayer ***
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/07/minecraft-meets-tower-defense-game-block-fortress-adds-co-op-multiplayer>
Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice



*** 5 Ways To AirPlay From Your Mac To Your Television ***
<http://mac.tutsplus.com/tutorials/media/five-ways-to-airplay-from-your-mac-to-your-television/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+mactuts+%28Mactuts%2B%29>
Jordan Merrick, Mactuts+



*** Apple Acquires Local Data Outfit Locationary ***
<http://allthingsd.com/20130719/apple-acquires-local-data-outfit-locationary/>
John Paczkowski, All Things D

> Locationary is a sort of Wikipedia for local business listings. It uses crowdsourcing and a federated data exchange platform called Saturn to collect, merge and continuously verify a massive database of information on local businesses around the world, solving one of location???s biggest problems: out-of-date information.



*** Mac Gems: Actions Turns Your iPad Into A Mac Control Pad ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2044660/mac-gems-actions-turns-your-ipad-into-a-mac-control-pad.html#tk.rss_all>
Dan Frakes, Macworld

> Actions is a clever way to get easier access to common tasks and actions. It makes your iPad feel like an extension of your Mac. It???s especially great for people who want macros but don???t want to have to remember a bunch of keyboard shortcuts or fill their Mac???s screen with a DragThing-like button window.



*** Evernote For iOS Updated With Shortcuts, Skitch Integration, More ***
<http://9to5mac.com/2013/07/18/evernote-for-ios-updated-with-shortcuts-skitch-integration-more/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+9To5Mac-MacAllDay+%289+to+5+Mac+-+Apple+Intelligence%29>
Scott Buscemi, 9 To 5 Mac



*** Apple Patches 2013 MacBook Air Wi-Fi Issue, But 802.11Ac Speeds Still Low ***
<http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/07/apple-patches-2013-macbook-air-wi-fi-issue-but-802-11ac-speeds-still-low/>
Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica

> One notable issue not addressed by the update is a problem with file transfer speeds over 802.11ac networks.



*** Best Buy Cuts MacBook Pro Price By $200 For Back-to-School Season ***
<http://allthingsd.com/20130718/best-buy-cuts-macbook-pro-price-by-200-for-back-to-school-season/>
Bonnie Cha, All Things D



*** Google Caught Red-Handed Ripping Off An Apple Patent Graphic ***
<http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2013/07/google-caught-red-handed-ripping-off-an-apple-patent-graphic.html>
Patently Apple



*** Agenda 4.0 Review ***
<http://www.macstories.net/reviews/agenda-4-0-review/>
Federico Viticci, MacStories

> Agenda 4.0 is a solid calendar client that can be a great solution for users of iOS calendars and Reminders. I like how Agenda can give me a complete overview of a day???s events and reminders, and I appreciate the focus on inter-app communication with support for Chrome, Drafts, and Fantastical.



*** Does The iPad Deserve To Exist? ***
<http://www.salon.com/2013/07/18/does_the_ipad_deserve_to_exist/>
W. Andrew Ewell, Salon

> My worry isn???t that tech companies inflate their sense of importance in our daily lives, or that they might sometimes reach beyond the limits of their scope and relevance in order to sell more widgets. That???s their prerogative, and perhaps also their imperative. My worry is that we allow them.



*** How To Cache Maps For Offline Use In Google Maps 2.0 For iOS ***
<http://www.imore.com/how-cache-maps-offline-use-google-maps-20-ios>
Allyson Kazmucha, iMore

> If you use Google Maps for directions on your iPhone or iPad, you've undoubtedly ran into a spotty service area and had issues retrieving directions. Caching maps for offline use before hand can prevent something like this from happening.



*** Use Tor To Browse The Web Anonymously & Access Blocked Websites ***
<http://osxdaily.com/2013/07/18/use-tor-browse-web-anonymous-access-blocked-sites/>
OS X Daily



*** MacBook Air Software Update Improves Shaky Wi-Fi And Fixes Photoshop Screen Flicker ***
<http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/18/4536462/macbook-air-software-update-1-0-improves-wifi-fixes-screen-flicker>
Jeff Blagdon, The Verge



*** How To Use OS X's Automator To Build Your Own Software ***
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2421628,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03129TX1K0000625&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ziffdavis%2FPCMagazineTips+%28PCMag.com+Tips+and+Solutions%29>
Edward Mendelson, PC Magazine



*** Using Keyboard Maestro 6 To Automate A Web Database ***
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/07/18/using-keyboard-maestro-6-to-automate-a-web-database/>
TJ Luoma, TUAW

> These automation tools ??? Keyboard Maestro, Hazel, TextExpander ??? won't make you think that you are living with The Jetsons, but they can smooth out rough edges in your computing life, making it less frustrating and more enjoyable. That's why automation continues to be a big focus for me as I look for the "little things" that add up to a better experience using my Mac.



*** Review: Ninja Striker! Is A Deliciously Difficult Platformer For iOS ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2044688/review-ninja-striker-is-a-deliciously-difficult-platformer-for-ios.html#tk.rss_all>
Chris Holt, Macworld



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*** Rolling Papers ***
<http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/44572/rolling-papers-segways-tourists-dc-and-the-first-amendment/>
Jenny Rogers, Washington City Paper

> Segways, tourists, D.C., and the First Amendment: Inside the legal fight over licensing tour guides.



*** On Suicide ***
<http://harpers.org/blog/2013/06/on-suicide/>
Clancy Martin, Harper's Magazine

> And why we should talk more about it.



*** Unhappy Truckers And Other Algorithmic Problems ***
<http://nautil.us/issue/3/in-transit/unhappy-truckers-and-other-algorithmic-problems>
Tom Vanderbilt, Nautilus

> Modeling a simplified version of a transportation problem presents one set of challenges (and they can be significant). But modeling the real world, with constraints like melting ice cream and idiosyncratic human behavior, is often where the real challenge lies. As mathematicians, operations research specialists, and corporate executives set out to mathematize and optimize the transportation networks that interconnect our modern world, they are re-discovering some of our most human quirks and capabilities. They are finding that their job is as much to discover the world, as it is to change it.



*** The Cuckoo's Calling By Robert Galbraith ??? Review ***
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/jul/18/cuckoos-calling-robert-galbraith-jk-rowling-review?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Mark Lawson, The Guardian

> Already one of the most fascinating figures in the history of popular fiction, JK Rowling has become even more intriguing with this brief but neat vanishing trick. Lucky, though, are those few who read it in the purity of obscurity rather than the distracting glare of hindsight.



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From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Sat Jul 20 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 20 Jul 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 20, 2013
Message-ID: <20130720225900.37954.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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*** How To Reset An OS X Account Password With An Apple ID ***
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57594580-263/how-to-reset-an-os-x-account-password-with-an-apple-id/>
Topher Kessler, CNET



*** Apple Confirms HopStop Acquisition ***
<http://allthingsd.com/20130719/apple-confirms-hopstop-acquisition/>
John Paczkowski and Liz Gannes, All Things D

> HopStop???s area of cartographic expertise: Mass transit directions, something Apple???s mapping service doesn???t currently offer.



*** 'Rovio Account' Lets Angry Birds Fans Sync Games Across Devices ***
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/07/19/rovio-account-lets-angry-birds-fans-sync-games-across-devices/>
Yoni Heisler, TUAW



*** Best Email Apps For iPhone: Mailbox, Triage, Boxer, And More! ***
<http://www.imore.com/best-alternative-mail-clients-iphone-mailbox-triage-boxer-and-more>
Allyson Kazmucha, iMore



*** Why Have Apple's Dev Center And Forums Have Been Down For More Than 24 Hours? ***
<http://www.infoworld.com/t/application-development/why-have-apples-dev-center-and-forums-have-been-down-more-24-hours-223112>
Ted Samson, InfoWorld

> Apple has said only that the Dev Center is "undergoing maintenance" but hasn't provided any details as to what is happening or how long the sites will be down.

Also:
??? <a href="http://9to5mac.com/2013/07/19/apple-says-developer-memberships-apps-will-not-expire-due-to-unexpected-maintenance/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+9To5Mac-MacAllDay+%289+to+5+Mac+-+Apple+Intelligence%29">Apple says developer memberships and apps will not expire due to unexpected maintenance duration</a> (Mike Beasley, 9 To 5 Mac)



*** The Evolution Of Technology In The Classroom ***
<http://tidbits.com/article/13944?rss>
David Rabinowitz, TidBITS

> If you haven???t set foot in a classroom for years, you might think that educational technology still means desktop computers. They???re still commonplace, but newer and more sophisticated devices are also gaining ground.



*** Hands-on: VLC, The Prodigal Media Player, Returns To iOS ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2044766/hands-on-vlc-the-prodigal-media-player-returns-to-ios.html#tk.rss_all>
Dan Moren, Macworld

> As nice as it is to have the option of something like VLC, the vast majority of users probably will never have need for the app???but it???s good to know it???s there.



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*** Save The Movie! ***
<http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2013/07/hollywood_and_blake_snyder_s_screenwriting_book_save_the_cat.html>
Peter Suderman, Slate

> The 2005 screenwriting book that???s taken over Hollywood???and made every movie feel the same.



*** Cool, Yet Warm ***
<http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2013/jun/20/janet-malcolm-cool-yet-warm/>
Zo?? Heller, The New York Review Of Books

> But if literal messes appall Malcolm, they also fascinate and attract her.



*** Kill Your Darlings ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/21/books/review/kill-your-darlings.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0>
Steven Rinella, New York Times

> As an avid big-game hunter and a professional writer, I???m often asked how I reconcile these seemingly contradictory passions. It???s easy to imagine what people have in mind: the contemplative author in a lamp-lit study juxtaposed with the wilderness brute, arms sunk to the elbows in animal viscera. While I recognize the gulf that separates these two images, the skills required for hunting and writing are remarkably similar, even complementary.



*** ???Robert Oppenheimer: A Life Inside The Center??? By Ray Monk ***
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/robert-oppenheimer-a-life-inside-the-center-by-ray-monk/2013/07/19/edd4e810-e3f4-11e2-a11e-c2ea876a8f30_story.html?wprss=rss_books>
Michael J. Neufeld, Washington Post

> Monk???s book provides by far the most thorough survey yet written of Oppenheimer???s physics.



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From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Sun Jul 21 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 21 Jul 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 21, 2013
Message-ID: <20130721225900.78275.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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*** Amid Apple Developer Site Outage, Users Report Unauthorized Password Resets ***
<http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57594711-37/amid-apple-developer-site-outage-users-report-unauthorized-password-resets/>
Zack Whittaker, CNET

> Twitter has also been abuzz with reports that users have received password reset e-mails, including some repeated attempts.



*** Review: Face2Face Makes Apple Mail More Personable ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2044693/review-face2face-makes-apple-mail-more-personable.html#tk.rss_all>
David Chartier, Macworld



*** Drive As Fast As You Can Without Crashing In Dolmus Driver HD For iPad ***
<http://appadvice.com/review/quickadvice-dolmus/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AppAdvice+%28AppAdvice%29>
Ramy Khuffash, AppAdvice



*** Review: Magic 2014 For The iPad Is Like Poker For Nerds ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2044792/review-magic-2014-for-the-ipad-is-like-poker-for-nerds.html#tk.rss_reviews>
Armando Rodriguez, Macworld



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*** Seating Arrangements By Maggie Shipstead ??? Review ***
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/jul/21/seating-arrangements-maggie-shipstead-review?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Anita Sethi, The Observer

> The timeframe of this taut, highly accomplished debut novel is only three days during the wedding week of the elder daughter of the affluent Van Meter family, yet such is the author's skill that whole lifetimes are compellingly captured within it. Simmering beneath the surface of single days are memories and frustrated fantasies of ghostly lives not lived, vying for attention.



*** A Life-or-Death Situation ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/21/magazine/a-life-or-death-situation.html?ref=magazine>
Robin Marantz Henig, New York Times

> By the time Peggy arrived and saw her husband ensnared in the life-sustaining machinery he hoped to avoid, decisions about intervention already had been made. It was Nov. 14, 2008, late afternoon. She didn???t know yet that Brooke would end up a quadriplegic, paralyzed from the shoulders down.
> Suffering, suicide, euthanasia, a dignified death ??? these were subjects she had thought and written about for years, and now, suddenly, they turned unbearably personal. Alongside her physically ravaged husband, she would watch lofty ideas be trumped by reality ??? and would discover just how messy, raw and muddled the end of life can be.



*** Annie And Her Sisters ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/21/movies/woody-allens-distinctive-female-characters.html?_r=0>
David Itzkoff, New York Times

> In the span of more than 40 of Mr. Allen???s films, including ???Annie Hall,??? ???Hannah and Her Sisters??? and ???Vicky Cristina Barcelona,??? strong and memorable women have become as much a hallmark of his movies as the venerable Windsor font in their credits. These are women who dominate and who are subjugated, who struggle and love and kvetch and fall apart, but they rarely conform to simplistic stereotypes. Jasmine may be deeply troubled, but at least she???s deep.
> Yet almost nothing connects these characters ??? who have been played by actresses including Diane Keaton, Dianne Wiest, Scarlett Johansson and Pen??lope Cruz ??? except that they have all sprung from the mind of the same filmmaker, one who professes no real insight into how he writes and casts his female characters but remains confident that he still knows how to create them.



*** Follow The Pasta Trail Around The Globe In 'On The Noodle Road' ***
<http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-ca-jc-jen-lin-liu-noodle-road-20130721,0,791910.story>
Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times

> You may have heard that Italy was introduced to pasta by Marco Polo, who brought it from China. It's a great story, but it was probably cooked up by a 1920s Don Draper ??? it's just not true. Italians were eating pasta before Polo was born.
> How, then, did two nations half a world apart, with radically disparate cuisines, wind up making noodles that are strikingly similar? That's what food writer Jen Lin-Liu sets out to discover in "On the Noodle Road," traveling overland from Beijing to Rome.



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From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Mon Jul 22 18:59:01 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 22 Jul 2013 22:59:01 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 22, 2013
Message-ID: <20130722225901.42690.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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*** Long-term Review: Apple's Newest MacBook Air Continues To Impress ***
<http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9240833/Long_term_review_Apple_s_newest_MacBook_Air_continues_to_impress>
Michael deAgonia, Computerworld

> If you don't need the ports or the Retina display, this Air is fantastic. It offers the best balance of mobility and power, with battery life that can exceed 10 hours with a little active power management. It feels far faster than the specs would indicate. And the battery life has outlasted any other Apple notebook I've ever used and reviewed; it's second only to the iPad.



*** Ending For iPad Review - Minimalist Puzzle Game That Contains Everything It Needs ***
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/ipad-iphone/reviews/?reviewid=3459993&olo=rss>
Alec Meer, Macworld UK

> This devious puzzler will either make you feel very smart or very stupid. As stripped down aesthetically as it could possibly be, but the lack of flashiness or interruption suits the thoughtful, careful challenges well. For the price, Ending is a straight-up bargain.



*** Mac Gems: Veteran Gem LaunchBar Gets Better And Better ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2044590/mac-gems-veteran-gem-launchbar-gets-better-and-better.html#tk.rss_all>
Dan Frakes, Macworld

> The list of improvements and enhancements is long, but the short version is this: One of our all-time favorite utilities is now even better.



*** Apple Acknowledges Developer Portal Hack ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2044865/apple-explains-extended-developer-portal-outage.html#tk.rss_all>
Lex Friedman, Macworld

> "Last Thursday, an intruder attempted to secure personal information of our registered developers from our developer website. Sensitive personal information was encrypted and cannot be accessed, however, we have not been able to rule out the possibility that some developers??? names, mailing addresses, and/or email addresses may have been accessed. In the spirit of transparency, we want to inform you of the issue. We took the site down immediately on Thursday and have been working around the clock since then."



*** Viewfinder For iOS Is A Unique Way To Share Photos And Memories ***
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/07/21/viewfinder-for-ios-is-a-unique-way-to-share-photos-and-memories/>
Mel Martin, TUAW



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*** Don???t Be Afraid Of The Dark ***
<http://www.salon.com/2013/07/21/dont_be_afraid_of_the_dark_2/>
Paul Bogard, Salon

> There???s no doubt light at night can make us safer, from a lighthouse beam guiding ships from rocky coasts to simply enough sidewalk light to keep us from tripping on cracked cement. But increasing numbers of lighting engineers and lighting designers, astronomers and dark sky activists, physicians and lawyers and police now say that often the amount of light we???re using ??? and how we???re using it ??? goes far beyond true requirements for safety, and that when it comes to lighting, darkness, and security we tend to assume as common sense ideas that, in truth, are not so black and white.



*** The Culinary Triangle ***
<http://www.thesmartset.com/article/article07181301.aspx>
Sara Davis, The Smart Set

> As L??vi-Strauss said, cooking is a language ??? sometimes it seems that so much of the work we do as consumers is to read and translate it. But as with cooking itself, decoding food discourse is better ??? easier to digest ??? with the right tools.



*** Slow Ideas ***
<http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/07/29/130729fa_fact_gawande>
Atul Gawande, New Yorker

> In our era of electronic communications, we???ve come to expect that important innovations will spread quickly. Plenty do: think of in-vitro fertilization, genomics, and communications technologies themselves. But there???s an equally long list of vital innovations that have failed to catch on. The puzzle is why.



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From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Tue Jul 23 18:59:01 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 23 Jul 2013 22:59:01 -0000
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*** Embracing Tablets, Comic Book Publishers Cash In On A Digital Revolution ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/22/business/media/comic-books-cash-in-on-a-digital-revolution.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Gregory Schmidt, New York Times

> The comic book industry, after years of struggling to bolster sales, appears to have found a way to draw new readers, thanks in part to its push into the digital realm.



*** Realmac Software Releases Ember For Mac ***
<http://www.macgasm.net/2013/07/23/realmac-software-releases-ember-for-mac/>
Andrew Kunesh, Macgasm

> Ember allows its users to add websites, photos, applications, and other content to collections. You can annotate these items and share them to social networks or to local users via AirDrop. The app is meant to be used to collect different things that inspire you and to keep them all in one place.



*** Check It: Todoist 6.0 Introduces New Interface, iPad Optimization And More ***
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/07/check-it-todoist-6-0-introduces-new-interface-ipad-optimization-and-more>
Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice



*** Review: MobileTV ***
<http://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/wireless/review-mobiletv>
Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum

> The ability to watch broadcasts while out and about during times such as the a??ftermath of an explosion or power failure, instead of trying to glean information byte by byte via a smartphone ??browser, is an appealing one indeed.



*** Belkin Ultimate Keyboard Case For iPad ***
<http://www.wired.com/reviews/2013/07/belkin-ipad-case/>
Scott Gilbertson, Wired



*** What To Do If Mouse Input Stops Working In OS X ***
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57594927-263/what-to-do-if-mouse-input-stops-working-in-os-x/>
Topher Kessler, CNET

> If your mouse cursor disappears or freezes but the system is still responsive, then you can likely remedy the situation without hard-resetting your Mac.



*** Review: Sid Meier???s Ace Patrol Brings Strategic Dogfights To iOS ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2044959/review-sid-meier-s-ace-patrol-brings-strategic-dogfights-to-ios.html#tk.rss_all>
Chris Holt, Macworld

> Strategy games are commonplace on the mobile platform, but the number of games in the strategy genre is sadly lacking. Ace Patrol is not just a valentine to a bygone era in aviation, but a bygone era in gaming. That doesn't mean Ace Patrol is just another retro indulgence, however: It's one of the most clever, unique, and fun strategy games on iOS right now.



*** The Most Amazing Computer Ever ***
<http://www.salon.com/2013/07/22/the_most_amazing_computer_ever/>
Andrew Leonard, Salon

> And then everything worked. It just worked. And my crankiness has melted away. I love you, Silicon Valley! With the MacBook Air as my guide, I can now dream of a better future; a future of rainbows and unicorns and puppy love; a future in which the whole world works as well as my laptop.



*** Bugshot 1.1 ***
<http://www.macstories.net/linked/bugshot-1-1/>
Federico Viticci, MacStories

> Version 1.1 is out today on the App Store, and it brings performance improvements, Open In support, and a Blur tool to pixelate sensitive information.



*** Apple: One Billion iTunes Podcast Subscriptions And Counting ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2044958/apple-one-billion-itunes-podcast-subscriptions-and-counting.html#tk.rss_all>
Lex Friedman, Macworld

> Apple on Monday announced that the iTunes Store eclipsed 1 billion podcast subscriptions.



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*** What Do Conductors Actually Do? Review Of 'Inside Conducting' By Christopher Seaman ***
<http://www.spectator.co.uk/books/8966601/inside-conducting-by-christopher-seaman-a-review/>
James McConnachie, The Spectator

> Now Christopher Seaman, who is renowned for his teaching work at the Guildhall School of Music, and has conducted at the highest level, provides a barrage of straight answers. Most are directed towards real would-be conductors, rather than
> bedroom-mirror amateurs, but there???s plenty for the outsider looking in.



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From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Wed Jul 24 18:59:01 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 24 Jul 2013 22:59:01 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 24, 2013
Message-ID: <20130724225901.4534.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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*** Mac App Of The Week: Caffeinated Is A Polished RSS Reader For Desktop Users ***
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/07/24/mac-app-of-the-week-caffeinated-is-a-polished-rss-reader-for-de/>
Kelly Hodgkins, TUAW



*** Review: Create Your Own Audible Biography With StoryPress For iPad ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2044968/review-create-your-own-audible-biography-with-storypress-for-ipad.html#tk.rss_all>
Joel Mathis, Macworld

> If you???ve ever had a hankerin??? to sit down and craft your own biography???or to collect the stories of your parents or grandparents before they pass on???StoryPress, a free iPad app from GhostGear Labs, is just the place to start. It helps you record oral histories that sound nearly as polished and professional as the Story Corps pieces you sometimes hear on NPR.



*** EA's Biggest Retail Partner Last Quarter? Apple ***
<http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/24/4552036/ea-biggest-retail-partner-last-quarter-was-apple>
Aaron Souppouris, The Verge

> For the first time ever, Electronic Arts (EA), the world's third-largest gaming company, gained more revenue through Apple than any other single partner. All-told, the company's mobile and tablet revenue hit $90 million last quarter, representing 18 percent of its overall takings.



*** How To Control A PC In Thin Air Leap Motion Controller Lets Users Control PCs With Gestures ***
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324328904578623850966650168.html>
Katherine Boehret, Wall Street Journal

> Gestures make most activities more fun???in the digital world and in the real world???but until the Leap Motion Controller becomes more deeply integrated into an operating system so it can replace a mouse or touch pad, this gadget will only sate a niche audience.



*** Options For Securing Password Files In OS X ***
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57595138-263/options-for-securing-password-files-in-os-x/>
Topher Kessler, CNET

> If you keep a text or Word file on your system that contains all of your passwords, then you might consider options to better secure it.



*** Is Ibrahim Balic Behind The Apple Dev Center Hack? Maybe Not. ***
<http://allthingsd.com/20130723/is-ibrahim-balic-behind-the-apple-dev-center-hack-maybe-not/>
John Paczkowski, All Things D

> Asked explicitly if the company knows the identity of the hacker responsible for the intrusion, a company spokesperson replied, ???We cannot comment on that yet.???



*** New QuarkXPress 10: Major Overhaul Modernizes The Publishing Package ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2044616/new-quarkxpress-10-major-overhaul-modernizes-the-publishing-package.html#tk.rss_all>
Jackie Dove, Macworld

> QuarkXPress has been revamped from top to bottom, starting with an under-the-hood conversion from the Carbon to the Cocoa programming environment and ending with a new cutting-edge graphics engine and a refreshed user interface. More than 50 feature enhancements promise to streamline the design process and improve the user experience.



*** Post Haste For OS X Creates Project Template Folders ***
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/07/23/post-haste-for-os-x-creates-project-template-folders/>
Erica Sadun, TUAW

> Post Haste enables you to create named directory hierarchies over and over again. You supply the project name and client name, and Post Haste builds your folders and skeleton files.



*** S.F. District Attorney Pleased With Apple, Samsung Progress On Anti-theft Tech For Smartphones  ***
<http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/sf-district-attorney-pleased-with-apple-samsung-progress-on-anti-theft-tech-for-smartphones/Content?oid=2518045>
Mike Aldax, San Francisco Examiner

> "Clear improvements" have been made in future technologies aimed at deterring thieves from stealing smartphones, District Attorney George Gasc??n said Friday.



*** Equal-opportunity Malware Targets Macs And Windows ***
<http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/07/equal-opportunity-malware-targets-macs-and-windows/>
Dan Goodin, Ars Technica

> Researchers have uncovered a family of malware that targets both Windows and OS X. Janicab.A, as the trojan is known, is also unusual because it uses a YouTube page to direct infected machines to command-and-control (C&C) servers and follows a clever trick to conceal itself.



*** Capture, Edit And Share Photos In A Snap With Landcam ***
<http://appadvice.com/review/quickadvice-landcam/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AppAdvice+%28AppAdvice%29>
Christine Chan, AppAdvice



*** Mac Gems: Stay Connected With VPN AutoConnect And Stop VPN Headaches ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2044668/mac-gems-stay-connected-with-vpn-autoconnect-and-stop-vpn-headaches.html#tk.rss_all>
Dan Moren, Macworld

> This simple $1 utility sits in your Mac???s menu bar and has a singular purpose: to keep you connected to your VPN. Just choose Turn On from the menu, and whenever your VPN disconnects, VPN AutoConnect will re-initiate the connection.



*** Profits Dip Again For Apple, While iPhone Sales Beat Record ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2045056/profits-dip-again-for-apple-while-iphone-sales-beat-record.html#tk.rss_all>
Lex Friedman, Macworld



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*** The Wait Of The World ***
<http://www.aeonmagazine.com/world-views/what-if-clock-time-no-longer-tracked-the-sun/>
Dava Sobel, Aeon

> Doing away with the leap second would mean decoupling clock time from the Earth???s rotation ??? from day and night itself.



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From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Thu Jul 25 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 25 Jul 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 25, 2013
Message-ID: <20130725225900.82434.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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*** Silent Light Helps Teachers Control The Noise In Their Classrooms ***
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/07/25/silent-light-helps-teachers-control-the-noise-in-their-classroom/>
Kelly Hodgkins, TUAW

> The premise behind the app is simple -- it uses the microphone on the iOS device to detect background noise and rewards children when they are quiet for a set amount of time.



*** Catan Brings Some Classic Board Game Action To The Mac ***
<http://www.imore.com/catan-brings-some-classic-board-game-action-mac>
Richard Devine, iMore



*** Algoriddim Djay 2 Review: Redesigned, More Capable, Improved Audio Syncing ***
<http://9to5mac.com/2013/07/25/djay-2/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+9To5Mac-MacAllDay+%289+to+5+Mac+-+Apple+Intelligence%29>
Zach Khan, 9 To 5 Mac



*** Review: Belkin???s $299 Thunderbolt Express Dock Works Well, Costs Lots ***
<http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/07/review-belkins-299-thunderbolt-express-dock-works-well-costs-lots/>
Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica

> It's fast, expensive, and people are going to be angry it exists. Just like Thunderbolt!



*** Hands-on: BillGuard For iPhone Watches Your Credit Card So You Don't Have To ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2045130/hands-on-billguard-for-iphone-watches-your-credit-card-so-you-dont-have-to.html#tk.rss_all>
Lex Friedman, Macworld

> BillGuard looks for ???zombie??? subscriptions, recurring memberships, unwanted auto-renewals, slowly increasing monthly fees and the like, and warns you when such charges come up???complete with push notifications with the app.



*** Minimalist Note-Taking App Notefile Gains TextExpander 2.0 Integration And More ***
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/07/minimalist-note-taking-app-notefile-gains-textexpander-2-0-integration-and-more>
Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice



*** Apple Urges China To Only Use Official Chargers After Recent Fatality ***
<http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/25/4555674/apple-china-official-power-adapter-information-page>
Aaron Souppouris, The Verge

> Following the recent death of a Chinese woman that was reportedly "electrocuted by her iPhone," Apple has posted guidance on its website urging citizens to only use its official chargers.



*** Editing And Annotating Images With Preview ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2045136/editing-and-annotating-images-with-preview.html#tk.rss_all>
Christopher Breen, Macworld



*** Apple Cyclicality ***
<http://ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2013/7/24/apple-cyclicality>
Benedict Evans

> Apple's results yesterday were actually pretty boring. But one of the more interesting things is the way that the iPad is now starting to become just as cyclical as the iPhone.  



*** Daily iPad App: Cannon Crasha Offers Nostalgic Medieval Combat ***
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/07/25/daily-ipad-app-cannon-crasha-offers-nostalgic-medieval-combat/>
Mike Wehner, TUAW

> Cannon Crasha's old-school 16-bit design style works great on the iPad, and everything from your castle to the background environments feel both retro and extremely crisp. The same goes for the sound effects, which are basic but fit in well with the nostalgic vibe.



*** Apple Updates Developer Portal Status, Adds System Status Page ***
<http://www.imore.com/apple-updates-developer-portal-status-adds-system-status-page>
Nick Arnott, iMore

> Apple has pushed out an update to their Developer Portal maintenance page to give developers some additional information about the current status of things in the wake of their security breach. The update announces the order in which developers can expect services and functionality to be restored.

According to the new <a href="https://developer.apple.com/support/system-status/">status page</a>, Bug Reporter is back online, together with iTunes Connect which didn't go offline in the first place.



*** Connecting Newton Devices To OS X ***
<http://mattgemmell.com/2013/07/24/connecting-newton-devices-to-os-x/>
Matt Gemmell



*** Work Around A Broken iPhone Button With AssistiveTouch ***
<http://tidbits.com/article/13956?rss>
Josh Centers, TidBITS

> AssistiveTouch lets you access system functions that may be difficult if you have some sort of physical impairment, like arthritis, a hurt or missing finger, or, in this case, a broken button.

I've turned it on even for a new iPhone, because I no longer trust Apple's home button.



*** Taking Better Meeting Notes With TextExpander ***
<http://macsparky.com/blog/2013/7/taking-better-meeting-notes-with-text-expander>
David Sparks, MacSparky



*** Logic Pro X Controls Your Mac Music Studio Via iPad ***
<http://reviews.cnet.com/graphics-and-publishing/logic-pro-x-macintosh/4505-3626_7-35823623.html>
Dan Ackerman, CNET



*** How To Quickly Force-quit The Current Application In OS X ***
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57595328-263/how-to-quickly-force-quit-the-current-application-in-os-x/>
Topher Kessler, CNET

> Force-quitting an application can be done directly with one keystroke, if needed.



*** Mac Gems: Should I Sleep Puts Your Mac Into A Proper Sleep Routine ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2044786/mac-gems-should-i-sleep-puts-your-mac-into-a-proper-sleep-routine.html#tk.rss_all>
Dan Miller, Macworld

> The app relies on six different sensors to decide when it should suspend your sleep settings.



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*** Books About Books ***
<http://www.thesmartset.com/article/article07241301.aspx>
Nathaniel Popkin, The Smart Set

> What happens when reading and writing become literary subjects?



*** Six Steps Of Life, Measured By Syllable: David Rakoff???s ???Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish??? ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/25/books/david-rakoffs-love-dishonor-marry-die-cherish-perish.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0>
Janet Maslin, New York Times

> Anapestic tetrameter is a much cheerier form of verse than its name suggests. Yes, each line has four feet, and each foot has three syllables, two unstressed and the third delivered with a beat. It is less solemnly known as the singsong meter from ??? ???Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house??? and Dr. Seuss???s ???Yertle the Turtle,??? and it is playful almost by definition. This is a way of saying that David Rakoff???s first novel, completed only weeks before he died last year at 47, is much sunnier and more heartening than it has any right to be.



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From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Fri Jul 26 18:59:01 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 26 Jul 2013 22:59:01 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 26, 2013
Message-ID: <20130726225901.54008.qmail@voot.pair.com>

MyAppleMenu
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/>
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*** How Google And Apple's Contrasting Styles Affect IT ***
<http://www.citeworld.com/consumerization/22177/google-apple-contrasting-styles>
Ron Miller, CITEworld

> Google and Apple have always been a study in contrasts when it comes to their engineering and product development styles, but it was a point that was driven home to me in a big way this month when I tried Google Glass.



*** Troubleshooting A Mac That Will Not Turn On ***
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57595594-263/troubleshooting-a-mac-that-will-not-turn-on/>
Topher Kessler, CNET

> You should need to press your Mac's power button only once in order to turn it on. After doing this, you should hear the boot chimes, then see it load OS X, and drop you to the log-in window. However, what do you do if this doesn't happen, and you neither see nor hear any activity from the system?
> If this should happen to you, there are several things you can do before taking your system in for servicing.



*** Aftermarket SSD On A MacBook Pro: TRIM Gets Tested ***
<http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/macbook-pro-ssd-trim,3538.html>
Manuel Masiero, Tom's Hardware



*** Citymaps, An Ambitious Google Maps Competitor With A Social Twist, Launches On The iPhone ***
<http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/24/citymaps/>
Sean Ludwig, VentureBeat

> Taking on Google, Apple, or Nokia in the maps space as a small startup is a little crazy. But that isn???t stopping Citymaps, a high-reaching service that has mapped every city in the U.S. and includes a full-fledged social network that lets you share maps with friends.



*** Extended Apple Downtime Leaves Some Developers In Limbo ***
<http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57595610-37/extended-apple-downtime-leaves-some-developers-in-limbo/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=title>
Josh Lowensohn, CNET

> "I'm taking toys out of my kid's hands so I can have something to go and do development work," said Wheeler, whose company, Alminder, makes an app that augments Apple's built-in calendar software. "Otherwise, we're dead in the water. We just can't afford it."
> "Now the developer is getting all the iMessages from my son's friends," he added.



*** Crowsflight Points You In The Right Direction ***
<http://www.macstories.net/linked/crowsflight-points-you-in-the-right-direction/>
Cody Fink, MacStories

> I like this idea of having a pointer, a directional compass that at least tells you you???re heading in the right direction.



*** Wunderlist Updates Offerings For Pro Users, Introduces Files And Team Pricing ***
<http://www.imore.com/wunderlist-updated-support-file-attachments>
Joseph Keller, iMore

> Wunderlist explains Files as the ability to attach files to tasks that others in your team can see and act on. An example Wunderlist gives is how you could upload a file and attach it to a task asking an art designer to add content. Overall, it will be a useful feature for professionals who need to frequently collaborate on projects that involve media files.



*** DevJuice: HockeyCoach Introduces Crash Report Inspection And Management ***
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/07/25/devjuice-hockeycoach-introduces-crash-report-inspection-and-man/>
Erica Sadun, TUAW

> HockeyCoach helps you view and manage your crash reports.



*** Manage Your Business With The Simplicity Of Exigo ***
<http://appadvice.com/review/quickadvice-exigo/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AppAdvice+%28AppAdvice%29>
Christine Chan, AppAdvice



*** Mac Gems: Get Control Of Your Mac's Desktop With Desktop Groups ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2044919/mac-gems-get-control-of-your-macs-desktop-with-desktop-groups.html#tk.rss_all>
Marco Tabini, Macworld

> The app allows you to divide off the contents of the desktop in arbitrary containers???appropriately called ???groups.??? Each group can be home to as many files as you need, and, like a Finder window, can be resized to your liking.



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*** To <i>Steal</i> A Mockingbird? ***
<http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/08/harper-lee-dispute-royalties?src=longreads>
Mark Seal, Vanity Fair

> As the emerging scandal rocked the publishing world, I flew to Monroeville and stood in its former county courthouse, now a museum devoted to the town???s two literary sensations, Harper Lee and Truman Capote, who were childhood neighbors and lifelong friends. Upstairs in the museum is the courtroom where Lee???s father, Amasa Coleman ???A. C.??? Lee, tried his cases, and where Harper, as a child, and the character Scout in her novel, watched adoringly from the balcony. Lee thinly disguised Monroeville in the book as Maycomb, ???a tired old town???. There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with.??? She gave her father the name Atticus Finch.



*** Unprotected: How Legalizing Prostitution Has Failed ***
<http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/human-trafficking-persists-despite-legality-of-prostitution-in-germany-a-902533.html>
Spiegel

> When Germany legalized prostitution just over a decade ago, politicians hoped that it would create better conditions and more autonomy for sex workers. It hasn't worked out that way, though. Exploitation and human trafficking remain significant problems.



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From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Sat Jul 27 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 27 Jul 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 27, 2013
Message-ID: <20130727225900.99343.qmail@voot.pair.com>

MyAppleMenu
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*** Tourists Spots In Japan Now Have Camera Stands For iPhones So You Can Snap That Perfect Photo ***
<http://www.macgasm.net/2013/07/26/tourists-spots-in-japan-now-have-camera-stands-for-iphones-so-you-can-snap-that-perfect-photo/>
Kaylie Moise, Macgasm

> It???s pretty awkward to ask someone to take a picture of you when you???re touring in another city or country. You just never know when you pass over your iPhone if they???ll accidentally drop it or make a run for it. Japanese tourist spots seem to have solved this problem with camera stands.



*** Mercurial Plugin For Xcode ***
<http://bitsplitting.org/2013/07/26/mercurial-plugin-for-xcode/>
Daniel Jalkut, Bitsplitting.org

> Raphael Sebbe (@rsebbe) put together a nifty plugin for Xcode (version 4 or 5!) that coerces Xcode into substantially supporting Mercurial, in addition to its native support for Git and Subversion.



*** Turn Your iPhone Into A Multitool For The Ultimate Survival Accessory ***
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/07/26/turn-your-iphone-into-a-multitool-for-the-ultimate-survival-acce/>
Mike Wehner, TUAW

> The TaskOne houses a total of 22 different tools including screwdrivers, a knife, wirecutters, a bottle opener, and several others.



*** Mac Gems: Properly Tag Your Videos With IDentify ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2044925/mac-gems-properly-tag-your-videos-with-identify.html#tk.rss_all>
Ray Aguilera, Macworld

> Feed IDentify a pile of videos, and it queries multiple databases (TagChimp, TheMovieDB.org, and TheTVDB.com) to fill in the missing metadata in your files.



*** iTunes Workarounds ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2045165/itunes-workarounds.html#tk.rss_all>
Kirk McElhearn, Macworld

> This week???s column deals with solutions to common (and some less common) problems that use little-known features of iTunes or third-party software. The questions this time can only be solved with a workaround, or by using iTunes in a way it???s not intended.



*** Apple's Dev Center Back Online After 8-Day Downtime ***
<http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/07/26/apple-brings-dev-center-back-online>
Mikey Campbell, AppleInsider

> Apple on Friday brought the iOS, Mac and Safari Dev Centers back from a self-imposed downtime after the website was compromised by "an intruder" last Thursday. Also in the green are "Certificates, Identifiers and Profiles" and "Software Downloads."



*** Can FileVault Be Bypassed With OS X Password Reset Routines? ***
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57595678-263/can-filevault-be-bypassed-with-os-x-password-reset-routines/>
Topher Kessler, CNET

> If you try to use secondary password reset routines, you will still first have to unlock the FileVault volume so its contents can be accessed. Without this, these password reset routines will be useless. The only way to change a FileVault password when you change your account password is by using the Users & Groups system preferences, and even though there are methods for managing the FileVault password separately, in all cases, in order for the FileVault password to be changed, the disk must first be unlocked.



*** Aud 5 Is A Fine Speaker/dock ??? If You Have A Lightning-equipped iDevice ***
<http://appledailyreport.com/2013/07/26/aud-5-is-a-fine-speakerdock-if-you-have-a-lightning-equipped-idevice/>
Dennis Sellers, Apple Daily Report

> If you own an iPhone or fifth generation iPod touch, you???ll appreciate iLuv Creative Technology???s Aud 5, the company???s first audio dock designed specifically for Lightning devices. It looks and sounds great.



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*** The Wizards Of OS(X) ***
<http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d0a7322e-f38b-11e2-b25a-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2aDFBfQ8h>
George Pendle, Financial Times

> High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. See our Ts&Cs and Copyright Policy for more detail. Email ftsales.support at ft.com to buy additional rights. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d0a7322e-f38b-11e2-b25a-00144feabdc0.html#ixzz2aDFKX2K1
> One of the most unsettling lines in Robin Sloan???s entertaining techno-mystery romp is when a Google employee named Kat is asked how many books Google has digitised to date. She replies, without missing a beat, ???sixty-one per cent of everything ever published.??? Kat doesn???t find this factoid disquieting in the slightest. It is, after all, a remarkable accomplishment. But in the world of Sloan???s book this declaration of comprehensiveness is a direct challenge to an intangible quality that books have held within them for centuries: the capacity to be mysterious.



SushiReader
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From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Sun Jul 28 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 28 Jul 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 28, 2013
Message-ID: <20130728225900.39298.qmail@voot.pair.com>

MyAppleMenu
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*** Bank Of Apple: What Cash Hoard Means For Investors ***
<http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/2013/07/28/apple-quarterly-results-john-shinal-new-tech-economy-usa-today/2588047/?>
John Shinal, USA Today



*** Hands-on With The Leap Motion Controller: Cool, But Frustrating As Hell ***
<http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/07/hands-on-with-the-leap-motion-controller-cool-but-frustrating-as-hell/>
Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica

> The Leap is neat, but it's not much more than that. It's absolutely not in the same class of convenience as a touchscreen, primarily because interaction with it is so iffy and inconsistent. Lots of fiddling with the Leap control panel and attempting to tune its sensing distance and re-calibrate the device didn't yield any noticeable improvement???it's just new hardware, and it's got some growing pains to experience.
> But it's cool???it's extremely cool. It's not yet a game-changing interface device, but it could be. The exciting thing is that now that the Leap is shipping, the number of developers who get their hands on the thing should greatly increase, so the amount of cool things the Leap can do will also climb.



*** Say Cheese! Cut The Rope Gets Cheesy With Its Brand New Level Pack ***
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/07/say-cheese-cut-the-rope-gets-cheesy-with-its-brand-new-level-pack>
Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice



*** SuperScanner! Is An Impressive Emergency Radio Scanner For Your iPad ***
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/07/27/superscanner-is-an-impressive-emergency-radio-scanner-for-your/>
Mel Martin, TUAW



*** Instabrowser Strips Web Pages To Bare Content For Faster Load Times ***
<http://lifehacker.com/instabrowser-strips-web-pages-to-bare-content-for-faste-929117568>
Shep McAllister, Lifehacker

> Instabrowser claims to cut data usage by 90% vs. mobile Safari (depending on the site, obviously), which is great if you have a very weak cell signal, or are just trying to avoid data overages. It accomplishes this feat by stripping away all of the site's formatting and CSS, leaving you with a single column of text (and images, if you want them).



*** Mac Gems: Noted A Nicely-organized Note-taking App ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2044681/mac-gems-noted-a-nicely-organized-note-taking-app.html#tk.rss_all>
Chris Holt, Macworld



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*** The Persisting Vision: Reading The Language Of Cinema ***
<http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2013/aug/15/persisting-vision-reading-language-cinema/?pagination=false>
Martin Scorsese, The New York Review Of Books

> Whenever I hear people dismiss movies as ???fantasy??? and make a hard distinction between film and life, I think to myself that it???s just a way of avoiding the power of cinema. Of course it???s not life???it???s the invocation of life, it???s in an ongoing dialogue with life.



*** Forty-One False Starts By Janet Malcolm ??? Review ***
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/jul/28/forty-one-false-janet-malcolm-review?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Rachel Cooke, The Observer

> Janet Malcolm's fierce intelligence ??? not to mention impatience ??? is evident in this collection of essays on the arts.



*** Book Review: ???Mary And Lou And Rhoda And Ted??? By Jennifer Keishin Armstrong ***
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/book-review-mary-and-lou-and-rhoda-and-ted-by-jennifer-keishin-armstrong/2013/07/26/928baee4-acea-11e2-a198-99893f10d6dd_story.html?wprss=rss_books>
Suzanne Allard Levingston, Washington Post

> As I folded my hopes into my suitcase, the theme sang out, ???You???re gonna make it after all,??? and there, miraculously, appeared the final episode of the series. I hadn???t ordered this on Hulu. This was 1980, when Hulu sounded like something you did in a grass skirt. No, this was kismet ??? a cosmic fluke that Mary???s last show would rerun on my last night home. I took it as a sign. Had there been Twitter, I???d surely have tweeted that I was gonna make it after all, too.



*** Bubbling To The Surface: Maggie O???Farrell???s ???Instructions For A Heatwave??? ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/28/books/review/maggie-ofarrells-instructions-for-a-heatwave.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0>
Stacey D'Erasmo, New York Times

> ???Instructions for a Heatwave??? dutifully draws the reader through the keeping, and then the disclosure, of what has been concealed, but the novel???s pleasure and urgency lie in the indelibly familiar. 



*** Fallen Idols ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/28/books/review/fallen-idols.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Margo Rabb, New York Times

> Writers and their books will always be inextricably connected, but the relationship between them isn???t simple. As Saunders told me, ???A work of art is something produced by a person, but is not that person ??? it is of her, but is not her. It???s a reach, really ??? the artist is trying to inhabit, temporarily, a more compact, distilled, efficient, wittier, more true-seeing, precise version of herself ??? one that she can???t replicate in so-called ???real??? life, no matter how hard she tries. That???s why she writes: to try and briefly be more than she truly is.???



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From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Mon Jul 29 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 29 Jul 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 29, 2013
Message-ID: <20130729225900.11025.qmail@voot.pair.com>

MyAppleMenu
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*** Shelf Control: Easily Keep Track Of The Books You Own And Wish To Have With Shelfy ***
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/07/shelf-control-easily-keep-track-of-the-books-you-own-and-wish-to-have-with-shelfy>
Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

> Shelfy is a personal bookshelf and wishlist app. That is, it lets you save the books that you already own (whether read or unread) and those that you???d like to own.



*** When You're Stone Out Of Luck ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2045440/when-youre-stone-out-of-luck.html#tk.rss_all>
Christopher Breen, Macworld

> When I set about putting together one of these Mac 911 columns I can usually find an appropriate answerable question in a couple of tries. But there are days (of which this is one) when the gods seem to deliver questions whose answer largely boils down to: You are stone out of luck.



*** Maclocks Provides Integrated Locking Solution For The MacBook Air ***
<http://appledailyreport.com/2013/07/29/maclocks-provides-integrated-locking-solution-for-the-macbook-air/>
Dennis Sellers, Apple Daily Report



*** Automator Workflow Of The Month: Easily Encrypt Folders ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2044946/automator-workflow-of-the-month-easily-encrypt-folders.html#tk.rss_all>
Christopher Breen, Macworld



*** Apple Hardware Engineer No Longer On Roster ***
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324354704578634630345378010.html>
Ian Sherr, Wall Street Journal

> "Bob is no longer going to be on Apple's executive team but will remain at Apple working on special projects reporting to Tim," an Apple spokesman said, referring to Tim Cook, the company's chief executive.

Apple sure has a lot of special projects.



*** Pushing It To The Limit: 2013 MacBook Air Battery Life Tests ***
<http://www.tekrevue.com/2013/07/28/pushing-it-to-the-limit-2013-macbook-air-battery-life-tests/>
Jim Tanous, TekRevue

> The 2013 MacBook Air battery life is simply incredible, and for many users it may be reason alone to upgrade to the latest models. These results also make us excited to see what Apple has in store for the MacBook Pro refreshes expected for later this year.



*** Apple Senior Vice President Bob Mansfield Removed From Leadership Webpage ***
<http://www.macrumors.com/2013/07/28/apple-senior-vice-president-bob-mansfield-removed-from-leadership-webpage/>
Jordan Golson, MacRumors



*** Through The Pylon ***
<http://art-pete.com/2013/07/28/through-the-pylon/>
Art-Pete



*** Review: SushiReader A Simple App For RSS Feeds ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2044969/review-sushireader-a-simple-app-for-rss-feeds.html#tk.rss_all>
Marco Tabini, Macworld

> Instead of overwhelming the user with tons of features, it focuses almost exclusively on displaying a ???river of news??????an aggregated list of all the items available for reading, which you can navigate one at a time.



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*** O.K., Glass ***
<http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/08/05/130805fa_fact_shteyngart>
Gary Shteyngart, New Yorker

> I hear that in San Francisco the term ???Glassholes??? is already current, but in New York I am a conquering hero.



*** The Reason I Jump: One Boy's Voice From The Silence Of Autism, By Naoki Higashida ??? Review ***
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/jul/29/reason-jump-autism-naoki-higashida-review?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Ned Denny, The Observer

> What sets this book apart from the reams of professional theorising on autism is the fact that it is written by an autistic, and a child to boot. Its short, question-headed chapters aim to disclose the 13-year-old author's "inner self", to make people "understand what we really are, and what we're going through".



*** ???& Sons???: Pity A Writer???s Offspring ***
<http://www.salon.com/2013/07/28/sons_pity_a_writers_offspring/>
Laura Miller, Salon

> A novel about a novelist is a notoriously bad idea; it???s hard to find anyone willing to defend the practice. On the other hand, since most of the people who read literary fiction these days are novelists (or aspiring novelists), the author of such a book can assume a base level of narcissistic interest on the part of his audience. Writers are fascinated by other writers, especially the great ones, and endlessly interested in the torments, real and alleged, of the creative process. Whatever they may say to the contrary, their hands reliably creep toward books that profess to do justice to both. David Gilbert???s new novel, ???& Sons,??? is a novel designed to burn their fingers.



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*** Apple Retail Workers File Class Action Suit Claiming Lost Wages Over Bag Searches ***
<http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/07/29/apple-retail-workers-file-class-action-suit-claiming-lost-wages-over-bag-searches>
Kevin Bostic, AppleInsider

> At the end of a shift, as well as when clocking out to leave for a meal break, Apple's hourly retail employees must submit to "personal package and bag searches," during which the employees are off-the-clock. The complaint notes that these checks are "significant, integral, indispensable... and done solely for Apple's benefit to prevent employee pilferage." 
> As the employees were hourly and the checks only occurred when they were off the clock, they were not compensated for Apple's security procedures. The complaint claims the employees waited typically between 10 and 15 minutes and the end of every shift, as well as another five without compensation prior to going off for "uncompensated meal breaks."



*** Popular Messaging App Line Updated With New Lineup Of Improvements ***
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/07/popular-messaging-app-line-updated-with-new-lineup-of-improvements>
Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice



*** Popular Photo-Editing App AfterLight Goes Universal With Native iPad Support ***
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/07/popular-photo-editing-app-afterlight-goes-universal-with-native-ipad-support>
Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice



*** Netflix's Personalized User Profiles Begin Showing Up On Apple TV ***
<http://www.macrumors.com/2013/07/29/netflixs-personalized-user-profiles-begin-showing-up-on-apple-tv/>
Juli Clover, MacRumors

> The personalized profile feature, which is expected to be launched in August, will allow users of shared Netflix accounts to select a unique profile when accessing the service. 



*** Review: Illustrator CC More Refined Than Revolutionary ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2044427/review-illustrator-cc-more-refined-than-revolutionary.html#tk.rss_all>
Chris McVeigh, Macworld

> Adobe seems to have shifted from asking, ???Can we do something new???? to ???Can we do something better???? Touch Type and Free Transform are perfect examples of this new approach, retrofitting old tools with new tricks that make basic tasks much easier. It???s a solid strategy and,I hope, an indication of where the application is headed.



*** "Instead Of Cures For Cancer We Got Angry Birds" ***
<http://peternixey.com/post/56867259886/instead-of-cures-for-cancer-we-got-angry-birds>
Peter Nixey

> These aren???t adjacent problems though, they literally and figuratively continents apart. There are already entrepreneurs tackling both problems but they are entrepreneurs with very different knowledge-sets. Getting frustrated with software entrepreneurs failing to feed Africa is like getting cross with Norman Borlaug for not doing a dwarf wheat iPhone app. These are different entrepreneurs with different skills and different available markets.



*** Coffeetopia Review ***
<http://www.148apps.com/reviews/coffeetopia-review/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+148apps+%28148Apps+Main%29>
Angela LaFollette, 148Apps

> Not only can users find and rate great coffee near them, but they can also share coffee with their friends and invite them out to grab a cup of Joe.



*** A Ride Into The Mountains Review ***
<http://www.maclife.com/article/reviews/ride_mountains_review>
Richard Moss, Mac Life

> A Ride Into the Mountains overcomes a few small rough spots to offer a challenging, intriguing, evocative, and memorable adventure of horseback archery with a stellar minimalist aesthetic.



*** How To Capture And Record Audio On Your Mac ***
<http://mac.tutsplus.com/tutorials/media/how-to-capture-and-record-audio-on-your-mac/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+mactuts+%28Mactuts%2B%29>
Jordan Merrick, Mactuts+



*** OmmWriter Dana II (For Mac) ***
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2422406,00.asp?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ziffdavis%2Fpcmag+%28PCMag.com%3A+New+Product+Reviews%29>
Jeffrey L. Wilson, PC Magazine

> The distraction-free tool creates a calm, peace-filled writing environment using audio-visual techniques.



*** Apple Logic Pro X ***
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2401411,00.asp?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ziffdavis%2Fpcmag+%28PCMag.com%3A+New+Product+Reviews%29>
Jamie Lendino, PC Magazine

> Apple's pro-level audio workstation software just got a huge makeover, and it's a winner. If you're a musician, producer, recording engineer, or composer, you simply have to look at Logic Pro X. Even if you're a steadfast Pro Tools wizard in a commercial setting, or are loyal to Digital Performer or Cubase???all excellent software packages???the long-awaited Logic Pro X contains some brilliant innovations that are worth examining, especially if you've also got an iPad hanging around the studio.



*** Zagat From Google Launches For iPhone, Discover Cool Nightlife And Restaurants ***
<http://www.imore.com/zagat-google-launches-iphone-discover-cool-nightlife-and-restaurants-near-you>
Richard Devine, iMore

> Besides pretty comprehensive listings for venues that include locations, opening hours, contact details and menus ??? the usual kind of stuff ??? it also provides curated lists picked out by the Zagat team such as "bars where you can escape the heat in NYC."



*** Apple???s Response To Latest Supplier Labor Abuse Allegations ***
<http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/07/29/apples-response-to-pegatron-worker-allegations/>
Paul Mozur, Wall Street Journal

> "Their latest report contains claims that are new to us and we will investigate them immediately. Our audit teams will return to Pegatron, RiTeng and AVY for special inspections this week. If our audits find that workers have been underpaid or denied compensation for any time they???ve worked, we will require that Pegatron reimburse them in full."



*** Swipe Your Way Through The Day With This Elegant To-Do App ***
<http://appadvice.com/review/hiddengem-swipes/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AppAdvice+%28AppAdvice%29>
Christine Chan, AppAdvice



*** Easily Transfer Voice Memos From iPhone To The Computer ***
<http://osxdaily.com/2013/07/29/transfer-voice-memos-iphone-to-computer/>
OS X Daily



*** ???Everybody Loves Bob??? ***
<http://daringfireball.net/2013/07/mansfield>
John Gruber, Daring Fireball

> There???s nothing punitive with Mansfield???s role change, nor health problems or anything like that. Just a more focused role on certain new products. His un-retirement as a senior vice president last year was always intended to be transitional, not permanent.



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*** Post-Tragedy ***
<http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2013/07/sara_kushnick_lost_her_whole_family_but_persevered.html>
Emily Yoffe, Slate

> I once knew a girl who lost her whole family before she finished high school. I decided to see what happened to her.



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Date: 31 Jul 2013 22:59:00 -0000
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*** From iPhone To iPad ***
<http://jackg.org/from-iphone-to-ipad>
Jack Groetzinger

> When I sat down to wireframe this app, what I thought should be a simple exercise of translating a views to a larger screen turned into a big challenge. Creating an iPad UI is hard, I learned???harder than it is for the iPhone.



*** Fixing iTunes' Truncated Tracks ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2045571/fixing-itunes-truncated-tracks.html#tk.rss_all>
Christopher Breen, Macworld



*** Dialogue Controls Your Smartphone From Your Mac, Lets You Make And Record Phone Calls ***
<http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/31/4574130/dialogue-app-make-receive-smartphone-calls-mac>
Matt Brian, The Verge

> Compatible with most smartphones, Dialogue sits in your Mac's menubar and silently waits to direct phone calls from your handset to your desktop. It also allows you to make outgoing calls without the need to touch the device.



*** iTunes 11: Add Album Art To Multiple Tracks ***
<http://www.mcelhearn.com/2013/07/31/itunes-11-add-album-art-to-multiple-tracks/>
Kirk McElhearn, Kirkville



*** Adobe Ideas For iOS Updated With Stroke Smoothing, Direct Sharing And Stylus Support ***
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/07/adobe-ideas-for-ios-updated-with-stroke-smoothing-direct-sharing-and-stylus-support>
Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice



*** What To Do (And Not To Do) When Traveling Overseas With Apple Gear ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2045191/what-to-do-and-not-to-do-when-traveling-overseas-with-apple-gear.html#tk.rss_all>
Serenity Caldwell, Macworld



*** Disk Drill For OS X Is A Valuable Complement To A Thorough Back-up Program ***
<http://appledailyreport.com/2013/07/31/disk-drill-for-os-x-is-a-valuable-complement-to-a-thorough-back-up-program/>
Dennis Sellers, Apple Daily Report



*** Apple Finds D.C. Is Tough Without Friends ***
<http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/apple-finds-dc-is-tough-without-friends-94948.html?hp=f2>
Steve Friess, Politico

> The company marches to its own iTunes, spending little on lobbying, rarely joining trade associations and, in a pattern that???s become more pronounced this summer, refusing to negotiate or settle in many lawsuits.



*** Apple???s Support Document On How To Report iMessage Spam ***
<http://www.macstories.net/linked/apples-support-document-on-how-to-report-imessage-spam/>
Federico Viticci, MacStories



*** Kinemac Mac App Review: A Stellar Animation Tool ***
<http://www.tapscape.com/kinemac-mac-app-review/>
Tucker Cummings, Tapscape

> Learning to animate anything is tough, but Kinemac makes even the most unsurmountable animation tasks seem possible.



*** FoldersSynchronizer 4 Mac App Review: Grab It While It's Cheap! ***
<http://www.tapscape.com/folderssynchronizer-4-mac-app-review/>
Tucker Cummings, Tapscape

> If you???re in need of a tool to synchronize and backup your files and disks, this is just the tool for the job!



*** Kanex meDrive: A Pocket-sized File Server For iOS And OS X ***
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/07/30/kanex-medrive-a-pocket-sized-file-server-for-ios-and-os-x/>
Steven Sande, TUAW

> Imagine having a way to access shared files from your Mac, PC, or iOS devices without needing to tie up a computer to act as a file server. That's the idea behind the Kanex meDrive (US$79), a tiny box that connects to your Wi-Fi router and any USB flash or hard drive, and then works with a free companion app to give you your own "personal file server" at home or office.



*** FileMaker Dropping Bento Database App For Mac And iOS ***
<http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/30/4573370/filemaker-dropping-bento-database-app-for-mac-and-ios>
Jeff Blagdon, The Verge

> Apple subsidiary FileMaker is dropping Bento, the consumer-friendly database app for OS X and iOS, in order to focus on its core products.

One can wish that iWork is adding (back) a database module, right?



*** Sky Tourist Review ***
<http://www.maclife.com/article/reviews/sky_tourist_review>
Nathan Meurnier, Mac Life

> Easily one of the more adorable iOS game offerings of late, Sky Tourist certainly doesn't skimp on innovation.



*** Day One For iOS Review: A Simple, Digital Journal For Life ***
<http://gearburn.com/2013/07/day-one-for-ios-review-a-simple-digital-journal-for-life/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+memeburncom+%28memeburn%29>
Danny Greeff, Gearburn

> What I like most about the app is the way it adds contextual data to your post; it automatically records the location of where you made the journal entry (great for travel journals) and can also add information about the weather to your entry, which (in the long run) could be used to track how the temperature affects your mood, or something like that.



*** There's No Vacation From Fitness: Apps And Gear For Exercising Anywhere ***
<http://www.techhive.com/article/2045492/theres-no-vacation-from-fitness-apps-and-gear-for-exercising-anywhere.html#tk.rss_all>
Sarah Jacobsson Purewal, TechHive

> We???ve found some of the simplest gadgets, apps, and Web services to help you stay fit and on track, whether you???re in the air, on the ground, or flitting from city to city.



*** How To Create Color Caricatures On Your Mac ***
<http://mcsolo.com/2013/07/how-to-create-color-caricatures-on-your-mac/>
Ron Mcelfresh, McSolo



*** Back To Instacast ***
<http://macsparky.com/blog/2013/7/back-to-instacast>
David Sparks, MacSparky

> The big reason for my switch was the release of the Mac app and the ability sync podcasts.



*** Expect Delays: Why Today's Top Apps Are Putting You On A Wait List ***
<http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/30/4567794/mailbox-loom-cloud-app-wait-lists>
Ellis Hamburger, The Verge

> In 2013, you can order a pair of cargo shorts from across the globe in less than 30 seconds, so why can???t you download the latest email or photo app to your phone? "Can???t they just add more servers, or throw more money at the problem?" you ask. The answer isn???t so simple.



*** Watch Movie Trailers Quickly With Siri ***
<http://osxdaily.com/2013/07/30/watch-movie-trailers-quickly-with-siri/>
OS X Daily



*** GoPro App Lets You Play Back Videos And Goes Social Too ***
<http://www.imore.com/gopro-app-lets-you-play-back-videos-and-goes-social-too>
Peter Cohen, iMore

> Using the software you can remote-control your wearable GoPro action camera. New to this release is the ability to play back videos and view photos, and share the content you're shooting.



*** Flowboard Is A Great Way To Create And Share Content Via Your iPad ***
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/07/30/flowboard-is-a-great-way-to-create-and-share-content-via-your-ip/>
Mel Martin, TUAW

> Flowboard is a well thought out, free app that lets you create presentations with text, video, or graphics.



*** Byword For iOS Gets Improved URL Scheme ***
<http://www.macstories.net/linked/byword-for-ios-gets-improved-url-scheme/>
Federico Viticci, MacStories



*** Apple Faces App Review Backlog After Developer Center Breach ***
<http://readwrite.com/2013/07/30/apple-faces-app-review-backlog-after-developer-center-breach#awesm=~od7dSF5zBWd24t>
Dan Rowinski, ReadWrite



*** Mac Gems: Push To Talk Creates A Mute Switch For Your Mac's Mic ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2045062/mac-gems-push-to-talk-creates-a-mute-switch-for-your-macs-mic.html#tk.rss_all>
Christopher Breen, Macworld

> Push to Talk allows you to do this by assigning a key that either you press to engage the microphone (like a walkie-talkie) or toggle the microphone on and off.



*** Kindle iOS App Offers Free Samples, Straddles Apple's In-app Purchase Rules ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2045575/kindle-ios-app-offers-free-samples-straddles-apples-in-app-purchase-rules.html#tk.rss_all>
Dan Moren, Macworld

> Just tap the magnifying glass icon and enter a name or a title. In previous versions of the app, this search option only presented results from your own library???now it will also offer Kindle Free Samples that match the search terms.



*** First Look At MacTech Conference 2013 ***
<http://tidbits.com/article/13972?rss>
Adam C. Engst, TidBITS



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*** What Is The Icelandic Word For ???Four???? ***
<http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/the_good_word/2013/07/cultural_differences_in_counting_numbers_and_math_icelandic_numbers_and.html>
Daniel Tammet, Slate

> Ask an Icelander what comes after three and he will answer, ???Three what???? Ignore the warm blood of annoyance as it fills your cheeks, and suggest something, or better still, point. ???Ah,??? our Icelander replies. Ruffled by the wind, the four sheep stare blankly at your index finger. ???Fj??rar,??? he says at last.
> However, when you take your phrase book???presumably one of those handy, rain-resistant brands???from your pocket and turn to the numbers page, you find, marked beside the numeral four, fj??rir. This is not a printing error, nor did you hear the Icelander wrong. Both words are correct; both words mean ???four.??? This should give you your first inkling of the sophistication with which these people count.



*** Consumed By Colombia In The 1980s: ???The Sound Of Things Falling,??? By Juan Gabriel V??squez ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/31/books/the-sound-of-things-falling-by-juan-gabriel-vasquez.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Dwight Garner, New York Times

> Mr. V??squez???s novel is a kind of languid existential noir, one that may put you in mind of Paul Auster. Hot things are evoked in cool prose. Everything is, in Miles Davis???s terms, kind of blue.



*** Stephen King???s Family Business ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/04/magazine/stephen-kings-family-business.html?emc=rss&partner=rss&_r=0>
Susan Dominus, New York Times

> The family now boasts five novelists, four of whom have books out this year.



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